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On Campuses, Warnings About Violence in Relationships

In the week since a young woman was slain at Columbia University and her boyfriend committed suicide shortly afterward, the university and its students have grappled with an issue of increasing concern on campuses around the country: violent relationships among students. Virgil Renzulli, a spokesman for Columbia University, said students there had turned to counseling sessions and support groups, and that they were able to receive peer counseling over the telephone. The university has a Rape Crisis/Anti-Violence Support Center, and students can consult a health adviser on the Internet, known as Go Ask Alice (www.goaskalice.columbia.edu), which offers advice on subjects

B.C. granted guardianship of baby found at Vancouver bus stop

A baby girl abandoned at a bus stop has been placed in the guardianship of the province following exhaustive but unsuccessful efforts to find her parents, officials say. Judge Jodie F. Werier announced the decision in a five-minute hearing Thursday in Vancouver Family Court, taking note of efforts by police and social workers to find the infant's family over the past six weeks. The action clears the way for adoption of the child, who is now in foster care. A woman found the naked child in a plastic bag Nov. 27 at a bus stop east of the University of

New Columbia police chief announced

Chief Tandy Carter, chief of police in Shelby, North Carolina, was elected to the policy of the Columbia Police Department. City officials, including Mayor Bob Coble, the announcement of a press conference Wednesday morning. Carter was one of three finalists for the job. They also contain rich County Sheriff's Department lawyer Daniel Johnson and E. Veteran Columbia Police Captain Estelle T. Young. Carter was Shelby, the capital, during the year 2004. He has 33 years of military repression and the municipal authorities of experience. He received his Bachelor's Degree in Criminal Justice by Stephen F. Austin State University and a

Weddings/Celebrations; Marina Benzaquen, Darren Schlanger

Marina Camila Benzaquen, a daughter of Jennifer Pinto Safian and Norman S. Benzaquen, both of New York, was married on Thursday to Darren L. Schlanger, a son of Dr. and Mrs. Gabriel Gary Schlanger of West Orange, N.J. Rabbi Marc D. Angel officiated at the Pierre in New York. Mrs. Schlanger, 26, is an associate in the New York office of Blank Rome, a Philadelphia law firm. She graduated from Brown and received a law degree from New York University. Her father is a managing partner in Gilder Gagnon & Howe, stockbrokers in New York, and is the chairman of

Do Arrests Increase the Rates Of Repeated Domestic Violence?

WHEN the police arrest men who are assaulting their wives or lovers, it can sometimes lead to more attacks once the men are released, according to a major new study of domestic violence. The new findings suggest that factors in the men's lives, like whether they have jobs, affect the likelihood that they will strike again. As a result, the findings call into question the current wisdom among criminologists, that arresting their attackers is the best way to protect battered women from further violence. The findings also challenge the effectiveness of recent laws in 15 states and the District of