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What used to be whispered on campuses is now broadcast, in the most cowardly way, for anyone with an Internet connection to see. Beverly Low, dean of first-year students at Colgate University, describes the phenomenon as an "electronic bathroom wall." The posts - which are often suffused with racism, sexism and homophobia - can be so vicious and juvenile that Ben Lieber, dean of students at Amherst College, likens them to "the worst of junior high...
...schools must walk a fine line between protecting free speech and protecting students from one another. Liz Braun, Mount Holyoke's dean of students, says that from an administrative standpoint, it's a "very slippery slope." Even at Wesleyan, administrators have to tread lightly. The school told Frank he could not use its servers for his business, but, says director of media relations David Pesci, "We have other students who are entrepreneurs on campus who have businesses, and quite frankly, as long as they are conducting those businesses within the laws assigned to those areas, there's not much that...
...Dean Hammonds, President Faust, and Reverend Gomes will hopefully make an appearance, so come before they drink all the booze,” Bowman advised partygoers...
...bills may go down, they say, costs for the government - and ultimately taxpayers - are sure to rise. "I find near unanimity of opinion that, whatever its shape, the final legislation that will emerge from Congress will markedly accelerate national health care spending rather than restrain it," Harvard Medical School dean Jeffrey S. Flier wrote in a scathing Nov. 17 Op-Ed in the Wall Street Journal. (Read "Understanding the Health-Care Debate: Your Indispensable Guide...
...Graduated from Seattle Preparatory High School in the spring of 2005, and began attending the University of Washington that fall, working toward a degree in linguistics. Was named in the spring of 2007 to the University of Washington's dean's list...