Does a pot bust trump a 4.0 GPA?
by Larry Gordon
As campus administrators worry about how to prevent violence like last spring's Virginia Tech shootings, students applying to college face queries about their past behavior: Were they ever severely disciplined in high school? Have they been convicted of a crime? Critics contend that the form allows colleges to invade private matters better left to the law and high school counselors.
The Los Angeles Times, 12/5/2007