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Show u N y I 'Confessions of a Civilly Disobedient Studenr posted on CofT!puters and Academic Freedom Project web site U could have the area of the h d , or should ic cover th entire seal?' aotc reads: "I cow chat l ' tri cd' Into Another e-mail accused Bcnnjon of having a '"Bl enforcing their vagu and probably illegaJ computer Brother' mentality" bringing • bamc and disgrace policy. upon th tate of tah . • The ame m age flnJsh , ~1 w nt to the computer lab and read material that 1 MMay od I M . Jen en, and may you fear facing thought might violat the policy. 1 then kcd other your master ho inspired the Bill of Ri h .• stud n in the lab to deaoun what I wa readin . ~1 di not know what pun hment I might f cc. Und r Lhe policy almo t any pun hment was lble. "The punishment J received w ummary expul n from Lh I b. The lab tant wh lied m now say that hi. wa motlv~ted only in pan by m c hoice of ceadin material. He ay he cxpell d m ca he Lho ught, wilh ul me saying to him , that I ant d to be expcll d. "I dJd not want to be exp lied ju t for Lhc kc of cxpul Ion. Wh l 1 wanted to t t the pol cy and d o trate itS unfa m . A spe ch cod that · ~ never nforced can stilJ cen r by chilling p ch . I h ped that the beat ~ from my civill d " bcdient a l would melt that chill.• The admlni tration has been. ::! bombarded by e-mail from r Lhe ~ country, much of it with scalhlng !.______ commen regarding First Am ndment For the econd time in three weeks , anonymous protesters of the righ and alJusi to Hitler' azi Acceptable Use Policy mirrored their opinions on the statues in the regim . Centurlum. Bltndfolds and sallrlca/ signs were again the One e-mail sent to President teven 0 . preferered medium of' t)eech, ' though the Journal' i not aware If Bennion asked. 'Do you think the S the two tnddents were perpetrated by the same parry. 7he policy ls seaJ w uld look with a currently being revised by committee offaculty and students. I Students traveling abroad for break cautioned Ahh... prin Break. A cban co escape fr m Cedar ity and Lhc routine of classes and travd to an exotic par.ad· fi r a we k fun in th -and in som pure in briatloo. Mo t will have a e and njoyable adventure, bur for some, the Lrip ould become a nightrruuc, caused by on or m re of the foll wing: , aJ oh land d " rderl cond tudents pa k up and prepare to trav I to Ufomia, Florida, Euro and other wann plac n week , many think they are invin Ible. Mo t don't realize Lhat ruJ nccmlng alcohol, dru and indecent behavior till · and n be even m re crucial while away from home. tuden can get away, have fun and re lax on pring break, but they h uld also be aware of the risks that can ac mpany their good tirn . Th dan rs of pring break have been d recently by .. Secretary of tatc Madclein AJ right and camp poU e fore acr the country. The State Department w.:mts tudents to act responsibly when tnvding, incc rm.ny ha e served time in foreign jails or h2ve been detained to await trial because they were unaware of the ris of using o r ~ g d ~ whDc in other countries. According to t's p r e s s ~ RKW"C than 2,500 Americans are arrested durin prlng break each year, usually n drug charg involving very smaD amounts r ubstanc , most often marijuana . Even minuscule amouo f dru couJd have a tudenl tri d a larg · scale trafficker. The I ga.lity of a drug in one country may n l be the sam in anoth untry, and not bcin awar of the laws in a given country · not an excuse. Anoth r comm n pr blem during pring break is that many Americans beUeve they n escape pun· hment beca Lhey wear th n.ited tat dtizcn label. The truth Lhat just becau certain behavior, like getting niced tat doesn 't drunk, often accepted in th mean It I aJlowed in other countrie . "It ential that udents do research n Lhe basic law of th counrry to whi h h y are travelln , or th y could end up in jail " said AJbright. According to the Bureau of n ular Affairs, which · resp<> ibl for . . dtlzen traveling abroad, if a citizen is jail d, the bureau can visit but cannot g t the pe n freed the la~ of ea h country must be respected. The talc Department warns tudents never to carry a tranger' uitcase for any sum of money, in dru~ couJd be stashed inside. Mexico, Jamaka, the Baham2s and th Dominican RcpubUc hav Slringcnt drug laws which impose rmndatory jail sentences for people found guilty of ~ i on. Albright mo reported that. besides bcin arrested. many tudcn have been kiUed in car a id nts or fr m drownin or falling becaus of drinking. thcrs have been raped or robh d because they wer unfamiliar with Lh locale. MWhen era cling over sprin break, take protecti n f our m t important investmenL. hi h · yourself," id Jim Turner chief of camp curity. In t rms of sc.x, Turner id that the individual truly has to know wh t they are g ing to do and not take other pcopJc at f: cc I . "Wh n and alcohol arc mixed, Lhe u of ra hard to prove, but if meone can prove they wer too intoxi ted to co usly consent to exual interc ursc, it · c nsid red rape by man c urts, ~ id Albright. Albright said he could not peak on behalf of olher state and countri but add d that Mother countri tal valu , and some hav have different ascertained that rape is a seri us enough offense to be ~u d the death pcnaltf.• AJbright warned tudcnts about two common rape d rugs: rohypnol (roofics) and GHB. Roofl are illegal n Lhe United rates, but legal in Mexico and 63 other countri , and arc often smuggled up inco lhc southern stat . These rape drugs arc .sedatives put into alcoh Ii drinks th2t can cause black outs and memory loss. W J , open your own contalncrs and keep a eye on your dri.'lks, • said Turner. close .'. |