plz help project due thursday!!!!!!!! im in a debate against random drug  searches in lockers !!!!!!!!!!!!!?
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Ok... are you pro or con?  Does your school/library have Ebscohost resources?  They have a lot of good articles and even a section called Opposing Viewpoints.
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Call up a local police department, or just stop by.   They are usually willing to help.  My roommate at school was in CJ, and did a similar project with a department in her local police force.  She just walked in explaining she was a student, and they told her what to look for and introduced her to an office member that really helped her out.
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I'm also doing an environmental project (school). I found lots of interesting stuff by asking the people around here. Try that but don't say it's your homework or something.
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Even when I was 16, I KNEW THE RULES!!! \n\nLockers are the FIRST PLACE when anyone wants to find ANYTHING that you have or carry. \n\nSECOND PLACE is your backpack, bookbag, purse.\n\nTHIRD PLACE is YOU!\n\nThink about it....if you think it is wrong for Locker Searches, then more or less you have something to hide.
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All interesting topics. Two sides to all the issues so you can choose any side you want. Juvenile justice I like. Some people think that we need to charge 14 year olds as adults and throw away the key. But there's a lot of info on the other side too. 14 year olds aren't adults when they're "good' so why are they when they're bad. It can be argued that we need a better system. There is science that teenage brains aren't fully developed. And it's a money issue-if you throw a 14 yr old in prison for life instead of rehabilitation, that gets expensive. Not to mention our prisons are full. And then the war against drugs. Another great topic. Do some searches using some of those terms-wikipedia.com is a good place to start looking for ideas....
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why is it my B.S. sensors are going off right now?\n\nFederal law requires a signature when picking up presciptions....ESPECIALLY narcotics. They also require the person selling the medication to either personally know who it is they are giving it to or ID them if they don't. Most states require ID to be documented for all narcotic purchases, even when selling it to your mother.\n\nSo who's lying?
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Yes, it can.  This issue has been settled by precident.  The locker is property of the state, as are the school grounds.  It has been ruled that students' expectations of reasonable privacy do not extend into their lockers.\n\nADDITION SOURCE \n\nThe caselaw I was citing was Isiah B v. State of Wisconsin concerning reasonable rights.  I've included a link.  You may also want to consult a law library to lookup the actual caselaw (New Jersey v. T.L.O is also a precident setting case which may concern you involving the individual's right to privacy versus the government's duty to maintain the public health & welfare).  Keep in mind that the right to privacy is not explicitly in the Constitution, so the evolution caselaw on this area is fascinating to read :)
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Dear Madame, \n\n1. Asking the opinions of the contributors of this forum for a research paper isn't in your best interest. There's no telling what kind of psychos you're going to come into contact with.\n\n2. It is politically incorrect for me to tell you where to stand on this issue. I guarantee that you will fail your paper, if you don't put your --ve researched the topic, and become even more knowledgeable.\n\n4. If you don't believe/know about a particular stance, don't take that stance. This only shows your ignorance. \n\n5. Please read my book for more information: "Guns don't kill people, fetuses do."\n\n--Pianoguy
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First of all, this story is three years old. Second, the South Carolina Attorney General and the U.S. Justice Department have concluded their investigations and both determined that there were NO civil rights violations during this raid. Here is a link to that (from a pro-drug website): http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle-old/351/goosecreek.shtml\n\nHere is a link to the original story (from a more reputable source): http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/South/11/07/school.raid/\n\nThe police raided ONE hallway of the school, detained the 107 students in that hallway (of the 2000+ that attend the school), and handcuffed a grand total of 12-14 students, all who repeatedly failed to respond to the officers' instructions. The drug dogs alerted on 12 book bags, that turned out to not contain drugs, but did apparently still possess the scent of drugs that will remain for approximately 1 week after an item has contact with drugs. Even some of the students who complained about the search admitted that there is a large drug problem in the school, and that the dealers just managed to get away.\n\nIt's becoming apparent that the reason you never post a link to the "injustices" you talk about is because you know that letting people read the real story will show them how ridiculously skewed your version of events is.
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Find a question that relates to the local area you live in, something you may have noticed, or has controversy.  A saying I like is "One measurement is worth a thousand expert opinions", which is the essence of science.  So find something to measure.  When I was in school (a long time ago) people I knew wondered about whether the local creek was clean enough.  Kids played in the creek and some people fished in it, but I thought it shouldn't foam and have a not quite clear look.  So, I got some sterile petri dishes from the biology lab, got some q-tips, and talked the local hospital pathologist into helping me.  If you need help, ask, you might be surprised, it turned out he was curious too.  Anyway, I learned a bit about how to identify bacteria and yes, the creek was polluted-bad!  I made the front page of the local paper.  I'm not saying do this, but think of a local problem and measure it.  Hope this helps.
