Xref: utzoo comp.admin.policy:384 alt.comp.acad-freedom.talk:116 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!uwm.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!midway!mimsy!mojo!russotto From: russotto@eng.umd.edu (Matthew T. Russotto) Newsgroups: comp.admin.policy,alt.comp.acad-freedom.talk Subject: Re: publicly-readable "adult" gifs (was Re: Ohio State University CIS Policies) Message-ID: <1991Jun10.154822.194@eng.umd.edu> Date: 10 Jun 91 15:48:22 GMT References: Sender: news@eng.umd.edu (C-News) Organization: College of Engineering, Maryversity of Uniland, College Park Lines: 30 In article <1991Jun8.215335.21240@eff.org> J Greely writes: > >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. Why? Was she in some way unable to cope with dorm life, or is this merely paternalism on your and the RAs part? Did it make a difference that she was female? (I know I was in a dorm at 16, and nobody thought anything of it-- and there is no legal difference between 15, 16, and 17, except with respect to driving, in MD.) >>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 'f' word probably is a bit strong-- I'd use the word 'paternalistic'. The doctrine of in loco parentis was abandoned long ago, was it not? -- Matthew T. Russotto russotto@eng.umd.edu russotto@wam.umd.edu .sig under construction, like the rest of this campus.