Central Michigan Life

Learn FERPA

Perhaps you've heard a lot about how fear of violating Federal Education Rights and Privacy Act rules prevented officials at Virginia Tech from connecting the dots in time to prevent a tragedy. But Virginia Tech officials were not limited by FERPA, only by their misinterpretations of FERPA, according to last year's Virginia Tech Review Panel and the separate presidential report.

Tearing up

Cedar Fest became out of control

Police are calling Cedar Fest a riot. The event, which gathered a vociferous bunch of 3,000 to 4,000 people at an off-campus apartment complex in East Lansing, at the very least qualifies as 'out of hand.' The crowds swelled peaceably enough. As they began to fill roadways, one attendee worried that a particularly obnoxious batch of violent participants would ruin the event, according to the Lansing State Journal.