Word: contracting
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Attorneys for the two students in the current challenge attempted to avoid this problem by claiming that the University had violated its contract with students. But on Tuesday a federal judge rejected the claim that suspending the students after they had completed their graduation requirements constitutes contract violation...
...Once a student has completed all the requirements for a degree, the student must get the degree," said Harvey A. Silverglate, who is representing Tsoukaldis. "They have sued the University under contract theory, simply claiming that the University can't do this under its own regulations...
...Life cereal," he confesses on his website boondocks.net to having "no BMW, no Benz, not a single article of clothing from Versace or FUBU, and no life as a result." That may soon change; his first check from the Universal Press Syndicate, where he has a six-figure contract, arrived last week...
...contract provides an alternative to the buy-out they has been offered in the past, under which, in return for their resignation, they would have received six months pay plus two weeks pay for every year they have worked as a guard if they have been a guard for over 10 years...
...been a tough three years of trying to get a contract," said the same guard. "It's been a strain on everyone in the union having a situation without a contract. Some of the [University officials] are really heartless, but not the people at the negotiating table. Am I happy with this? No, but it's the best we could...