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Accuser: Former East Stroudsburg University VP Groped, Gave Gifts

A former state university student told jurors on Tuesday he wishes he had never met the high-ranking administrator whom he had looked to as a mentor, but who he claims molested him when he was a college freshman.

October 28, 2014

Faculty & Staff

Harvard Law Professors Blast Sex Assault Policy

More than two dozen current and retired Harvard Law School professors, including Alan Dershowitz, are asking the university to abandon its new sexual misconduct policy because they say it violates the due process rights of the accused.

October 15, 2014

Leadership & Policy

Alleged Capo Kills Self as Search in Mexico for Missing College Students Continues

The alleged leader of a drug gang implicated in the disappearance of 43 college students killed himself during a confrontation with Mexican security forces Tuesday, a day after protesters demanding an investigation into the students’ whereabouts burned government buildings in the southern state of Guerrero.

October 14, 2014

Off-Campus Student Charged in Penn State Threat

A 20-year-old off-campus student has been jailed on charges that he posted a social media threat to shoot people at a popular gathering area on Penn State’s main campus.

October 13, 2014

John Wayne’s Heirs Lose ‘Duke’ Legal Brawl

John Wayne had a two-fisted image, but heirs of the late movie star have lost a legal throwdown over use of his nickname, Duke.

October 2, 2014

University of California to Add ‘Gender-Neutral’ Restrooms

Responding to concerns raised by gay and transgender students and employees, University of California President Janet Napolitano directed the system’s 10 campuses on Monday to create more gender-neutral restrooms and to allow students to update their records with a preferred name that does not necessarily match their legal name.

September 30, 2014

Holder’s Complex Legacy Slightly Out of Balance

First African-American U.S. attorney general was great on civil rights, lousy on civil liberties.

September 29, 2014

Student Accused of Videotaping Females in Shower

VERMILLION, S.D. ― University of South Dakota officials are defending their notification procedures after a student was accused of using a cellphone to videotape women in a dormitory shower in late August and charged days later in an off-campus rape.

September 25, 2014

Ex-West Point Cadet Loses Suit vs. LaBelle’s Staff

A former West Point cadet has lost a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against members of R&B singer Patti LaBelle’s entourage whom he accused of beating him as he waited for a ride outside a Houston airport terminal.

September 24, 2014

Clemson Suspends Fraternities’ Activities After Death of Student

One day after a student fatally fell from a bridge after a run with his fraternity brothers, Clemson University suspended activities for all of its fraternities, citing reports of alcohol abuse and sexual misconduct but stopping short of tying the ban to the death.

September 24, 2014

Faculty & Staff

Venue Hearing Set in Ex-Penn State President Suit

A federal judge has scheduled a Nov. 14 hearing to determine whether former Penn State president Graham Spanier’s defamation suit against former FBI director Louis Freeh should be heard in federal court or in Centre County where it was filed.

September 18, 2014

Attorney: Patti LaBelle Had Bodyguard Beat Cadet

An attorney for an ex-West Point cadet told jurors Tuesday that veteran R&B singer Patti LaBelle ordered her bodyguard to beat up the cadet as he waited for a ride home outside a Houston airport terminal, resulting in a brain injury that forced him to drop out of the military academy.

September 17, 2014

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