Posted on October 31st, 2009 by heygrrrl
by Megan Nichols
Anniston Star
Anniston school officials on Friday continued investigating what may have led to a middle school student’s suicide, but offered few specifics on a case that’s shocked, saddened and angered the community.
“We’re still in the information-collection stage, and we’re also trying to support these kids and these faculty members who are grieving,” said [...]
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Posted on October 31st, 2009 by heygrrrl
Times News
Twin Fallas, Idaho — CHEERS: To the Cassia County School District for its enlightened new policy on sexual harassment and cyber-bullying.
The new rules proscribe bullying someone over sexual orientation and crack down on “sexting,” the transmission of sexually explicit messages or photos electronically – primarily between cell phones.
Students and staff at Cassia County schools [...]
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Posted on October 31st, 2009 by heygrrrl
By Gary Anderson
Mirror.co.uk
LONDON — X Factor twins John and Edward were forced out of their elite school by bullies.
And last night the twins told of their bullying ordeal in an exclusive interview with the Sunday Mirror.
John said: “Everyone experiences tough times in their lives and we’re no different. I think a lot if people will [...]
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Posted on October 30th, 2009 by heygrrrl
By Megan Nichols
Anniston Star
Anniston, ALABAMA — Tre’Juan ‘Trey’ Cordell Figures’ family and friends talk about the problems Trey had. Family friend Deidra Parker, left; Trey’s grandmother, Essie Figures; his mother, Veronica McGee; and his father, Johnny Figures; and his aunt, Virginia Eastman.
Tre’Juan Figures hugged everyone, but it wasn’t enough to ease the pain he felt [...]
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Posted on October 30th, 2009 by heygrrrl
Associated Press
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) – A 22-year-old University of Nebraska-Lincoln student involved in a fraternity hazing case has been sentenced to probation.
Ian Dimka had been found guilty of procuring and selling alcohol to a minor. On Friday Dimka was given 18 months of probation and ordered to perform about 250 hours of community service at [...]
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Posted on October 30th, 2009 by heygrrrl
By Mary Schmich
Chicago Tribune
Bill Leach has an uncommon answer to the violence that lately — or maybe always — pulses through Chicago as palpably as blood.
Running.
Leach thinks it’s time to tell what he calls “the story of running” in neighborhoods where recreational running is as rare as stock portfolios and Paris vacations.
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Posted on October 30th, 2009 by heygrrrl
By Beth Brelje
and Mike Kuhns
Pocono Record
East Stroudsburg University campus police officers reportedly participated in a possible act of hazing that cost the field hockey team a chance to participate in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference championships.
On the evening of Oct. 4, members of the campus police chased members of the team throughout the campus and [...]
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Posted on October 30th, 2009 by heygrrrl
By Jodi Heckel
News-Gazette
CHAMPAIGN, Illinois – A Safe Schools forum next week will look at bullying of gay students in schools and how teachers and administrators can respond.
State Superintendent Christopher Koch will be part of the forum.
It will be held from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Monday at the Parkland College Theater, 2400 W. Bradley Ave., C.
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Posted on October 29th, 2009 by heygrrrl
By Tiffani N. Garlic
The Star-Ledger
Franklin Twp. Police Chief Craig Novick said he is “heartbroken” about a melee between students and police officers at the high school.
FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP (Somerset) — The Somerset County prosecutor confirmed Wednesday that he is investigating the melee that erupted between students and police officers from six departments outside Franklin Township High [...]
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Posted on October 29th, 2009 by heygrrrl
By Tiffani N. Garlic
New Jersey Star-Ledger
FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP (Somerset) — The township’s police chief has joined a leading minister in asking the federal government to help improve relations between the police and the community. The request follows a last week’s melee between high school students and officers from six police departments.
“The racial makeup of the police [...]
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Posted on October 29th, 2009 by heygrrrl
London Telegraph
A 12-year-old boy with a heart condition was scared to death by two older boys who were threatening to beat him up, according to a coroner who has asked lawyers and police to consider prosecuting the pair.
Derek Winter, coroner for Sunderland, halted the inquest after hearing evidence for two hours and said that the [...]
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Posted on October 27th, 2009 by heygrrrl
By Jane Slater
Denver 7NEWS
FORT COLLINS, Colo. — Kevin Kaneta, 15, said walking is hard enough but school is a nightmare.
Kaneta, who was born with cerebral palsy, said he has been the target of bullying since third grade and each year, it gets worse. When asked, “Why?” Kaneta said it had to do with his disability.
“They [...]
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Posted on October 27th, 2009 by heygrrrl
BY MARK BELL
Daily News Journal
Murfreesboro, TENN. — An MTSU spokesman confirmed Tuesday that the Eta Zeta chapter of Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity at MTSU is currently under investigation by the Dean of Student Life Office and Office of Student Affairs for reported hazings.
Tom Tozer, spokesperson for MTSU, said allegations have been made that certain members [...]
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Posted on October 27th, 2009 by heygrrrl
By BEN DOBBIN
Associated Press
GENESEO, N.Y. — Two former members of a banned college fraternity at a western New York campus admitted Tuesday they plied a student with so much beer, champagne and vodka during a three-day hazing that the young man died of alcohol poisoning.
Arman Partamian, 19, a biology sophomore from New York City, was [...]
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Posted on October 23rd, 2009 by heygrrrl
ABC 7 News
AURORA, Colo. — Parents who want to see surveillance video showing roughhousing and a possible sexual hazing on the Hinkley High School bus last month will be allowed to see it after all, the Aurora Public School District said Thursday.
The announcement reverses the school district’s earlier decision to withhold the evidence from parents [...]
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Posted on October 22nd, 2009 by heygrrrl
By Rita Giordano
PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER
School violence saw a 5 percent decline around the state, but substance abuse rose, according to an annual report released today.
State Education Commissioner Lucille E. Davy credited the decline in school violence to the state’s anti-violence programs.
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Posted on October 20th, 2009 by heygrrrl
By Josh Wingrove and Anthony Reinhart
Toronto Globe and Mail
Boys left behind by Toronto’s public schools are about to feel a firm force pulling them forward: the strong hand of Chris Spence, the Toronto District School Board’s new education director, who is calling for an all-male school and more “boy-friendly” classrooms to address male underachievement.
It’s a [...]
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Posted on October 20th, 2009 by heygrrrl
By Jessica Bock
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
A ninth grade girl in the Troy, Mo., school district has been disciplined after authorities said she created a website to bully another girl.
School officials would not comment on what kind of discipline she received, but under the district’s bullying policy it could range from loss of privileges to expulsion.
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Posted on October 20th, 2009 by heygrrrl
SAFFRON HOWDEN
Brisbane Times
ALEX WILDMAN’S school principal and deputy admitted days after the bullied teenager committed suicide he might still be alive if the school had handled his case differently.
His mother, Justine Kelly, told the inquest into the 14-year-old’s death in July 2008, that Kadina High’s then-principal Stephen Lowndes and deputy Bradd Farrell had visited her [...]
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Posted on October 20th, 2009 by heygrrrl
MADISON (WKOW) — Wisconsin lawmakers are set to vote on a number of measures this week, including a proposal aimed at stopping bullying in state schools.
The bill, up for vote on Tuesday, would require schools to adopt policies that ban bullying and require authorities report all bullying incidents to the state.
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