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...what will be expected of students who join it. According to the blurb, “Students interested in focusing on Environmental Studies should consult with the Director of Undergraduate Studies to construct a Plan of Study reflecting these interests.” Students who follow the handbook??s advice will likely be redirected once more. Paul Stopforth, the VES Director of Undergraduate Studies, recommends that prospective Environmental Studies applicants seek out Professor Stilgoe’s services as an adviser: “Professor Stilgoe, for all intents and purposes, is the only VES faculty member...
...helped universities to interpret the Clery Act until this past June. The department’s new handbook attempts to “assist...in a step-by-step and readable manner, in meeting the regulatory requirements of the Clery Act,” according to the handbook??s introduction. McShane said that before the guidelines’ release—which will affect next year’s statistics, but not those of 2004— Columbia’s safety department spent “a lot of time worrying about the distinctions between burglary...
Thus, despite the handbook??s severe warning, less than a third of the 2003-04 cases resulted in the “ordinary” punishment. Coupled with the University’s response to Tribe and Ogletree, the statistics paint an amorphous portrait of how plagiarism is treated at Harvard. While students are largely taught the rules in black-and-white, the reality lies somewhere in the gray area...
...BDSM (Bondage, Domination, Sadism and Masochism) arises as part of larger gay male culture. Affiliated with the leather and biker subcultures, the BDSM practitioners described by Larry Townsend in the popular book “The Leatherman’s Handbook?? create an “old guard” culture with formal rules and fixed playable roles. Sadomasochism becomes increasingly affiliated with the American gay community...
...appeals court ruling issued June 6 found that the Faculty handbook??s “language and structure could create no reasonable expectation to support the plaintiff’s interpretation.” It agreed with the docket committee’s decision that Berkowitz’s claim regarding the lack of experts in his field of study on the ad hoc committee—which examined his case for tenure—was without merit...