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[quote=Anonymous]"If you just read the headlines, I can understand why many question the merits of the lawsuit. .

But digging deeper, it's hard not to conclude that Stanford's handling of the case was overly punitive and inconsistent with their handling of other campus disciplinary cases. That contributes to the mental health crisis on campus...the sense that discipline is arbitrary and unfair, and certain groups of students are protected by the university while others face more severe consequences. There's no question she shouldn't have poured coffee on the football player. Yet reading the details of how it was handled, I can't see how anyone can logically conclude that the university's actions and threats were appropriate. College kids aren't known for sound judgment...I get that there are lessons to be learned and responsibility to be taken, but I'm floored that anyone in the administration thought this approach was a sound way to produce those outcomes. Clearly it wasn't.

One can only hope that this tragedy might lead to reform. Sadly, a lawsuit is sometimes what it takes for change to happen."

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I'm a Stanford alum. I'm very familiar with the Fundamental Standard and the disciplinary process. There was absolutely no reason to threaten expulsion for what she did. The school's disciplinary process goes overboard and is very unevenly applied. There was no need to go nuclear on her like this for something that didn't involve serious harm to the victim.

There is a group of alumni lawyers who have been working to reform the process for a few years now, as well as an internal committee that has called for changes to no avail.

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