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rebecca_herman

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5. So here's the full lawsuit
Sat Mar 3, 2012, 04:52 AM
Mar 2012
http://cbsnewyork.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/blankmeyer-v-stonehill-1.pdf

I think it's pretty unreasonable that the roommate was the one who broke a clearly listed school rule yet was allowed to keep the room alone, while the girl who is suing was kicked out of the room.

I feel sorry for the girl. I suffered from a lot of depression and anxiety related to college, but I was able to recognize I would never be able to handle the typical college dorm, so I chose a school ten minutes away and continued to live with my parents. So I do sympathize with her. I think the school should have reassigned the other girl, as she was the one who broke a school rule they didn't feel like enforcing.

For those who don't want to read the whole thing, the relevant section:

"Mrs. Blankmeyer pointed out the many Stonehill regulations that Laura had violated with her behavior and therefore it was extremely unjust that Laura be allowed to remain in the room alone and Lindsay had to move out. Ms. Hicks responded that the school does not really punish students for violating those regulations. Moreover, Ms. Hicks said that it is customary that the student who makes the complaint of rules violations has to move out."

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