Student's cellphone confiscated at school

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School Officials Accused Of Violations
In Using Student's Mobile Phone

School Officials Accused Of Violations
In Using Student's Mobile Phone 05/03/2004 04:44 PM
The question of mobile phones in schools has come up many times - and the general opinion towards them seems to change with the times. It used to be that they were banned, but following Columbine and September 11, many schools changed their minds, realizing that phones serve a safety purpose as well. More recently, schools are banning them again as they fear the overhyped potential of camera phones to cause problems. No matter what, though, schools most schools are pretty strict in saying phones should not be used in class (for obvious reasons). Thus, it's not news worthy to hear of a mobile phone being confiscated from a high school student by a teacher and a a school administrator. However, for them to then take that phone, check its text messages and voicemails, call other students in the addressbook and send out deceptive text messages seems to go well beyond what should legally be allowed. The teacher and the assistant principal involved claimed that they believed the student was involved with drug dealing after reading a text message from his girlfriend asking for a tampon (which they claim is common drug slang). Of course, that means they read the text message before they suspected him of any drug dealing activities. Furthermore, to then call other students and demand they come down to the office, as well as sending deceptive text messages to others seems to go well beyond what is acceptable practice in confiscating a phone. The family of the student is now considering taking the case to court, while the school district is still trying to defend their actions. The article linked here has quite a few details behind the case, so it's definitely worth reading.

Rio police hit pay day with confiscated
rifle (Reuters)

Rio police hit pay day with confiscated
rifle (Reuters) 07/21/2004 11:13 PM
Reuters - Five police officers in the crime-ridden state of Rio de Janeiro have cashed in on Brazil's guns-for-money campaign, pocketing $40 (22 pounds) each for turning in an assault rifle taken from a drug trafficker, state officials say.

Report: No Takers for Confiscated Vodka
(AP)

Report: No Takers for Confiscated Vodka
(AP) 01/18/2004 11:32 PM
AP - Singapore is having trouble unloading some 70,000 bottles of seized Russian vodka, finding no takers when they were offered at auction for 75 Singapore cents (44 U.S. cents) each, a newspaper reported Friday.

Police Auctions - Repossessed and
Confiscated Items for Auction -
Stealitback.com

Police Auctions - Repossessed and
Confiscated Items for Auction -
Stealitback.com 01/05/2004 07:25 AM
Hey, that was my getaway car!!! .. an auction and bid on the items .. all kinds of items .. Police Auctions .. Steal it back

stealitback.com
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Man tried for UK student's murder

Man tried for UK student's murder 09/26/2004 11:23 PM
The trial of a man accused of murdering York backpacker Caroline Stuttle begins in Australia.

Student's murder - man charged

Student's murder - man charged 04/17/2005 09:47 PM
A 29-year-old man is charged with the murder of a 16-year-old girl found stabbed to death in Hartlepool.

A student's scarlet letter

A student's scarlet letter 06/22/2004 01:17 AM
A student at at a Japanese high school dozed off in class last week. As punishment, his teacher made him write an apology letter.... in his own blood. Later, the teacher confessed to the principal. It gets even stranger. According to the principal, quoted in this Reuters article, the other faculty in the room didn't notice when the boy was handed a box cutter. Apparently, they didn't see him cut his own finger open and start writing either. Even more suspicious is that the teacher will be back at work in a few days and neither the boy nor his parents has asked for a transfer into a different class. Link

Life for Finnish student's killer

Life for Finnish student's killer 04/26/2004 01:15 PM
A man is sentenced to life imprisonment for the "brutal" and "savage" murder of Finnish student Suvi Aronen.

1,000 Gather for Slain Student's Funeral
(AP)

1,000 Gather for Slain Student's Funeral
(AP) 04/24/2004 07:59 PM
AP - More than 1,000 mourners packed a resort lodge and overflowed from two tents for the funeral of slain University of North Dakota student Dru Sjodin, who was remembered for her generous heart and infectious spirit.

Photography student's odd run-in with
Homeland Security

Photography student's odd run-in with
Homeland Security 07/08/2004 12:37 AM
Seattle-based blogger and photogger Ian Spiers says:

About a month ago I had a little run-in with 3 Homeland Security agents, 3 Seattle Police officers, 2 security guards and a German Shepherd while I was at a local park with my camera. The DHS agent told me that it's illegal for me to take pictures of federal property. The ACLU of Washington disagrees. My blog is my attempt to chronicle this outragous situation and bring some common sense and public awareness to it.

