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“It Isn’t mine.” Uttering this phrase to the police when they have found you in close proximity to anything: drugs, alcohol, or violence – only…

When it comes to academic honor code violations, colleges and universities must be fans of the legendary frontier jurist – Judge Roy Bean [1] –…

So justice is easy but truth is hard. [1] It’s hard to tell what’s true. The boy/girl who says you’re the one. The missing cookie…

Your university and college don’t want you to hire a lawyer. Many student discipline codes and student conduct codes forbid lawyers from speaking at a…

On a Halloween twenty years ago, the actor River Phoenix died outside Johnny Depp’s The Viper Room nightclub in Los Angeles, convulsing on the sidewalk…

“Sally Kram, a spokeswoman for the Consortium of Universities of the Washington Metropolitan Area, said the group is working to come up with a plan…

Rebecca Ann Sedwick died on September 8, 2013. [1]  She went to an abandoned cement plant and jumped from a tower.  It was a Monday…

I chose my college (Vassar) in part for the lack of Greek life.  My daughter factored in that too in her college choice (Smith). But…

You can solve most problems – and even avoid them in the first place – and this includes student conduct violations.  The key to defending a…

Irresponsible drinking might be summed up as the philosophy of “what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.” [1] Responsible drinking – a much repeated phrase on…

The other night my 18-year old woke up crying from a nightmare.  Don’t get me wrong – she’s a tough enough kid – a competitive…

To paraphrase the French existentialist philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre: First, we show up. Then we figure out what to do.[1] Mentors help you do that. But more importantly,…

o·ri·en·ta·tion /ˌôrēənˈtāSHən/ Noun: The determination of the relative position of something or someone (esp. oneself). The relative physical position or direction of something. See “Orientation.”…