Archive for January, 2010

5 Days in Jail for Possession of… Candy

Every year we hold seminars on knowing your rights, and how to handle encounters with police officers. The main takeaway from this is that you ALWAYS say NO to search requests from police officers. This story demonstrates perfectly why you do this, even if you know you’re not guilty of anything wrong.
From the New York [...]

Southwestern University Press Release

SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY INVADES STUDENTS’ PRIVACY, STUDENTS RESPOND WITH LUNCH TIME SIT-IN ON JANUARY 21
GEORGETOWN, TX, JANUARY 20, 2010: In response to increased drug possession enforcement over 50 upset SU students met and planned a lunch time sit-in protest for Thursday, January 21 on the Campus Mall at 1:00 PM CST, with attendance expected to be [...]

Reaction to Southwestern University Arrests

Something astonishing happened yesterday: 6 to 7 students were arrested at Southwestern University (SU), the oldest university in Texas, after the Administration allowed police to walk drug dogs around the campus, in all the buildings and around the parking lots. This obviously angered a lot of students on the campus. The Dean of SU, after [...]