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Carol Lang Case Still in Arbitration; Hearings Closed

Carol Lang's arbitration hearing, which was first held on November 29, still continues. Lang, the Theatre department secretary at City College, was involved in a March 2005 at a demonstration against military recruiters at CCNY. Two days after the incident she was arrested, but the charges were eventually reduced to an ACD (Adjournment in Contemplation of Dismissal, which is not an admission of guilt, but rather an agreement that if the charged is not arrested again in six months, all charges will be expunged from his or her records).

Nonetheless, the administration accused her of assaulting a CUNY Peace Officer, and she was suspended without pay for 19 days. Lang is now facing an additional five weeks of unpaid suspension, pending on the results of the arbitration. (See "Interview with Carol Lang," ADVOCATE, October 2005.)

Although Lang asked that supporters attend her Nov. 29th hearing and wished them to be present, the American Arbitration Association representative barred them from the room. The second hearing was held on January 4, and the next is scheduled for March 1. Lang says that it is possible that the arbitration hearings will continue through April, as the prosecution is still presenting their witnesses, and her defense has not yet called their own.