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* Ann Althouse: We love it when she gets medieval -- or should we say me-diva? -- on a hapless blogger's a**. [Althouse]

* Jesse Sneed: The Indiana University law student, who riddled his casebooks with bullets, is going home to grandma. [Blogonaut]

* Tim Wu: These ladies aren't the only ones in love with the high-profile prof; Google thinks he's pretty cool, too. [BusinessWeek]

* Barry Richard: S**tstirrer extraordinaire. [National Law Journal]

Earlier this year, we visited Bloomington, Indiana, where we spoke at the Indiana University School of Law. We enjoyed our visit. The students we met were cool, friendly, and well-adjusted (especially for law students).

But we never met this guy. From the Indy Star:

An Indiana University law student suspected of firing shots outside of an apartment building on Bloomington's southwestside today is in custody, police said.

Jesse Sneed, 27, Wood River, Ill., is charged with criminal recklessness with a weapon. He was arrested about 8:15 a.m. when he tried to sneak out of the building and drive away in a vehicle, police said. Police officers secured the scene about 11:30 a.m.

A message from the law school's dean, plus some weird details about the incident, after the jump.

We recently posted about a controversy at the Indiana University School of Law, in Bloomington. A law student at IU alleged that a fellow student punched her in the face and broke her nose.

Not surprisingly, the post unleashed an avalanche of reader responses. Some questioned the accuser's account of events, while others defended her. You can review the comments, including some by the accuser, by clicking here. (We think this comment does a good job of summarizing the conflicting theories.)

In the interest of providing balanced coverage, since we previously posted the accuser's side of the story, we now offer another take on the incident. Some of these observations surfaced in the comments to the earlier post; but we realize that many of you may not have read through all the comments, which were voluminous.

These points are paraphrased from an email we received:

1. The accused student didn't "punch" the complainant. He playfully touched her face during a drinking game. But because she has an especially fragile bone structure, her nose was broken by this contact.

(We are reminded of the proverbial "eggshell plaintiff" from Torts class.)

2. The comments and quotes by the accused, which may sound callous if viewed in a vacuum, were his own way of refuting false accusations. He's the kind of guy who would respond to such allegations by being inflammatory -- to show how, in his view, the allegations are ridiculous and baseless.

3. The accused student is one of the more good-natured and intelligent students at this school. It would be a pity for something like this to possibly ruin his career.

We feel we have now given airtime to both sides. And we hear, both from sources at the school and from the accuser's blog, that the drama is now dying down. But if you have thoughts on this incident, feel free to share them in the comments.

Update: We won't stoke the fires further with yet another post about this controversy. But for the record, please note the accuser's comments on this post (here and here), as well as this post on her own blog.

Earlier: Midwestern Law Students: Not So Nice After All?

Earlier this month, we paid a visit to the Indiana University School of Law, in Bloomington. We gave a talk to a group of law students, then went out to lunch with some of them. We were impressed by how cool and friendly everyone was.

But IU Law may have a less pleasant side. Some allegations, from a tipster:

Male law student punches female law student in face, breaks nose in 2 places, student complains, university does nothing....

Or something along these lines, details to be fleshed out. Excitement at University of Indiana Bloomington School of Law.

It's all detailed right here, on Salon.

More details on the punchee's blog, including frightening comments from the puncher himself:

Stephen said...
I'm the one Liz is accusing of breaking her nose.... Come to my apartment and talk shit. Anyone. Bring friends. In fact, bring weapons.

Come one, come all.

Stephen said...
Yeah, bring it. Get some, bitches!

A fellow law student broke my nose and joked about it on Facebook [Salon]
Dizzy does it...

Earlier: Programming Note: Greetings from the Hoosier State

This week we're on a mini-publicity tour of sorts.

On Tuesday evening, we spoke before the Yale Law School Association in Washington, DC. This morning we're writing to you from a hotel room in lovely (but rainy) Bloomington, Indiana, where we'll be delivering a talk later today at the Indiana University School of Law.

We'll be posting throughout the day. Our hotel, as well as the entire IU campus, is blessed with wi-fi. But we will be offline at times as well, especially around the lunch hour (which is when we'll be speaking).

Go Hoosiers!