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…
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To paraphrase the French existentialist philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre: First, we show up. Then we figure out what to do. Mentors help you do that. But more importantly,…
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Who decides who is being noisy? DC recently amended its anti-noise laws to specify that: “It is unlawful to make an unreasonably loud noise between…
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Numerous college and university student disciplinary codes don’t allow students to have a lawyer present at a student disciplinary hearing. The colleges and universities may…
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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.”…
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University and college student conduct investigations about school sexual assaults suffer from the same defect as Pentagon- approved investigations. The New York Times calls it…
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A recent Businessweek article reported that business school admissions staff increasingly relies upon plagiarism-detecting software. But Admissions is late to the game as anecdotal tales…
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Claiming human rights violations, students sued Howard University and a sorority chapter, alleging hazing. The accusations of hazing included having to wear a certain shirts…
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Drug courts – where intervention, treatment and peer accountability take precedence over jail time – have proved themselves an effective remedy for non-violent drug offenses.…
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The preceding lines to this famous quote from Henry VI are spoken by the traitorous Cade who seeks to establish himself as an autocrat: “there…
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