I am not sure if anyone is following the saga of the late Katie Meyer. She committed suicide several months ago. It seemed strange as she was the starting goalie for Stanford's soccer team. She was also the team captain and an erstwhile great person and student.
As it turns out, she had just received notice of a disciplinary hearing. The details are sketchy but she apparently defended a teammate and received a six-page email outlining the hearing guidelines. Suddenly she committed suicide the day after she received that email.
As we know at PSU, at least at PSU, these things are kangaroo courts that can be devastating for the student. Often, you can't even bring legal council into the hearing. The parents believe this triggered the suicide as there were no other red flags.
Worse, being over 18, she is an adult. So the parents were not informed about this or any other aspect of her college life. The parents could not intervene when there was a problem.
So they are starting a program named "Katie Saves". The idea is that a student would sign a waiver that would allow the university to share information that has to be kept private, by law today, because an 18-year-old is an adult. As we know, the age between 18 and 22 is very challenging as kids are kids and not fully functioning adults. IMHO, a great idea.
As it turns out, she had just received notice of a disciplinary hearing. The details are sketchy but she apparently defended a teammate and received a six-page email outlining the hearing guidelines. Suddenly she committed suicide the day after she received that email.
As we know at PSU, at least at PSU, these things are kangaroo courts that can be devastating for the student. Often, you can't even bring legal council into the hearing. The parents believe this triggered the suicide as there were no other red flags.
Worse, being over 18, she is an adult. So the parents were not informed about this or any other aspect of her college life. The parents could not intervene when there was a problem.
So they are starting a program named "Katie Saves". The idea is that a student would sign a waiver that would allow the university to share information that has to be kept private, by law today, because an 18-year-old is an adult. As we know, the age between 18 and 22 is very challenging as kids are kids and not fully functioning adults. IMHO, a great idea.
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