Link

Teacher Lops Off Chunk of Student's Ear
(AP)

Teacher Lops Off Chunk of Student's Ear
(AP) 09/02/2004 04:07 PM
AP - A teacher enforcing school regulations on haircuts snipped one girl's locks to ear's length Thursday but ended up lopping off a chunk of her ear as well, police said.

Student's Jeep Stolen Twice in Three
Days (AP)

Student's Jeep Stolen Twice in Three
Days (AP) 01/27/2004 07:35 PM
AP - A Tulane University student's sport utility vehicle was stolen twice in three days, once while she waited for police officers to arrive so she could fill out a report.

No Verdict in Student's Internet
Terrorism Case

No Verdict in Student's Internet
Terrorism Case 06/03/2004 03:26 AM
Los Angeles Times Jun 3 2004 7:54AM GMT

Missing N.D. Student's Body Found in
Minn. (AP)

Missing N.D. Student's Body Found in
Minn. (AP) 04/17/2004 08:32 PM
AP - The body of University of North Dakota student Dru Sjodin was found Saturday, revealed by the spring thaw in an area volunteers had searched several times during the five months she had been missing, searchers said Saturday.

Student's web fraud nets house arrest

Student's web fraud nets house arrest 10/31/2003 01:56 PM
Canadian Press via Canada.com Oct 31 2003 12:22PM ET

CNN.com - Police: Missing student's body
found - Apr 17, 2004

CNN.com - Police: Missing student's body
found - Apr 17, 2004 04/18/2004 08:22 AM
Missing student Dru Sjodin's body found .. first thing I noticed .. Too. sad

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Missing North Dakota Student's Body
Found (AP)

Missing North Dakota Student's Body
Found (AP) 04/17/2004 02:03 PM
AP - The body of college student Dru Sjodin has been found, five months after she disappeared from the parking lot of a North Dakota shopping mall, authorities said Saturday. Sheriff Mark LeTexier sobbed as he told volunteers, "Dru is home." He later confirmed that authorities had found Sjodin's body.

"A high school student in Las Vegas was
transferred to a new school because of
an online journal in which he wrote,
"Kill Alaina." "

"A high school student in Las Vegas was
transferred to a new school because of
an online journal in which he wrote,
"Kill Alaina." " 11/12/2003 02:57 PM

Boston.com / News / Education / Higher
education / UMass president criticizes
student's column on felled soldier

Boston.com / News / Education / Higher
education / UMass president criticizes
student's column on felled soldier 04/30/2004 09:20 AM
UMass president criticizes student's column .. Boston Globe .. hammer:

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Wharton School Team Wins University of
San Francisco 2004 International
Business Plan Competition - MicroMRI of
the Wharton School Takes Home Pacific
Specialty Insurance $10,000 Grand Prize.
See Complete Results of the USF
Entrepreneur Contest at
http://www.BusinessPlanCompetition.org

Wharton School Team Wins University of
San Francisco 2004 International
Business Plan Competition - MicroMRI of
the Wharton School Takes Home Pacific
Specialty Insurance $10,000 Grand Prize.
See Complete Results of the USF
Entrepreneur Contest at
http://www.BusinessPlanCompetition.org 05/31/2004 01:47 PM
The University of San Francisco 2004 International Business Plan Competition is one of the most competitive events of its kind, with over 150 graduate student entrepreneur team applications from 100 universities in 18 countries around the world. A Wharton School Team, MicroMRI, took first place, with a team from the Univ. of Georgia, ThruSkin Technologies, coming in second. Please find complete results at http://www.BusinessPlanCompetition.org. [PRWEB May 14, 2004]

Advice On A New-School Old-School BBS

Advice On A New-School Old-School BBS 06/14/2004 09:31 PM

Over and Out, by Cellphone

Over and Out, by Cellphone 12/31/2003 10:48 PM
New York Times Dec 31 2003 9:16PM ET

Cellphone jammer

Cellphone jammer 11/15/2003 01:14 PM
The SH066P Personal Cell Phone Jammer is disguised as a phone, has an effective radius of 10-15 yards, and comes in US and worldwide frequency-flavors. They're illegal to use in most places, but not illegal to possess, build or sell. I'm as bugged by mobile abuse as the next person, but using one of these strikes me as a mcuh greater breach of the social contract than talking too loud or subjecting your coachmates to the default Nokia ring. Link (via Gizmodo)

Use a cellphone, get suspended from the
NFL

Use a cellphone, get suspended from the
NFL 12/16/2003 01:38 PM
The NFL is thinking about fining or even suspending Joe Horn, that football player for the New Orleans Saints who in the middle of a...

