Take Stonehill's bad luck as of late for example. First there was the poor guy who got harassed by the school and its illogical population for rape-of-a-child charges when the facts didn't add up; then there was the idiot who, rather overtly, threatened to blow up the school (and was subsequently arrested by the FBI); and who could forget the Andover Basketball team's "wet biscuit"???
What's going on now you say? Nothing too spectacular...just a lawsuit.
Although the Wet Biscuit incident was pretty outrageous (Source)
What could this possibly be over now? Haven't we already heard it all? Did the skunk between Corr and the Roche Dining commons attack someone and give them rabies? Did the Albino squirrel jump down from the treeline and blind a jogger? Did the black cat that lives in the Villa parking lot cross someone's path and give them bad luck??? Or maybe this is about all those "bias" incidents we keep hearing about.
Nay friendos, it's something even more over the top.
An ex-student is suing the school for not addressing her concerns regarding her roommate's sex-life, which in turn drove her into a suicidal depression.
Yes. You read that correctly.
The student who filed the suit, named Lindsay Blankmeyer, is shown below.
Crazy Eyes? Check. (Source)
I'm going to take a stance on this not knowing either of the two parties involved here. The school says (in an article that can be read here) that the allegations of sex never arose in the original claims for why the student wanted to leave the room, and that, in fact, multiple rooming possibilities were given to the Ms. Blankmeyer.
An excerpt from the article, written by the school's newspaper The Summit states:
"In her suit, Blankmeyer alleged that during her senior year her “roommate was having online and actual sex right in front of her,” and her “Residence Director did nothing to alleviate the problem,” according to court documents.
However, in a letter to school housing officials Feb. 2, 2011, Blankmeyer made no mention about sexual activity. That letter, filed as a exhibit in federal court by Blankmeyer, the Long Island woman complained her roommate kept the lights on, stayed up late watching T.V., left the door open, borrowed her things and stayed up late Skyping with her boyfriend."
As for those alternative rooms that were given as options to the student? They were "not acceptable."
Really??
Having personally gone through the re-rooming process without any difficulty at all...I'm going to have to, by that standard alone, call horse on the lawsuit.
In your own letter to the school citing the reasons you wanted to leave the room, you sound like a self-centered Nazi.
Now let's say hypothetically that the allegations are in fact true.
I'm still going to call horse on the lawsuit.
Really? You were driven into a "dark and suicidal depression" just because your roommate had sexual relations with her boyfriend in the room?
DO YOU REALIZE YOU'RE IN COLLEGE????
Getting sexiled from one's room in college dorm life is a right of passage. Trying to seriously look someone in the eyes and say "I'm going to sue you" over loud roommate sex in college is hilarious.
Granted, if the allegations are true (which I don't think they are)--sure, maybe that roommate should have utilized the sock-on-the-door-trick just as a fair warning...but all the same--have you ever heard of taking a walk?
I can think of some worse college roommate and their boyfriend stories I've heard at college (like peeing all over your floor type of bad) Its not like this occurred in your bed. Now that would be psychologically frustrating...but all the same it wouldn't drive me to a suicidal depression. Just burn your mattress, yell at your roommate, and switch rooms.
Boo-hoo, they had loud sex in the bed next to you. So its a realistic claim that you got so depressed you were going to commit suicide????
Unless the guy is your boyfriend, or hey, maybe even your own father (for some extra nasty gossip), I could see where depression could come from.
If its not those two cases (which it isn't), you need to suck it up. Your college isn't responsible for your inability to either:
- Yell at your roommate.
- Act so bat-shit weird your roommate and her boyfriend won't want to have sex there anyway (think having thousands and thousands of photos of cats lining your wall--that kind of crazy).
- Get off your ass and take a walk.
Hypothetically if your allegations were true, there's still nof*ckingway that you'd become suicidal on account of some good ol' roommate sex in your presence.
Everyone, and I mean everyone in college has dealt with this issue. I've certainly never seen suicide, or even "dark depression" as a result. For guys, its usually more of the I'm-going-to-get-in-your-face-and-ask-stern-questions-about-the-condom-in-the-shower-trash, where as for women I've heard its pretty much the same thing.
Have fun with your 15 minutes of fame from this lawsuit, but if my gut feelings are correct the court is going to find a lot of holes in your story.
Until Stonehill's next big SNAFU...
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