April 27, 2007

Expert Says 'Dark Thoughts' Would Not Be Enough to Remove Troubled Student

By ERIC HOOVER

Gary Pavela, director of student judicial programs at the University Maryland at College Park, is an expert on how colleges can assist troubled students. In a forthcoming installment of his weekly newsletter on campus law and policy, the "Synfax Weekly Report," Mr. Pavela discusses Monday's shootings at Virginia Tech.

Among other observations, he says administrators' ability to identify violent offenders is limited. "We're pretty good at predicting how cows will behave," he writes.

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