Monthly Archive: February 2009

Feb
27
2009

Blue phone meets BlackBerry

By Stephannie Furtak, Yale Daily News Thanks to a group of Yale electrical engineering students, Blackberry users at Yale may soon be able to carry campus security blue phones in their pockets. The group is getting ready to launch a free Smartphone application called BScope Mobile, which uses state-of-the-art intelligence technology to interpret raw GPS …

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Feb
27
2009

On-campus gun rights spark debate

By Amber Cox, The Rider News A gun lobby and the Campaign to Keep Guns Off Campus are fighting each other on the issue of allowing — or not allowing — guns on college campuses. After the mass shootings at Virginia Tech in 2007 and Northern Illinois University in 2008, the gun lobby decided to …

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Feb
27
2009

Finland: Marginalization behind the school shootings in Jokela

By Ville Ukkola, Helsinki Times The marginalization of the perpetrator of the school shootings in Jokela was of a special kind, the result of several contributory factors. The family, upbringing and the school community but also the rest of society are in a prime position for preventing marginalization, contends the Investigation Commission appointed by the …

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Feb
26
2009

When bullying hits the workplace

By Kevin Diakiw, Surrey North Delta Leader Employers are beginning to realize the cost of workplace bullying, as some experts estimate it can cost organizations up to $20,000 annually per worker targeted by physical or psychological harassment. If left unchecked, harassment at work can result in loss of general morale, erosion of an organization’s efficiencies, …

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Feb
26
2009

Ireland: Standing up to bullies

By Maeve McGovern, Irish Independent Bullying is not something that stays solely within the confines of the schoolyard — it can just as easily creep into the workplace. It can be a hugely stressful experience, causing a lot of damage to both the employee and the employer. Recent studies carried out on the area of …

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