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Posteritatis

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5. The extra bit of vileness about the psych ward part...

Reply to intaglio (Original post)

Sat Nov 16, 2013, 10:24 AM

Nov 2013

...is that a lot of schools these days are so fanatically risk-averse that they have a policy of expelling, or refusing admission to, any students who they find out have ever been hospitalized for mental health reasons because zomgliability (or just PR). I don't know about Amherst College in particular, but given what they did there...

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Today in rape culture: Vanderbilt and Amherst edition (cross posted HOF) [View all] intaglio Nov 2013 OP

You should fix the spelling of Amherst in your title. Bonobo Nov 2013 #1

An error corrected n/t intaglio Nov 2013 #2

I found the Amerst student's account of the incident Bonobo Nov 2013 #3

What a horrid story ismnotwasm Nov 2013 #4

The extra bit of vileness about the psych ward part... Posteritatis Nov 2013 #5