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...principal reason behind the policy [to disallow hanging banners] is that the dorm has been recently refurbished and the college wants to better preserve the look of the building," Epps said. "The hanging of banners is very recent...
...help jurors understand their work, Adler suggests changing rules that bar them from taking a more active part in trial proceedings. For instance, while no law forbids them to take notes, most judges disallow it. Adler would also permit jurors to ask questions, perhaps by submitting them in writing through the judge, who could decide which ones to address to witnesses. Judges should also issue jury instructions at the start of trial, he says, not the end, so jurors will know what to watch for. And he urges simpler instructions, so jurors aren't confounded by legalese...
...wouldn't want to disallow paternalismcompletely," says Dean for Undergraduate EducationLawrence Buell. "I think that in a concentrationwhere a major piece of work is going to beexpected at the end, and there is unusualinterdisciplinarity, it is not unusual to do somesorting at the entry level...
...City Council passed a resolution Monday prohibiting the use of city funds for travel to or from any state or town whose laws disallow specific protection of the civil rights of minorities...
...election of state and local judges. That gives blacks and other minorities an opportunity to bring lawsuits to change voting methods in the 41 states where some judges are chosen by ballot. In an important victory for women's rights, the court ruled unanimously in March to disallow so-called fetal-protection policies that bar fertile women from jobs that might pose dangers to an unborn child...