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I can't answer that question   because I don't know here you are, what the problems of the area are, or the department's history of actions. If I had to guess, I'd say it either had to do something to do with wondering if you were involved in either gang activity or drug activity or both, based on your age and the knowledge of gang and drug dealers frequently occupying flashy cars. They may also just checking your driver license which is legal in many states in order to know more about who you are and be familiar with persons in the are of his beat. There probably is some profiling involved, As far as the tinted windows,,, they are illlegal because it's harder for the driver to see out bit was written to protect officers approaching vehicles on traffic stops. There is a tint meter, an electronic handheld device that quickly and precisely measure the degree of tint on the window. Best advice I can give you, be polite and don't get upset if you get stopped, you'll just piss some aggresive ooficer to want to find something to charge you with and sarch your car. If he asks if he can search you car, say no. As long as there is nothing inside the car in "plain view", he can't search your car     unless he entices you or trys to scare you into giving him permission. Just say no, and if he uses tactics like threatening to charge you with some other charge or something, remember exactly all the details. Its illegal and a vilation of your 4th ammendment rights. If he wants to search it after you say no, he has to go get a search warrant first, or find a reason to arrest you, then he can search it as a pretext to arrest, or inventory the contents if impounded. He can also legally search anywhere in the vehicle within your reach for his own protection, and courts have ruled tha pretty much includes anywhere in the interior including the glove box. If its locked, he has to explain that if you bring it up in court. To look in your trunk, he needs your consent or arrest you, find something illegal in the interiuor, or inventory it if impounded..or get a search warrant. If you want more advice, if your a suspect in something, use your right to remain silent. You don't have to say anything and most cases are made based on getting the suspect to implicate himself...One exception to keeping your mouth shut, most states do have a seperate law that requires you to answer with your name and dob if asked. Courts have upheld failure to do so and that gives him right to arrest and search you and vehicle. Other than that, keep quite.
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if there would be a child in a public school who would take drugs, steal, etc. etc. all after hours, the principal would have the full authority and right to expel this child from school, being that what is done after hours can have and does have an effect on the friends of this child in school. now being that in this private school there are certain standards, they don't want other kids to be influenced by such behaviour, and therefore although i'm not comparing what this girl is doing to drugs, however the concept is the same.
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http://kidshealth.org/teen/question/get_help/weapon_school.html
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Wow.  So many highly opinionated answers, and so little information upon which to base them.\n\nFirst of all, perhaps it's just the way you wrote your question, but since you work on a different floor, how do *you* know ANY of this is true?\n\nSecond, what state/country are you in?  It might very well matter.\n\nA few other questions, if you're going to stand a chance of getting an intelligent answer that doesn't involve someone talking about the Patriot Act:\n\nYou said the Director of Nursing called the police.  Did they come?  What did they do?\n\nWho told the people on that floor they could not leave?  How was that enforced, if it was?\n\nWho ordered the strip search, and what do you mean by strip search?  It has a specific legal definition and you may not be talking about what's considered a strip search under the law.  Were people actually required to remove or arrange some or all of their clothing so as to permit a visual inspection of the underclothing, breasts, buttocks, or genitalia? (California's definition of a strip search)\n\nI'll talk about what I can talk about based on California law:\n\nAs for your question (can you be legally strip searched at your place of employment without a warrant?); it's almost not possible to answer you.  Strip searches in California do not require a warrant, but they are subject to a number of requirements, chief among them being that you are in custody.  I cannot imagine a situation where an entire floor of nurses (whether that be five or fifty) could have been arrested for this and therefore strip searched.\n\nI don't know...I could probably go on, but I think there's just not enough information to give you a decent answer.  Strip searching, detaining employees, urine testing and the like might not have been out of line depending on agreements with your employer and who conducted them (I can't imagine the police in the US would have done such a thing without an awful lot more info than this) and whether in fact they were even done (you did say you work on another floor, so I have to assume you got this info second hand and perhaps a little exaggerated).\n\nPost some more info, I'd love to know more about this.
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have you thought about using pictures of these objects, instead of the objects themselves?  some ideas: UFO, unicorn, umbrella, Ukraine (map), unicycle.\n\nif the teacher won't accept pictures of these objects, just show your distaste for such a lousy homework assignment by sending your daughter to school with a ziploc bag full of URINE.
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I too am a chronic procrastinator, and like you, a straight-A student (even through graduate school :) but I do have a story that may scare you a bit. It's the only F I ever got in a total of 20 years of school! I was in 6th grade and lived in a rural community, in a house in the woods. Our assignment was to do a leaf collection with 50 pressed and mounted leaves, scientifically named and categorized. I knew the names of most trees in the area, and was fairly interested in botany, but could care less about doing the project, so I set it aside. On the night before it was due, I wandered through the woods, carelessly plucking leaves, and stacked them into a large encyclopedia to dry a bit. I managed to find 40 different leaves, but they didn't have time to press, so I ironed them (BIG mistake) then ended up gluing them onto typing paper, and writing the scientific names with a marker, and putting them in a folder. It was awful, and I knew it. Other students (like C students!!!) brought in beautiful keepsake-type albums...I sneaked up and slid mine on the bottom. The next day the teacher talked about the projects, and held up mine as a NON-example. I'm sure I was scarlet but no one guessed that shabby work was mine!!! The teacher looked at me with a you-ought-to-be-ashamed-of-yourself stare and my heart sank to the floor. I will never forget that blazing red F on the paper. It was horrible! I never let that happen again!!! Good luck and get it done!!!! :)
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Yeah right-- you will really get an expert opinion here.\n\nEr, I mean, yes, I am an MD.\n\nNo drug testing! Spying is not OK!\n\nI know all you youngsters out there with your drug tests and cameras in school think spying on you is normal, but it is NOT OK.\n\nEver read 1984? No? Go read it. Better yet, I'll save you some time: in the future, the government watches your every move to make sure you act the "correct" way and have the "correct" thoughts. How does this happen, I wonder? Because the people let it happen.\n\nDon't let it happen.