The Daily Prereq, April 8, 2008: College crime and punishment
Posted on April 8, 2008
Filed Under News, The Daily Prereq | By Jessica Dye
- Michigan State officials are saying several students used Facebook to invite 7,000 friends to attend a Cedar Village party-turned-riot last weekend. The police used smoke and flash grenades, as well as tear gas, to break up the 4,000-person crowd late Saturday. When the smoke cleared, nearly half of the 52 arrested and 48 who received tickets were MSU students. MSU president Dr. Lou Anna K. Simon wrote in her blog on Monday that the administration would “begin the process of using technology to identify others who may be arrested subsequently,” including Facebook organizers and students identified in online photos and video from the event. (Source: Detroit Free Press)
- Three University of Delaware students on spring break were allegedly beaten by a group of bouncers at South Beach’s famous Club Mansion last Friday. According to the police account, the incident started over a disputed $700 bar tab and ended with 11 club bouncers being taken into custody for questioning about their role in the altercation. (Source: The Miami Herald)
- An Eastern Michigan University student was found guilty by a jury on Monday for the December 2006 felony murder of fellow EMU student Laura Dickinson. The conviction follows a $2.5 million settlement awarded to Dickinson’s family from EMU, after it was discovered that the school covered up critical details about Dickinson’s death. Additionally, EMU paid a record-high $357,500 fine to the U.S. Department of Education for violating the Clery Act, which regulates campus crime statistic reporting. (Source: The Ann Arbor News)
- Columbia University students gathered Monday night for a candlelight vigil in memory of graduate student Minghui Yu, who was killed after being struck by a car while escaping an attacker in Manhattan last Friday. University president Lee Bollinger expressed sympathy for Yu’s family and friends during the vigil: “There is a feeling of vulnerability that we all have when someone loses their life in this way.” Bollinger said he’s working with authorities to secure visas for Yu’s parents, who live in China. (Source: Columbia Spectator)
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