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Computer-mediated communication pervades society today. Higher education is no exception. Recently in the USA, a debate has emerged regarding online administration of student ratings of instruction (SROIs). Since these end-ofsemester messages offered by students are used to influence merit, promotion and tenure decisions, the utility of administering them online ought to be examined. This comparative analysis of messages communicated by students via online and paper-and-pencil SROIs revealed several conclusions. First, the means by which online data were collected positively influenced overall student response rate, as well as internal question-by-question response rate. Second, no significant differences were revealed in (1) student responses to the Likert-type scale assessments, (2) number of comments provided to the open-ended questions, (3) number of positively and negatively charged comments offered in the open-ended responses or (4) major content themes addressed in the open-ended comments.Finally, students provided more descriptive detail in the online than the paper-andpencil responses. When administered effectively, collecting student rating messages online may be better than doing so in the traditional paper-and-pencil format.

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College student alcohol consumption is pervasive and problematic at most U.S. college and university campuses. This study focuses on understanding college students who consume high levels of alcohol, providing healthy insight into what have been perceived by researchers as unhealthy behaviors. Researchers conducted 6 mediated focus group discussions. Five strategies are warranted: normalize alcohol consumption, consider alcohol socialization practices used in other cultures, educate parents about the importance of their role, modify current high school alcohol education strategies, and provide student responsibility through peer interaction.

Despite advances in DNA technology and the ability, for the first time, to prove almost conclusively the guilt or innocence of a defendant, the Supreme Court recently held that access to DNA testing is constitutionally irrelevant. In District Attorney's Office v. Osborne, the Supreme Court held that there is no independent Constitutional right to post-conviction DNA testing under the Fourteenth Amendment. Instead, the Court held that it must be left up to the States to enact post-conviction relief statutes. This Note posits that the Court must acknowledge the inevitable changes that modern DNA testing presents to the court system and lead the way in creating fitting policy that ensures all prisoners are able to access evidence to prove their innocence. It will argue that the protections afforded to individuals under the Constitution of the United States must be analyzed in light of modern society and its capabilities. Nothing is more fundamental to the Constitution than the protection of individual liberty so our system of jurisprudence must be flexible enough to incorporate scientific advances that will allow the Court to better safeguard this important right. Lastly, it will argue that for the following reasons, the most likely means of accomplishing the recognition of this right is through the substantive due process doctrine.