Parties in Universities

When I met my partner Mr. Sneeden at Foxdal Village, we had a good conversation about many topics. Nevertheless, one topic was really interesting when he mentioned parties among students in 1950s, so I asked him what is the different between parties in his generation and current generation. He said parties in the past and nowadays are similar; Students love to be drunk, get high, and have fun. Nonetheless, he enjoyed being in parties that focused on helping people such as charities parties where he still does.

Moreover, when I came to United State I realized that parties are a part of students' lives. It appears to be like a traditional custom that passed down from generation to generation. For example, in the 1956 yearbook, there is a picture of the members of Beaver House Club, founded in 1934. This club was interested on organizing social programs events, in another word, organizing parties' events whether for fun or for particular purpose such as charity or education (La Via 1956, page 282.) In addition, the students' passion on parties had drove "The Daily Collegian" back in 1956 to highlight the fact that some people had used this passion through increase the ticket's fee until it had become unaffordable to many students (Alexander, 1956, page 4).

In the end, I agreed with my partner when he said that though parties can be waste of time and money, they are one of the best ways for students to relax after a heavy week which is the main reason that make students in universities still engage with parties years after years. Therefore, it is inevitable that students spend a great portion of their free times in parties. Thus, universities should organize parties with a good goal such as THON event in Penn State University to students encourage students to participate in them rather than be in parties where students could be involved with illegal acts.

 

References

 

             La Via 1956. (1956, page 282). Retrieved from https://collection1.libraries.psu.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/lavie/id/36694/show/36516/rec/1

 

Alexander, R. (May 9, 1956). Dancing with dollars  sings in third eyes. The Daily Collegian. Retrieved from http://digitalnewspapers.libraries.psu.edu/Default/Skins/collegian/Client.asp?skin=collegian&AW=1396105791898&AppName=2

A landlord's resposibility toward the criminal acts

If a crime happened in a building, can a tenant sue the building owner for this crime?
In general, a landlord has no duty to protect tenants from injuries suffered as a result of criminal activities of third parties. However, courts recognize an exception to that “no duty” general rule and will hold landlord liable when he assumes such a duty like provides tenants with extra protection such as 24 guarding or extra lock for a front door and his failure has been used by a criminal like entering through a broken door or a window. Some people got milions from such this case,

Foxdal Village Trip

The trip to Foxdal Village was beyond my expectations, I though I would find a hard time communicating with elderly people, but I actually enjoyed the conversation very much. My partner name is Mr. Dean Sneeden. He was an engineer and he had traveled over many wonderfull places, so we spoke about traveling and many other things. Therefore, my advice for future IECP students is to chose this trip and enjoy it.

The Negotiation

I read yesterday about negotiation .There are many ways for a successful negotiation. For the best outcome, 1- you should reach a win-win approach negotiation rather than think only about your interest; 2- listen and understand to the other side; 3- state your needs and understand your other side priorities.

Promises

The most striking quote I have read yesterday is this "often promises are broken"? page 163.
The auther here tries to focus on the promises that could be subject to remedy, so the promisee can ask for money. Because usually the results of a broken promise are not that important. For example, if your friend invites you for a party that he has to cancel it, that is not a problem, however, if this party is far away that you plan on buying non-refundable plane tickets for you and your family to attend while your friend does not let you know about cancelation, then he will likely be responsible for your losses. Don't you wish that everyone has to pay for his broken promise!

U.S. Cvil Procedure Law

I have read the basic concepts of U.S. civil procedure law  which deals with the rules and practice used in taking a civi case. First, the auther starts different termes related whith concept then explains through a real case the key legal issue to better understanding toward the case. I felt lost at the beginning but later I have got the idea and the way to deal with such new approach. For me, I'm better with crimenal cases but as a lawyer I should be informed at least with the most important aspects of the law.

American Legal English

  I read yesterday about the differences between the holding and the dicta in the case law.The first one is the rule of law or legal principle and the material facts that comes from the judgment while the dicta is the other statements in the decision that do not from part of the holding. The interesting part is that lawyers should be aware and read carefully to analyze what is from the holding and what is not. this process seems easy but it is very difficult which needs a lot of practise.

Outline.

Yesterday I continued the reading and this is my outline:

Precedent and Stare Decisis

1.      The definition

• the different between the civil law and the case law
  2.  The authority of precedent cases in the US legal system.
• Mandatory authority
• Persuasive authority
  3. How can American attorneys review case law?
   
                  Precedent and stare decisis are terms meaning that a court must follow the rulings of the court that is above it in the hierarchy. This pretty different from civil law where a court must follow written statutory. What surprising here is a lawyer should do a lot of reading and researching to find the case law that he can use for his client.

                                              Reference

                Debra S. Lee, Charles Hall & Susan M. Barone, American Legal English. The University of Michigan Press ed., 2d ed. 2007. 12.

 

 

American Legal English

I started to read "American Legal English.", it is introduction to the U.S. legal system. I read about a common law system, which means that the role of case law in the system is different from that in most countries where civil law is the legal system. Also I read about the U.S. Constitution and the sources of U.S. Law. It quite difficult to follow but it needs rereading to understand, so I will continue reading.

               

The question of Happiness

We were supposed to read our chosen books in the Reading class. Unfortunatly, I forgot my book, instead, I read "Happier" written by Tal Ben-Shahar. I just read few pages, it is not bad at all. the book is about the question of happiness. What is happiness? How can a person be happy? The book deals with some theories of happiness and usefulness of some techniques. For me, I don't think I would continue reading, becuase it needs someone who is realy interested with this kind of knowledge, so if you wondering what happiness is, this book could tell you the answer.

The book of choice for 4B Reading

The book that I've chosen is "American Legal English." I know it sound boring, but this is what I'm interested to read for this course because I believe that I will learn from it the basic legal system so I can be ready for academic study.

Intrested in observing

	Class #1	Class #2	Class #3
Class name and # (for ex.: Ag 113)	CRIML 953	CRIML 981	CRIML 998
Days and time it meets  (MTWRF,  2:30-3:20)	M W 9:45 AM - 11:00 AM	M 4:40 PM - 6:35 PM	M W 11:15 AM - 12:30 PM
Classroom	116 Katz Hall - Carlisle	013 Katz Hall - Carlisle	104 Katz Hall - Carlisle
Professor’s name	Place, Thomas	Lewis, Richard A	Copeland, Katrice Bridges
Professor’s email	tmp5@psu.edu	ral11@psu.edu	klb51@psu.edu
Reason you’re interested in observing it	In general I'm interesting in a criminal law. Advanced Criminal Procedure	Pennsylvania Criminal Law Practice	White-Collar Crime

Hi everyone,
My name is Salem Alderei. I'm from the UAE. I'm currently studying English language at the IECP-spring-2014 and I hope I can start studying  the LLM program in the law school in the fall-2014.
Salem,
ssa156.psu.edu