Campus Crime articles from June 2005

Campus Crime archives from June 2005

Private means private.(Slants & Trends)(private university's police records)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... PRIVATE MEANS PRIVATE. In the war over whether or not private universities have to turn over their police records to the public, private colleges just scored another victory. Georgia's Supreme Court has refused to hear the case of Barrett...

Norming beyond alcohol.(Slants & Trends)(reducing sexual assaults)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... NORMING BEYOND ALCOHOL. The idea of social norms marketing--where campuses tell students how much alcohol the typical student drinks and then hope the desire to fit in will drive students to conform to that norm--is moving beyond just alcohol....

So, labels are good?(Slants & Trends)(alcoholic beverage nutritional labels)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... SO, LABELS ARE GOOD? A year or so ago, when the Atkins diet was all the rage and everyone was into low carbs, a few spirits makers decided to advertise their drinks as low carb in hopes of attracting drinkers who were also concerned about their...

Security on campus gets grant to provide crime reporting training for officials.(Clery Act)
June 1, 2005... College and university police officers and administrators will be able to get a better understanding of the Clery Act requirements for campus crime reporting through new training from the group Security on Campus. The organization has...

Help for incoming students with problems.(Center for College Alcohol Recovery)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... Help for Incoming Students with Problems --The new Center for College Alcohol Recovery offers incoming students and their parents a guide to which colleges provide the most robust support for students who have drug or alcohol problems when...

Feminism gone awry? Research finds women drink more to be equal to men.(Alcohol)
June 1, 2005... Adding a new wrinkle to feminism, today's college women are drinking more heavily to show that they can hold their liquor just like the guys, finds a Michigan study. Researchers from Eastern Michigan University and the University of...

Campus medical facilities can provide interventions to reduce student drinking.
June 1, 2005... College medical centers can help reduce highrisk drinking by asking student patients a simple question and presenting them with data about what the answer may mean for their safety, according to new research from Wake Forest University (N.C.)...

High alcohol outlet density increases campus crime.(research)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... When there are numerous alcohol outlets in a campus area or neighborhood residents suffer more violence, finds new research from the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation's Prevention Research Center. According to the report How...

Students suffer fewer negative effects from alcohol with software intervention.(research)
June 1, 2005... Intervention software can reduce the negative consequences students face as a result of high-risk drinking, according to a new study by a researcher at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. UIUC's Andrew Wall examined the...

Colorado State begins implementing alcohol task force recommendations.(Colorado State University)
June 1, 2005... Colorado State University is implementing a vigorous social norms marketing campaign and launching a student group focused on alcohol-poisoning prevention as part of efforts to follow the recommendations of its Alcohol Task Force. The task...

Recent fatal college fires spur legislators to action.(Michael DeWine)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... Sen. Mike DeWine (R-Ohio) is encouraging campuses to be more fire safety-conscious and urging them to apply for federal grant money to achieve that goal. Three college students have died by fire in Ohio this year, spurring the senator to...

Eastern Mich. offers defense class following rape in campus laboratory.(Eastern Michigan University)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... In the aftermath of the rape of a 21-year-old student last month, Eastern Michigan University is offering its summer students a new rape self defense course. The attack occurred the evening of May 11 in a campus science lab, where the...

Sentencing in Baylor student's murder.(Carlton Dotson, Baylor University )(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... Sentencing in Baylor Student's Murder--Former Baylor University (Texas) basketball player Carlton Dotson, 23, pleaded guilty this month to killing former teammate Patrick Dennehy, 21, two years ago. The judge in the case sentenced Dotson to 35...

Robbie's Law gets legislative fix to end forced reporting of rapes.(crime prevention)
June 1, 2005... A statewide rape coalition is lauding the passage of a new law ending a requirement that campus employees, such as secretaries, coaches or professors, report to police the identity of any student who confides in them that she has been raped....

Report urges Cal State-San Marcos police to be more involved with community.(California State University)
June 1, 2005... Police officers at California State University-San Marcos need to do more to implement community-oriented policing, finds a task force appointed to study campus policing. The task force determined that despite the police department's...

Online course will train police how to detect, prevent terrorism.(Distance Learning Center)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... The University of California-Irvine has developed a new course to teach security professionals, such as campus police, how to prevent and respond to incidents involving weapons of mass destruction and terrorist activity. "The creation of...

Software offers brief counseling to students with drinking problems.(brief motivational interviewing)
June 1, 2005... A new free online tool provides colleges and universities an opportunity to help students with drinking problems change their behavior. The newly launched Alcohol Interview provides brief motivational interviewing (BMI) for students who...

New book examines right balance for university athletics programs.(Who Calls the Shots? Sports and University Leadership, Culture, and Decision Making)
June 1, 2005... With past-year scandals in which college athletes were accused of rape while administrators turned a blind eye in order to maintain the success of their athletics program, a new book aims to tackle the issue of how to create a healthy,...

New hate crimes bills offer funding for training, expand protected groups.(crime control)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... Campuses would be eligible for grants to train their police officers to better identify, investigate and prevent hate crimes and officers could get federal assistance upon request when investigating such crimes, under new legislation introduced...

Trinity student pleads not guilty.(Trinity International University, Alicia Hardin)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... Trinity Student Pleads Not Guilty--A Trinity International University (Ill.) student has pleaded not guilty to committing a hate crime. University officials in April evacuated several minority students after receiving several letters...