Avery Todd wrote: > Conrad, > > Just curious. How do you levy the fines? Can they actually be collected? > You're at a private college (isn't it?) so maybe it's easier than it > would be at a state university. We just had an incident where a non-student damaged the finish of a freshly refinished 9' Steinway (two days after it had been returned to the stage!!). The key to getting the kid to pay for the damage was filing a damage report with campus police. Once that's in place, it becomes a civil matter between the U and the perp. I suspect that, if you were able to pin down the person who spilled something in a piano, you could file a damage report and, likewise, recover not only a fine but also whatever costs are associated with repairing the piano. Even in a public U, it's easy enough to get the registrar's office to attach the fine to the student's transcripts. No pay, no transcript, no job. They'll pay up. _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
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