Measure would triple price underage drinking offenders pay The impact of alcohol-related crimes on municipal government and a proposal to raise the maximum fine for underage drinking to $1,000 will be the focus of a public hearing Monday in State College by the state...
Sara Ganim August 19, 2010 11:25am EDT UNIVERSITY PARK — About 4,000 students every year get more from their time at Penn State than just a diploma. They leave with a notation of discipline on their transcript — often accompanied by a criminal record — that can haunt...
The U.S. District Court held tha California’s same sex marriage prohibition violated the Constitution. In an important civil rights decision, the Court held that Proposition 8, which stated: “Only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in...
By JESSE McKINLEY and JOHN SCHWARTZ Published: August 4, 2010 SAN FRANCISCO — Saying that it discriminates against gay men and women, a federal judge in San Francisco struck down California’s voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage on Wednesday, handing supporters of...
University of Iowa officials have mixed expectations on whether the number of alcohol infractions incurred by students will go up or down with the new 21-only ordinance on the books. The UI Dean of Students office investigated 101 alcohol consumption and possession...
Peter DreierE.P. Clapp Distinguished Professor of Politics at Occidental College Posted: August 6, 2010 01:31 PM Major court decisions on controversial social issues are sometimes ahead of their times. That was certainly the case with judicial rulings decades ago that...
