University of Massachusetts
Man who failed UMass computer class turns to courts, but fails there as well
By adamg - 1/7/10 - 1:27 pmIn 2000, Richard Sprowl failed a computer class at the University of Massachusetts Boston. Eight years later, he filed suit, alleging breach of contract and defamation because the F meant he didn't have enough credits to graduate on time and that he lost "a GPA of distinction."
A Superior Court judge dismissed his lawsuit six months later, but Sprowl appealed, only his filings didn't comply with court regulations. He appealed. In a ruling today, the Supreme Judicial Court said he should leave the state's highest court alone and go back to the lower courts and let them deal with it.
Lower the drinking age?
By adamg - 8/19/08 - 10:42 pmA group of 100 college presidents, including Jack Wilson of UMass and Patricia Maguire Meservey of Salem State College, say it's time to lower the drinking age again:
These higher education leaders have signed their names to a public statement that the 21 year-old drinking age is not working, and, specifically, that it has created a culture of dangerous binge drinking on their campuses.
