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In article <CGD.91Jun8125833@monsoon.ocf.Berkeley.EDU> cgd@ocf.Berkeley.EDU
 (Chris G. Demetriou) writes:
>In article <JGREELY.91Jun8150215@morganucodon.cis.ohio-state.edu> jgreely@morganucodon.cis.ohio-state.edu (J Greely) writes:
>   Not having been an RA, I can't say exactly
>   what they're required to watch out for, but I do recall one who nearly
>   had a nervous breakdown keeping an eye on the fifteen-year-old on her
>   floor.
>Theoretically, by the time a person is in college, they should be
>old enough to decide much for themselves

Theoretically, I agree.  I don't know if her job *required* her to
give special attention to that minor (are RA's legally considered to
be acting in loco parentis?), I just know that she did.  It's similar
to keeping an eye on students who are underage for liquor (most of
them, these days...); I don't know what the legal basis for their
interest is, but I know they're interested.  Of course, I thought that
the parents of this student were damn fools for putting her in a dorm
at fifteen.

>sure wouldn't want to go to that school!  fascism just doesn't do it
>for me...

Ooooh, he used the f-word.  Gratuitously, IMHO.  When I get back from
Usenix I'll contact the dorm folks and ask about the legal position of
their staff with respect to their charges.  I suspect that "fascism"
has nothing to do with it.


				"The motto of the place is 'Knowledge
				 in pursuit of excellence'.  Not
				 truth, not beauty, not art or
				 science.  Just excellence."
--
J Greely (jgreely@cis.ohio-state.edu; osu-cis!jgreely)