function employ_validate()
{
	var strErrorMsg = "";
	var txtString="";

	
	if (document.EForm.First_Name.value == "")
		strErrorMsg = strErrorMsg + "\n" + "First Name must be supplied";
	if (document.EForm.Last_Name.value == "")
		strErrorMsg = strErrorMsg + "\n" + "Last name must be supplied";
	if (document.EForm.Street.value  == "")
		strErrorMsg = strErrorMsg + "\n" + "Address must be supplied";
	if (document.EForm.City.value  == "")
		strErrorMsg = strErrorMsg + "\n" + "City must be supplied";
	if (document.EForm.State.value  == "")
		strErrorMsg = strErrorMsg + "\n" + "State must be supplied";
	if (document.EForm.Zip_Code.value  == "")
		strErrorMsg = strErrorMsg + "\n" + "ZIP code must be supplied";
	txtString = document.EForm.Phone.value;
	if (document.EForm.Phone.value =="" || !isnum(document.EForm.Phone.value ))
		strErrorMsg = strErrorMsg + "\n" + "Telephone number must be supplied and must only contain numbers";
	if (txtString.length != 10)
		strErrorMsg = strErrorMsg + "\n" + "Telephone number must be ten digits long";
	if (!emailCheck(document.EForm.E_Mail.value))
	 strErrorMsg = strErrorMsg + "\n" + "E-Mail address must be supplied and must be a valid address.";
	if (document.EForm.Experience_Level.value  == "")
		strErrorMsg = strErrorMsg + "\n" + "Experience level must be supplied";
	if (document.EForm.Interest_Area.value  == "")
		strErrorMsg = strErrorMsg + "\n" + "Interest area must be supplied";
	if (document.EForm.Found_Job_Notice.value  == "") //Found the bug here.  You originally had "...Job_Notice...".
		strErrorMsg = strErrorMsg + "\n" + "Indicate how you found out about the University Police Department";

	if (strErrorMsg != "")
		{
			alert("There were(was) the following error(s) in your application:" + 
				"\n" + strErrorMsg + "\n\n" + 
				"Please correct and submit again.");
			return false;
		}
	else
		return true;
} 


//Lost and found form validation
//***********************************************************************************************************************

function laf_validate()
{
	var strErrorMsg = "";
	var txtString="";

	
	if (document.LAFForm.First_Name.value == "")
		strErrorMsg = strErrorMsg + "\n" + "First Name must be supplied";
	if (document.LAFForm.Last_Name.value == "")
		strErrorMsg = strErrorMsg + "\n" + "Last name must be supplied";
	if (document.LAFForm.Street.value  == "")
		strErrorMsg = strErrorMsg + "\n" + "Address must be supplied";
	if (document.LAFForm.City.value  == "")
		strErrorMsg = strErrorMsg + "\n" + "City must be supplied";
	if (document.LAFForm.State.value  == "")
		strErrorMsg = strErrorMsg + "\n" + "State must be supplied";
	if (document.LAFForm.Zip_Code.value  == "")
		strErrorMsg = strErrorMsg + "\n" + "ZIP code must be supplied";
	txtString = document.LAFForm.Phone.value;
	if (document.LAFForm.Phone.value =="" || !isnum(document.LAFForm.Phone.value ))
		strErrorMsg = strErrorMsg + "\n" + "Telephone number must be supplied and must only contain numbers";
	if (txtString.length != 10)
		strErrorMsg = strErrorMsg + "\n" + "Telephone number must be 10 digits long";
	if (!emailCheck(document.LAFForm.E_Mail.value))
	 strErrorMsg = strErrorMsg + "\n" + "E-Mail address must be supplied and must be a valid address.";
	if (document.LAFForm.Date_Lost.value  == "")
		strErrorMsg = strErrorMsg + "\n" + "Date Lost must be supplied.";
	if (document.LAFForm.Description.value  == "")
		strErrorMsg = strErrorMsg + "\n" + "Description of item must be supplied.";
	if (strErrorMsg != "")
		{
			alert("There were(was) the following error(s) in your application:" + 
				"\n" + strErrorMsg + "\n\n" + 
				"Please correct and submit again.");
			return false;
		}
	else
		return true;
} 

