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...Island: Over the break, Harvard will participate in the inaugural Long Island Hockey Classic in Nassau Coliseum, home of the NHL's New York Islanders...
...decision involved the case of Gene Arline, who in 1979 was dismissed as a third-grade teacher after she suffered her third flare-up of tuberculosis symptoms in two years. The school board in Nassau County, Fla., said it feared she could spread the disease. Bitter "after what they did to me," Arline sued, arguing that she was protected by the 1973 federal Rehabilitation Act, which prohibits discrimination against the handicapped by recipients of federal funds. The trouble was that the law made no specific mention of contagious diseases...
TheDaily Princetonian reported last month that the new version of "Old Nassau" will replace the words "my boys" with "we sing," and "her sons" with "our hearts...
Most such misgivings will remain unsettled while officials try out the range of possibilities before them. In September, suburban Nassau County, near New York City, began testing one of the most talked about new approaches, electronic house arrest. Probationers selected for the program are required to be housebound when not at work. To make sure they comply, each wears a kind of futuristic ball and chain: a 4-oz. radio transmitter that is attached to the ankle with tamperproof plastic straps. The device broadcasts a signal to a receiver hooked up to the wearer's home phone, which in turn...
This week, just days before the Shuttleworth trial begins, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments in another Florida case, School Board of Nassau County v. Arline, that may have an important bearing on whether federal laws for the handicapped can be used to protect AIDS victims. The suit was brought by Gene Arline, who was dismissed in 1979 from her job as a third-grade teacher because she had tuberculosis, which can be passed on by sneezing or coughing and is far more easily transmitted than AIDS...