University of Alabama police officer kills naked student

[MADem]

61. USA looks rather "up and coming," as institutions go.

Vibrant and expanding, relatively new, ten colleges, collaboration with Auburn in one instance--with very good-looking facilities and a large campus, doctoral programs and even a hospital. And while they seem to like sports, it's clear they aren't living and dying by them, based on their record.

Pity this had to happen to them. It will affect their reputation, either momentarily or for a bit of a while, depending on what is discovered about the cause of this death.

If the kid was using drugs, people will regard the school as a "druggie den." If the student was just pranking and not crazed at all, it will gain a reputation as having a ham handed security force. If the kid had mental health issues, it might suffer the VA tech fate, where the school comes off as "too large" and "uncaring" because for months on end, no one paid any mind to an obviously crazed and violent student who ended up murdering seventeen classmates for no good reason.

Time will tell. There's often "more" that comes out in the weeks after an incident such as this.