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JDPriestly

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31. No doubt a lot of that money went to pay his tuition.

Mon Jul 23, 2012, 08:06 PM

Jul 2012

And he may have suffered a break, a psychotic break after he received the money. May have exhibited unusual behavior earlier, but not great enough to draw a lot of attention.

You never know who will become mentally ill. He is in a susceptible age group I have been told.

But, I doubt that the $26,000 was just for spending money. It's possible. But if that was for his living expenses then he was a really, really outstanding student. They don't just give away money to scientists without a lot of reason. He would have been expected to assist professors with research, possibly even teaching, I expect.

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$26,000/year in spending money...for Holmes??? [View all] nanabugg Jul 2012 OP

Wha? Who did what now? Hassin Bin Sober Jul 2012 #1

I just heard the same thing on ABC news tonight onecent Jul 2012 #2

That's less than he would have been making working for most companies pnwmom Jul 2012 #51

He couldn't find a job in a company based on his undergraduate degree. LisaL Jul 2012 #52

Lots of BS's with science and engineering degrees get good jobs, pnwmom Jul 2012 #55

It was reported he couldn't, and had to work at McDonalds before graduate school. LisaL Jul 2012 #59

And how long did he try? Anyway, the implication of the OP that he was overpaid pnwmom Jul 2012 #63

I don't know how long he tried. LisaL Jul 2012 #67

Where did he get it? lunatica Jul 2012 #3

That's what it was -- a training stipend obamanut2012 Jul 2012 #13

He got a grant from the National Institute of Health. Recovered Repug Jul 2012 #4

Please, you don't really want me to explain the NIH grant system...you really don't want to know. nanabugg Jul 2012 #8

I'm not really sure what you mean. Recovered Repug Jul 2012 #10

He was only one of five people in the country to get this. Fawke Em Jul 2012 #22

Proves that we lost a great mind with whatever it was that went wrong with him. JDPriestly Jul 2012 #34

Oh, I agree! Fawke Em Jul 2012 #40

Yep. (nt) Posteritatis Jul 2012 #41

That is not accurate. LisaL Jul 2012 #42

What, now we're going to go after scientific grants? girl gone mad Jul 2012 #5

+1 obamanut2012 Jul 2012 #15

Looks like. Keep expecting to see dolts claiming grad fellowships = the 1%. (nt) Posteritatis Jul 2012 #29

He didn't secure it personally. The neuroscience program secured it. LisaL Jul 2012 #46

A lot more than I receive from Social Security. lpbk2713 Jul 2012 #6

For most graduate students, attending school is a full-time job. JDPriestly Jul 2012 #33

Same here. I only receive $14,000 a year RebelOne Jul 2012 #45

if you were a neuroscience genius datasuspect Jul 2012 #87

did that "spending" include paying his rent, tuition, books, food, etc? HiPointDem Jul 2012 #7

It did for my friend who had an NIH grant obamanut2012 Jul 2012 #16

+1. n/t pnwmom Jul 2012 #75

+2 lunasun Jul 2012 #84

I'd be curious what that covered 4th law of robotics Jul 2012 #9

It's a salary obamanut2012 Jul 2012 #12

I had a salary/stipend in grad school 4th law of robotics Jul 2012 #14

Right, all of that obamanut2012 Jul 2012 #17

It depends on the grant program... Jeff In Milwaukee Jul 2012 #37

I suppose it's different for each program 4th law of robotics Jul 2012 #71

In my experience JVS Jul 2012 #61

He had an educational/training grant -- nothing unusual obamanut2012 Jul 2012 #11

I'm beginning to think... gregoire Jul 2012 #18

$26,000 whilst paying for school is "disposable income?" Fawke Em Jul 2012 #23

Graduate stipends are not "disposable income." (nt) Posteritatis Jul 2012 #26

This, by no means is a large amount of disposble income. LisaL Jul 2012 #43

Because the propensity to commit violent crime and healthy incomes go hand in hand BeyondGeography Jul 2012 #47

Seriously uppityperson Jul 2012 #56

Don't typical grad stipends cover luxuries like housing Retrograde Jul 2012 #57

Just like a salary, he could spend it on living expenses. LisaL Jul 2012 #62

Yeah, luxuries like those. nt pnwmom Jul 2012 #77

You mean, pay equivalent to a kindergarten teacher's? It will be news to many pnwmom Jul 2012 #76

if you're suggesting that grad students don't "work hard every day..." mike_c Jul 2012 #19

And it's typically a fraction of what that student would be paid if they dropped out and gkhouston Jul 2012 #30

And you need to have the ability to complete the work..................... lunasun Jul 2012 #85

I was wondering how he afforded all that expensive Ammo and guns? lib2DaBone Jul 2012 #20

If I wanted to make that kind of purchase I could probably burn off a few credit cards Posteritatis Jul 2012 #25

"I just assumed his CIA handlers were feeding him...." zappaman Jul 2012 #27

No kidding. Recovered Repug Jul 2012 #35

You have to remember something Jeff In Milwaukee Jul 2012 #39

First I've heard CIA mentioned. gregoire Jul 2012 #49

No, FBI not sophisticated enough. lib2DaBone Jul 2012 #72

zOMG a grad student being paid money to live on while studying JVS Jul 2012 #21

Holy crap! A doctoral student in a science program got funding! Posteritatis Jul 2012 #24

It's an assault scholarship!!1!OMG pipoman Jul 2012 #28

No doubt a lot of that money went to pay his tuition. JDPriestly Jul 2012 #31

I am not sure he had to pay tuition. LisaL Jul 2012 #44

$26,000 is significantly less than they would get in an ordinary job pnwmom Jul 2012 #54

I bet he was getting less working at McDonalds. LisaL Jul 2012 #60

So??? One of the reasons people go to college is to make more money pnwmom Jul 2012 #65

It's below the median wage muriel_volestrangler Jul 2012 #32

I worked before grad school. gkhouston Jul 2012 #38

Your experience is typical of grad students I've known.n/t pnwmom Jul 2012 #78

My student loans (in the 1990s) involved tuition, books, and money for living expenses. Lex Jul 2012 #36

That's what the science grad stipends pay, they are competitive to get. Liberal_in_LA Jul 2012 #48

This guy got alot of help and breaks and what does he do? Fucks his life up and kills many southernyankeebelle Jul 2012 #50

I bet it's going to turn out paranoid schizophrenia is what fucked up his life. pnwmom Jul 2012 #53

And I get it's not going to turn out paranoid schizophrenia. LisaL Jul 2012 #58

Me too obamanut2012 Jul 2012 #73

That's a very good bet. Care Acutely Jul 2012 #64

Welcome to DU, Care Acutely. n/t pnwmom Jul 2012 #74

I wouldn't be surprised that he isn't. You are right that it is a horrible disease. This southernyankeebelle Jul 2012 #86

The stipend is to pay for his work as a teaching and/or research assistant. pnwmom Jul 2012 #66

Actually, it can be harder to get grants if you *don't* have student labor as part of the grant. gkhouston Jul 2012 #68

To be fair, 99.99999% of grad students with stipends don't shoot up movie theaters. n/t backscatter712 Jul 2012 #69

That's for sure. LisaL Jul 2012 #70

Details on the money that supported Holmes ginger31 Jul 2012 #79

The companies he bought this stuff from knew more than anyone else, probably. pnwmom Jul 2012 #80

He probably had just set the traps obamanut2012 Jul 2012 #81

That's simple. He got a graduate study grant. Posteritatis Jul 2012 #82

His parents were hundreds of miles away arcane1 Jul 2012 #83