Student Privacy in School

          In the case Board of Education vs. Earls, students were forced to consent with randoming drug testing if they were in any extracurricular activites. Two students and their families went against this, saying that it was in violation of their Fourth Amendment rights. The case was later brought up to the supreme court where it was ruled that students in extracurricular activies have a diminished expectation of privacy and the school was completely within their rights to administer the random drug testing. They also used the precedent from the Vernonia School District 47J v. Acton case. That case was very similar to the previous case in which the Supreme Court ruled with the school saying they were reasonable in light of the schools' interest in preventing teenage drug use.
           I disagree with the school and courts decision to allow random drug testing at the school. I find it a huge invasion of privacy to require students to give up their urine to the school administration. If students don't have any privacy rights in school then what do they have. If the school can take away this amendment right then what's stopping them from taking all their other rights away from them. I feel like when the school is given this power to take away their right to privacy, then it could lead to more restriction and the school will just get power hungry and take away all their rights.
          After reading the article about the drug sniffing dogs, I was even more against this whole scenario. Bringing drug sniffing dogs to the school is not only a huge disruption to the learning environment, but it could also bring up health issues with the students. Their could be multiple students with dog allergies so this could cause further complications. I feel as though the disruption this can cause to the school would be very bad. When the dogs are at the school, I would imagine that no one can focus and everyone's minds are just on the dogs and what they're doing at the school.

Speech Codes on Campus

When I opened up the slideshow I definately wasnt expected what I was about to see. I was in complete shock looking through the pictures. I couldnt understand how these students thought that it was OK to do the things they were doing. They not only made fun of African Americans in general, but they also poke fun at Omega Psi Phi which is Auburn's oldest African American Fraternity. This whole scenario would have been completely different if just a few students went to the party as certain African Americans, but they took it to a whole new level. The fact that they simulated lynching and wore Klu Klux Klan outfits was way over the top. The picture I just refrenced is shown below.

 The university said that they would continue an investigation with the situation, but I'm not sure with what the final result was. If I was in the situation of being part of the administration I would definately issue suspensions to all the students that were seen in the pictures taken from that night. The students didnt do this just for the fun of it. There was definately the thought of a personal attack on African Americans with these actions. If it was just for entertainment then I believe that they wouldnt have taken it as far as they did with the KKK outfits and lynching. I would be very shocked if the administration at Auburn didnt follow up on this and give out some disciplinary action to the students involved.