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Self medication fails to help Northeastern student
By adamg on Thu, 03/15/2012 - 9:47am
The Huntington News reports some concerned dorm mates called 911 for help with a student who had been vomiting for several hours:
The student told EMTs he hit his head on the floor several hours earlier and said he has had several concussions in the past in which vomiting was a side effect. He also said he drank half a bottle of vodka earlier that day.
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8 a.m.
A student’s mother reported she was concerned for the well-being of her son who was exhibiting bizarre behavior the previous day. NUPD officers found the student in his apartment surrounded by drug paraphernalia, folding knives, hallucinogenic drugs and a small amount of marijuana. He was taken to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center by ambulance and will be reported to OSCCR.
In other words ...
He may face punishment because of an unresolved mental health issue?
I really wonder what the administration of Northeastern is on if their response to anything and everything is that some nanny committee is gonna be mean to you.
Maybe they should be asking why their school seems to have so many people who don't understand limits and boundaries, or if they need to beef up their mental health services.
Colleges love to kick people
Colleges love to kick people out for having mental health issues.
It's much better for the college to make people take a forced medical absence, than to have the college face potential lawsuits and bad publicity from a suicide or other actions.
On an online forum for a certain prestigious area college, students often recommend to other students that they voluntarily take time off if they suspect this is about to happen. It's much easier to return from a voluntary leave, so you don't have to prove to the school that you're sane.
Way to be consistent, SwirlyGrrl
Every time I growl at ad hominem attacks against you, you go and prove them somewhat correct.
Did you even read the report? And did you see that every single person who comes in contact with any emergency service in that report (and every single report that Adam has linked to for the past millennium) are "reported to OSCCR"? It's routine. For everything. No matter what. It doesn't mean anything.
Or, just go ahead, and overreact. You wouldn't want to disappoint your fans.
Routine ... but WHY?
Does this entity serve any purpose other than parenting by committee? It also sounds like they could be deterring students from bringing in emergency services or getting help for themselves and others if "everything gets reported ot the OSCCR".
Are they keeping statistics on the kinds of situations they review? Are there any efforts to implement campus-wide interventions, intitiatives, and public health/safety campaigns based on what goes to this group? Or is it all about administrative appearance of doing something quasi-parental, but limiting it to the individual behavioral and consequence level?
I dunno
You could call up the university and ask, or you can keep asking tightly-wound overly-reactionary questions on a news blog. Your choice.
Reported to OSCCR doesn't mean punished
I'm the news editor at the paper, so I oversee the crime log (though we are not officially affiliated with NU). As I understand it, all possible violations are reported to the Office of Student Conduct and Conflict Resolution. That does not, however, mean the students will be in trouble. The office reviews the case and then issues discipline as it sees fit, but not in all cases.
I remember when i was still
I remember when i was still at Northeastern, they were going to implement a policy to wave reporting to OSCCR for certain cases because people were afraid to call the ambulance if their friend was'nt responsive after a night of drinking. Does anyone know if that is still the case?