I am an Alum of Clark and this is the first time I have heard of this event.
However tragic this event is, I am troubled by the resort to the courts by the parents.
Clark is a school not a parent, this woman was an adult not a child. How should Clark supervise it\’s students? Drug testing weekly? Drug sniffing dogs combing the dorms?
What actions could Clark have taken that would not have ignited protests from the very students that need \’protecting\’?
I am deeply sorry for the parents loss, but with freedom comes responsibility.
If this girl told her parents that she experimented with drugs than they should have seen that as a sign that she was trying to get their darn attention and that she needed HELP! And so they sent her back to school and let them deal with it.
I think all of you have it wrong. It\’s never the parents fault. Give them a break for trying to get society…not just the college, to wake up and protect our students, children and civilians in general. It\’s no secret that a college campus is a party ground! I say sue them!
The parents in this siutation sound as if they were using the University as a day care center, not a place for their daughter to get an education.
If I, as a parent, was told by my child that they were dabbling in heroin, they would be pulled from school immediately and sent to counseling. Sending her back to school was a mistake.
While theirs is a horrible loss that no parent should have to face, they\’re grieving inappropriately.
Marsha may be onto something. Whenever a lawsuit like this is introduced, the courts should simply take all of the names listed as plaintiffs and defenedants and paint them onto ping-pong balls. The balls should be dropped into a lottery machine and a single ball chosen – the responsible party. As an additional benefit, this should save a bundle of attorney and court fees.
What about the heroin dealer? Because of her ineptness as a user, his clients are scared of an overdose and are not buying so his sales are down. Can he sue the parents for lost income?
The lawsuit is absurd. It is a sad story, but the college is not to blame. Fix the legal system as only the lawyers are going to gain on this suit.
It is not the parents\’ fault, the school\’s fault, the drug dealer\’s fault, or the boyfriend\’s fault (unless he force-fed her the drugs). A person who is old enough to go to college is old enough to know about the dangers of drugs.
First of all, one doesn\’t \”experiment with heroin\”. The experimentation was with booze and pot. Once you get to heroin, you are a user.
And, excuse me, but who\’s rectal orifice were these parents heads stuck up when their daughter actually tells them that she is using drugs on campus, and they send her back to the same campus, and only \”make a phone call\” to the school?
The School should have suspended the girl when they found her drunk on campus, since she was obviously under age and thus drinking would have been a criminal offense.
Or, they should have suspended her when the parents notified the school that she was using drugs on campus, as that is a criminal offense, as well.
But, of course, that would have meant that the parents would have been forced to deal with the matter themselves. Instead, they chose the option so many parents choose: Let the school deal with it.
And, of course if the school had suspended the girl, the parents would probably have sued for that.
These parents must be feeling a lot of guilt. Some butt-head attorney has convinced them that money will make the guilt go away, because that means that it must be someone else\’s fault. Which, unless she is being facetious, Marsha seems to agree with.
I have a son who is now in his senior year at UAB. I thank God every day that he hasn\’t \”experimented\” with alcohol and drugs. But, you can bet your bottom that if I found out he was, he\’d be off campus and in rehab.
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I am an Alum of Clark and this is the first time I have heard of this event.
However tragic this event is, I am troubled by the resort to the courts by the parents.
Clark is a school not a parent, this woman was an adult not a child. How should Clark supervise it\’s students? Drug testing weekly? Drug sniffing dogs combing the dorms?
What actions could Clark have taken that would not have ignited protests from the very students that need \’protecting\’?
I am deeply sorry for the parents loss, but with freedom comes responsibility.
Michael
I completely agree. If anything, it\’s the father\’s fault for not teaching her not to do drugs.
If this girl told her parents that she experimented with drugs than they should have seen that as a sign that she was trying to get their darn attention and that she needed HELP! And so they sent her back to school and let them deal with it.
As a parent of a daughter who complete college recently and a son who is presently finishing up I completely agree with Michael.
Also agree with Jane. Parents should have stepped in once they knew……..
My heart goes out to them but this is not the way to try to deal with their pain …
I think all of you have it wrong. It\’s never the parents fault. Give them a break for trying to get society…not just the college, to wake up and protect our students, children and civilians in general. It\’s no secret that a college campus is a party ground! I say sue them!
The parents in this siutation sound as if they were using the University as a day care center, not a place for their daughter to get an education.
If I, as a parent, was told by my child that they were dabbling in heroin, they would be pulled from school immediately and sent to counseling. Sending her back to school was a mistake.
While theirs is a horrible loss that no parent should have to face, they\’re grieving inappropriately.
Marsha may be onto something. Whenever a lawsuit like this is introduced, the courts should simply take all of the names listed as plaintiffs and defenedants and paint them onto ping-pong balls. The balls should be dropped into a lottery machine and a single ball chosen – the responsible party. As an additional benefit, this should save a bundle of attorney and court fees.
What about the heroin dealer? Because of her ineptness as a user, his clients are scared of an overdose and are not buying so his sales are down. Can he sue the parents for lost income?
The lawsuit is absurd. It is a sad story, but the college is not to blame. Fix the legal system as only the lawyers are going to gain on this suit.
It is not the parents\’ fault, the school\’s fault, the drug dealer\’s fault, or the boyfriend\’s fault (unless he force-fed her the drugs). A person who is old enough to go to college is old enough to know about the dangers of drugs.
First of all, one doesn\’t \”experiment with heroin\”. The experimentation was with booze and pot. Once you get to heroin, you are a user.
And, excuse me, but who\’s rectal orifice were these parents heads stuck up when their daughter actually tells them that she is using drugs on campus, and they send her back to the same campus, and only \”make a phone call\” to the school?
The School should have suspended the girl when they found her drunk on campus, since she was obviously under age and thus drinking would have been a criminal offense.
Or, they should have suspended her when the parents notified the school that she was using drugs on campus, as that is a criminal offense, as well.
But, of course, that would have meant that the parents would have been forced to deal with the matter themselves. Instead, they chose the option so many parents choose: Let the school deal with it.
And, of course if the school had suspended the girl, the parents would probably have sued for that.
These parents must be feeling a lot of guilt. Some butt-head attorney has convinced them that money will make the guilt go away, because that means that it must be someone else\’s fault. Which, unless she is being facetious, Marsha seems to agree with.
I have a son who is now in his senior year at UAB. I thank God every day that he hasn\’t \”experimented\” with alcohol and drugs. But, you can bet your bottom that if I found out he was, he\’d be off campus and in rehab.