Judicial Boards: Secret Courts Behind the Ivy Walls
If you mention a college judicial board to parents they will call up an image of a friendly group of college officials assigning fitting punishments for students who cut in line or plagiarize a term...
View ArticleParty school campuses have their own bizarre social rules
Party school campuses operate under some rather bizarre social rules that would be entirely out of place in the outside world. They are, for example, the last places in America where being publicly...
View ArticleCollege block parties become street riots with help from Facebook
Many colleges have semi-official spring celebrations designed to let off a little adolescent steam this time of year, but during the last few years they have turned into out-of-control riots featuring...
View ArticleWelcome to spring, the silly season at America’s party schools
There is something about the last month of classes that drives party school students a little batty. Besides the predictable "spring celebrations" that turn into riots each spring, students suffering...
View ArticleWhen college students riot, who picks up the $60,000 bill?
College administrators around the country say they are stumped on how to prevent the apres-game student sports riots that cause significant property damage, injure students and result in police...
View ArticleCops to crack down on drug-friendly Oregon college
Reed College in Oregon has long had an unofficial reputation as a stoner's paradise where students are free to enjoy their favorite illegal substances in peace without interference from college...
View ArticleSorority “formal” includes vandalism, theft and public urination
When they learn that their daughters are attending a sorority "formal" event, parents probably imagine ball gowns, corsages and escorts in tuxedos. They are not aware that times have changed as...
View Article‘Death by fraternity’ wastes young lives
In my book I describe a number of cases of “death by fraternity,” and they are all equally tragic and completely senseless deaths. Here is how it works: An innocent student, usually in a misguided...
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