The letter further states that campuses have "an obligation to respond to student-on-student harassment" even when that harassment occurs off-campus.

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It started with the cohort system and spread to the Thursday night pub, Wharton Follies, TalkTalk, study groups, group projects, grad student dorms, off-campus house parties and the weekend the entire class of 1990 spent at the Jersey Shore.

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Roshni Ganguli, a 26-year-old law school student from California, said she was supposed to be putting a deposit on an off-campus apartment on Friday but may reconsider.

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State University, San Bernardino police have shot and killed a student during a fight in an off-campus dorm.

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Spring was in the air when college student Zimmerman returned April 2 from classes at the University of Wisconsin to the off-campus apartment she shared with her fiance, Jordan Gonnering.

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Student unions also serve as a go-to source for getting involved with activities on and off campus and finding out about events.

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