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April 29, 2005

Don't Stand So Close to Me

By PIPER FOGG

When does a popular professor's friendliness become inappropriate?

Forum: Join an online discussion about when and how a professor's friendliness with students crosses the line into inappropriate behavior.

List: Ways to assess your own behavior and to respond to others

At the University of Virginia, where faculty members are known to hole up with their research, students praised James R.

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