Comments on: Sometimes dipshittery has consequences

By: Ralph

Ralph — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 20:19:09 +0000

We will never really know the truth about why EMU made the decision it did about the murder of Laura. Those who are the top will privately tell you that the Ypsilanti Police and the State Police gave the University bad advice about keeping things quiet so the perp would not run. Then the thought keeps going through my mind about the possibility that Orange Taylor could get off. The cops and the medical examiner and the prosecutors screwed up the first trial.

By: Medbh

Medbh — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 17:37:04 +0000

Cool new digs, Zuzu, and ditto on the fine name, as Gaeilge.

By: Bitter Scribe

Bitter Scribe — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 18:58:23 +0000

What kills me is that the people who were fired still won’t admit they did anything wrong!

Good luck with this blog, Zuzu. Looks good.

By: Kayla

Kayla — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 18:54:50 +0000

Zuzu:
Yeah, that does seem to be the “lesson” learned, doesn’t it? And this is on top of the actual crime itself, the strike, and all the other debacles that have occured in the past few years.

But, thankfully, things are going down within the administration. I just hope we have more of a change than simply “fire them!”

The guy who’s been charged (his trial’s in october, i believe?), had been picked up before for breaking and entering some of the campus building. So he already had a bit of a previous record, at least at EMU. But rape and murder is far beyond b&e.

Argh. *headdesk* I love this university, but things that happen, and the people in charge!

By: Zuzu

Zuzu — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 18:46:36 +0000

Yep, Roy, I just started it up a few days ago.

And this *is* an amazing story. What if this student had killed someone else? Clearly, they were willing to cover up previous crimes until they got busted by the faculty; apparently, the lesson they learned wasn’t “get out ahead of the story,” but “don’t let anyone *at all* know about the crime so you won’t have embarrassing calls to action.”

By: roy edroso

roy edroso — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 17:52:03 +0000

This story is beyond amazing. A much more reasonable cause for outrage than the heckling of Minutemen.

Zuzu, did you move? This place is new to me. Great name.

By: Roy

Roy — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 14:31:33 +0000

I used to be a student at EMU, and I still live in the area, and this whole thing has been tremendously upsetting. This has put such a huge black mark on the school. Which is sad, because, as kayla says, it’s actually a good school. The instructors are fantastic, but the upper administration is just awful.

This isn’t the first time the admin have tried to cover up a crime on campus, either. They were in danger of violating the Clery Act over a rape case last year, too, but several teachers and students raised such a ruckus about it, and alerted the media, so they had to take action.

I really hope that the school can recover from this- it’s a shame that the students and teachers have to suffer because of the actions of a administration.

By: kayla

kayla — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 12:03:15 +0000

Hi, I was pointed over here from Feministe, and what a surprise to see a post about EMU as soon as the page loads!
I’m a student at Eastern, and I’ve been trying to keep track of everything that’s been going on here for the past several months.
To clarify, no, Laura Dickenson didn’t have a roommate. The building she was in consists entirely of single rooms set up into suites, were two students share a bathroom, and the bathroom doors between the rooms can be locked.

The backlash against the university has been intense in the past couple of months; I only wish our top people had been a little smarter about handling this mess. It’s a good school.