Morse cellphone

Morse cellphone 04/27/2004 01:45 AM
This Morse phone is the teaser for a Worth1000 photoshopping contest called "Vintage Products." Link

3-D Gaming on Your Cellphone

3-D Gaming on Your Cellphone 06/17/2004 11:24 AM

Cellphone tips

Cellphone tips 12/08/2003 11:39 AM

I have a cellphone with Cingular, and opted to get the extra line for 9.99 a month (a good deal). What I learned is this (also true with Verizon): if you get a phone or an extra line, the first year, you cannot cancel the contract. Well, you can, but it costs more to cancel than to keep it open. In this case, they charge 200$ to cancel the contract, versus $80 to keep it open 8 more months, after which cancelling is free.

By the way, if you're still with Verizon, consider Cingular. They seem distinctly less evil, for now.

Tracked by cellphone

Tracked by cellphone 12/22/2003 10:15 AM
The New York Times just catches on to the phenomenon of people being tracked via their GPS-enabled cellphones. We're not gonna get into it here,...

Unlock your GSM Cellphone

Unlock your GSM Cellphone 05/27/2004 01:58 PM

I was recently overseas and had my GSM T-Mobile phone with me. I figured I would run out get a pre-paid sim card and have local cell service while in the country I was in. To my surprise I could not get the SIM card to work in the phone. I was a bit pissed. But to my surprise a friend of mine sent me a link to this article and now I have the unlock code to my cell phone and when I am overseas again I will get a local pre-paid SIM card and be in business. [Popular Science]

Coke Via Cellphone

Coke Via Cellphone 08/19/2004 07:12 PM

So to encourage Japanese people to actually spend 120 yen (about $1.09) on a single can of soda, Coca-Cola today announced the "Cmode 2" vending machine, which allows customers with cellular phones to purchase drinks "cashlessly" one of three ways - two-dimensional barcodes, infrared, and the FeliCa contactless IC system. Though cashless "Cmode" vending machines have been in various places throughout Japan since April of 2002, these are the first vending machines to support contactless IC as a method of transfer.

With drink names like "Qoo," "SCORPION," and "Lovebody," who could resist?

Read - Press Release [Coca-ColaJP]

Cellphone or freedom?

Cellphone or freedom? 01/22/2004 02:12 AM
Buying prostitutes. Nicholas Kristof (of the NY Times; reg. req.) bought the freedom of two young Cambodian prostitutes in order to return them to their villages... but it wasn't as simple as you might think. It's easy to be cynical (yes, he's using it as grist for columns; yes, it's a drop in the bucket), but isn't it better than doing nothing? Anyway, it's a fascinatingly messy story. (He discusses why he picked these particular girls, and addresses some of the moral issues, her e—scroll down to January 20.)

Pimp Out Your Cellphone

Pimp Out Your Cellphone 07/09/2004 01:46 AM
G4 Tech TV Jul 9 2004 5:26AM GMT

More cellphone guns

More cellphone guns 01/26/2004 11:29 AM
I swear we covered this almost exactly a year ago, so we're not sure why it's just become news again, but Time magazine has a...

First Ever GSM Cellphone Exploit

First Ever GSM Cellphone Exploit 04/21/2004 08:55 AM

Cellphone gun in action

Cellphone gun in action 01/27/2004 11:32 AM
Fascinating (and a somewhat unsettling, when you think about it) video clip of an actual cellphone gun in action. View [Thanks, Alex]...

Coming Soon: A Cellphone Directory

Coming Soon: A Cellphone Directory 05/20/2004 07:00 PM

Sony's prototype cellphone

Sony's prototype cellphone 12/08/2003 03:36 PM
Prototype of a futuristic new cellphone from Sony that can remotely access files stored on a PC and uses Voice over IP to make calls. Does anyone else find it interesting that Sony is even working prototypes of new cellphones? Read [Via I4U]...

Cellphone Tax Produces Little for
Cellphones

Cellphone Tax Produces Little for
Cellphones 05/10/2004 01:30 AM
Little of the $440 million collected by New York State for a 911 cellphone service has actually gone to the program.

Everyone's a cellphone company

Everyone's a cellphone company 01/26/2004 10:14 AM
Investor's Business Daily reports that Disney is thinking about following Virgin's lead and getting into the cellular business, and that Nike, Sony, Time Warner, and...
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