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放羊的

羊倌的解析一钉一卯。很专业  。这种事情跟当前的政治气候有大关系。　
Saying the wrong ...
UWB 发表于 2010-5-25 16:23

    那个关于驱逐犯有牵涉道德沦丧的罪行的侨民的法律是因9/11而起，所以你这样说也不错。

放羊的

我其实挺像了解他和教授怎么吵起来的。一般刚来的学生，第一个月内我们这里也就是见面打招呼，说说后面的工 ...
问题多 发表于 2010-5-26 16:48

    但愿你的直觉最终证明是对的，但媒体上的最新消息让人担心此事并不如最初某些报道显示的那样简单，刚看到的一篇中有下面的话：  

“Zhai’s behavior over a period of months and involving numerous individuals, was deemed to represent a threat to the well being of others. The suspension has nothing to do with conflict or difference of opinion with academic faculty, as some reports have stated erroneously,” university spokespeople said in a statement to China Daily.

“On April 15, Zhai (Tiantian) was arrested after threatening to burn to the ground a University building. Police determined that the threat was credible and took appropriate action,” said the spokespeople.

They added that the school suspended Zhai Tiantian after a thorough investigation but would not go into detail, saying that “disciplinary actions are confidential and Stevens cannot comment on specific violations”.

http://blog.foolsmountain.com/2010/05/26/parents-shocked-at-arrest-of-student-over-terrorist-threat/

另外在这个案子中可对翟采取行动的有四个方面： （1）校方对翟实行包括开除等的纪律惩罚，（2）新泽西对翟提起公诉，诉其犯有“恐怖威胁”罪，（3）一旦“恐怖威胁”罪名成立，联邦可将翟驱逐出境， （4）受到恐吓的当事人可在民事庭起诉翟，要求赔偿损失。 目前第4还没有发生，而媒体上的报道多把前三混为一谈， 够乱！

问题多

我的直觉是这里面可能还有别的情况。刚刚看到的：

我好像看到有报道说他2003年就开始在美国上学了，他在一个电视节目的采访上说要告学校种族歧视。他的律师认为吵架和这件事情有关。

放羊的

我的直觉是这里面可能还有别的情况。刚刚看到的：

我好像看到有报道说他2003年就开始在美国上学了，他在一 ...
问题多 发表于 2010-5-27 15:48

Here is a much more detailed report:
Grad student's arrest makes international news[url=http://media.www.thestute.com/user/index.cfm? ... thorProfile&authorid=2771234]Matt Neuteboom[/url]Issue date: 5/28/10 Section: [url=http://media.www.thestute.com/news/2010/05/28/CampusNews/]Campus News[/url]


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Zhai Tiantian, or TJ as he was called by his friends, was a regular graduate student here at Stevens Institute of Technology before he was arrested on charges of making terroristic threats to the school. Now he sits in the Hudson County Correctional Facility, awaiting his trial and possible deportation, and his case has unexpectedly caught the eye of international press outlets, whose coverage, according to Institute officials, has blown the case out of proportion.

On April 15, Zhai called into the Howe Center Desk and made a verbal threat to burn down one of the campus buildings. The dispatcher reported this threat to the police, who found the threat to be credible and arrested Zhai later that day said Michael Schinelli, Assistant Vice President of Graduate Marketing and Communications. Since Zhai is a foreign national, a Chinese citizen, the police also informed the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that they would be making an arrest. The DHS then independently made a decision as to their involvement, and aided campus police with the arrest. There will be a grand jury hearing for Zhai on June 1, when some members of the administration will be testifying. Campus police would not confirm which campus building was threatened in Zhai's call.

Zhai matriculated at Stevens in 2003 and received his Bachelor of Engineering in Civil Engineering and his Master of Engineering in Systems. He was pursuing a Ph.D. in Enterprise Systems at the time of his suspension. Schinelli described Zhai as "well-Americanized and integrated into the Stevens community." The first complaints about Zhai began in February of this year, when members of the Stevens community raised concerns about Zhai's behavior in academics and the workplace. Around early March, Zhai began showing alarming behavior. Stevens officials had an official meeting with Zhai on March 9 to discuss his behavior. An investigation concluded that Zhai's behavior violated the Stevens student code of conduct, though Schinelli could not comment upon the specific infractions because of student privacy laws. Stevens determined that Zhai's behavior was putting other students in jeopardy, and on March 11 he was indefinitely suspended from the school. Zhai appealed the suspension, but the appeal was turned down.

Days earlier on March 5, Zhai was visiting Manhattan to see someone affiliated with NYU. On March 10, he was arrested by the NYPD for aggravated harassment in the second degree connected to events that transpired on March 5. Joseph Stahley, Assistant Vice President of Student Life, clarified that Zhai's suspension was unrelated to this arrest by the NYPD and was a result of a series of events that transpired here on campus alone.

According to media outlets, Zhai denies the charges against him and says he never mentioned destroying campus buildings to anyone. He sees the arrest as an attempt by the Institute to deal with his questioning of the school's authority. Before his suspension, Zhai claims that he had argued with a professor over his academics. In addition, he also previously spoke out against the Institute in a TV interview, threatening to sue the school for discrimination. Hai Ming, Zhai's government-appointed lawyer, said "[t]his is probably the real reason why the school is dealing with him this way."

Zhai's story is notable because it has been taken up by international media who, according to Schinelli, are misreporting the details. China Daily, for example, has reported that Zhai was arrested for charges of terrorism. According to their website, "Zhai has been accused of trying to set fire to a campus building and of making threats to one of his professors with whom he had a disagreement."

However, Schinelli says that these are not the facts of the case. Schinelli said Zhai is charged with making terroristic threats, not with being a terrorist. "Making a terroristic threat is not the same as being accused of being a terrorist. It covers a broad range of offenses and threats…We're not sure what was pushed out there that generated what's probably a hard to believe story in this country. Over [in China], it certainly seems plausible that someone might be thrown in jail because they disagreed with a professor. [It's]...not anything that would happen over here in real life. That's obviously not how things work in an American university."

Schinelli does not know where the source of this misinformation came from but noted that it could either be coming from Zhai himself or China's government-controlled media. Schinelli says it's hard to tell whether the false story was purposefully orchestrated or if the new sources were simply misinformed. Since the story broke, several Chinese press outlets have contacted Schinelli for Stevens' side of the story, and Schinelli has corrected several of their reports. One press outlet thanked him for the corrections and reprinted their story. They even stated that Chinese readers were interested in Stevens side of the story. Other sources such as NJ.com and the Associated Press have contacted Schinelli as well.

Schinelli said that they chose not to publicize the arrest in order to avoid embarrassment for both Zhai and the school. It was not until foreign press became recently involved that the school began receiving phone calls and emails on the matter. Schinelli said, "We do not want have Mr. Zhai vilified by the media nor do we want [Stevens'] reputation to be affected."

Schinelli said, "We have an incredible international student community here that we value tremendously." He added, "Were hoping that Mr. Zhai can obviously be returned to his family, that he can receive any help that he needs, and we wish him well. But we certainly want to dispel the stories that we've seen in the foreign press."