function isnum(passedVal){
	if (passedVal>=0 && passedVal<=9999999999999){
		return true
	}
	else{
		return false
	}
}

function chkunits(passedVal){
	if (passedVal>0 && passedVal<=9999999999999){
		return true
	}
	else{
		return false
	}
}

function emailCheck (emailStr) {
/* The following pattern is used to check if the entered e-mail address
   fits the user@domain format.  It also is used to separate the username
   from the domain. */
var emailPat=/^(.+)@(.+)$/
/* The following string represents the pattern for matching all special
   characters.  We don't want to allow special characters in the address. 
   These characters include ( ) < > @ , ; : \ " . [ ]    */
var specialChars="\\(\\)<>@,;:\\\\\\\"\\.\\[\\]"
/* The following string represents the range of characters allowed in a 
   username or domainname.  It really states which chars aren't allowed. */
var validChars="\[^\\s" + specialChars + "\]"
/* The following pattern applies if the "user" is a quoted string (in
   which case, there are no rules about which characters are allowed
   and which aren't; anything goes).  E.g. "jiminy cricket"@disney.com
   is a legal e-mail address. */
var quotedUser="(\"[^\"]*\")"
/* The following pattern applies for domains that are IP addresses,
   rather than symbolic names.  E.g. joe@[123.124.233.4] is a legal
   e-mail address. NOTE: The square brackets are required. */
var ipDomainPat=/^\[(\d{1,3})\.(\d{1,3})\.(\d{1,3})\.(\d{1,3})\]$/
/* The following string represents an atom (basically a series of
   non-special characters.) */
var atom=validChars + '+'
/* The following string represents one word in the typical username.
   For example, in john.doe@somewhere.com, john and doe are words.
   Basically, a word is either an atom or quoted string. */
var word="(" + atom + "|" + quotedUser + ")"
// The following pattern describes the structure of the user
var userPat=new RegExp("^" + word + "(\\." + word + ")*$")
/* The following pattern describes the structure of a normal symbolic
   domain, as opposed to ipDomainPat, shown above. */
var domainPat=new RegExp("^" + atom + "(\\." + atom +")*$")


/* Finally, let's start trying to figure out if the supplied address is
   valid. */

/* Begin with the coarse pattern to simply break up user@domain into
   different pieces that are easy to analyze. */
var matchArray=emailStr.match(emailPat)
if (matchArray==null) {
  /* Too many/few @'s or something; basically, this address doesn't
     even fit the general mould of a valid e-mail address. */
	///alert("Email address seems incorrect (check @ and .'s)")
	return false
}
var user=matchArray[1]
var domain=matchArray[2]

// See if "user" is valid 
if (user.match(userPat)==null) {
    // user is not valid
   // alert("The username doesn't seem to be valid.")
    return false
}

/* if the e-mail address is at an IP address (as opposed to a symbolic
   host name) make sure the IP address is valid. */
var IPArray=domain.match(ipDomainPat)
if (IPArray!=null) {
    // this is an IP address
	  for (var i=1;i<=4;i++) {
	    if (IPArray[i]>255) {
	       // alert("Destination IP address is invalid!")
		return false
	    }
    }
    return true
}

// Domain is symbolic name
var domainArray=domain.match(domainPat)
if (domainArray==null) {
//	alert("The domain name doesn't seem to be valid.")
    return false
}

/* domain name seems valid, but now make sure that it ends in a
   three-letter word (like com, edu, gov) or a two-letter word,
   representing country (uk, nl), and that there's a hostname preceding 
   the domain or country. */

/* Now we need to break up the domain to get a count of how many atoms
   it consists of. */
var atomPat=new RegExp(atom,"g")
var domArr=domain.match(atomPat)
var len=domArr.length
if (domArr[domArr.length-1].length<2 || 
    domArr[domArr.length-1].length>3) {
   // the address must end in a two letter or three letter word.
//alert("The address must end in a three-letter domain, or two letter country.")
   return false
}

// Make sure there's a host name preceding the domain.
if (len<2) {
   var errStr="This address is missing a hostname!"
  // alert(errStr)
   return false
}

// If we've gotten this far, everything's valid!
return true;
}