March 1, 2022, campus star Katie Meyer stopped breathing in the dormitory of Stanford University .
forensic identification showed that there was no sign of murder at the scene, and Katie committed suicide.
Student universities are under great academic pressure, and it is not a strange thing to commit suicide among students.
However, Katie's situation is very different...
She holds a grudge for her friend and punishes the rapist, but she suffers from heavy pressure from the school and commits suicide by not being able to think about it for a while.
For many years, Katie is a typical "child of other people's family". Katy started playing football since she was 5 years old. She has tried many positions and finally found herself suitable for being a goalkeeper. After honing her skills for several years, she became a member of the ECNL of the American Youth Football League, and at the age of 15 she also participated in the Football Superstar reality show.
She was born in 2000 and grew up with her two sisters. She has a passionate and lively personality. She joined the student union as a cadre in elementary school.
She is in good physical fitness and likes running, climbing, surfing , and her favorite is football.
Every year, Katie joins youth football training camps across the United States and often plays abroad.
school’s homework has not been missed. Katie's dream is to go to Stanford University. After graduating from high school, she successfully passed the exam and became the captain of the college women's football team.
, she appeared on TED to give a speech, served as the ambassador of Just Women's Sports, and opened her own podcast program.
Katie's life is like a template for future leaders, glorious and beautiful, impeccable...
Until August 2021, Katie was surprised to hear that a member of the women's football team was raped by a boy from another team!
As the captain, Katie has always taken good care of the team members and will tell her if everyone is wronged. She had no doubt about what the victim told her, and she became even more angry with the victim.
Katie originally wanted to see how Stanford dealt with the boy, but the result was that the university did not punish him and they let him play the whole season.
The reason given by the school is that there is too little evidence at present, and even the threshold for holding a campus hearing has not been met.
, rape case is difficult to retain evidence, and Katie becomes more and more angry the more she thinks about it, and she decides to punish the boy herself.
htmlOn August 28, Katie rode her bicycle to find a boy. She saw him and poured the hot coffee in her hand onto the other person.
Stanford said that the boy suffered "physical injury", but the burn level was not announced.
The boy said he wanted to "make compensation", so he did not intend to complain to the Stanford University Community Standards Office.
He also told teachers that he "don't want Katie to be punished for any impact on her life". The boys who are
have already said this, but Stanford University does not intend to stop. A few days later, Lisa Caldera, the dean of the student life, talked to Katie and asked her what was going on.
Katy stammered and said that pouring coffee was an accident. Caldera did not believe her and quickly filed a complaint with the Community Standards Office.
In September, Katie received a letter of complaint filled with "long and difficult legal terms and threatening language". The staff at the
office later admitted that it was a fixed pressure process.
Katy was frightened and went to Tiffany Gabrielson, director of the Community Standards Office, to tell her that she was not a bad student.
In the email sent by Gabrison, you can see what Katie was worried about:
"You are very scared because you are a senior and want to study Law School ... Now, the last thing you need is something that derails your life."
Katie is becoming more and more worried when she sees that the school has to punish herself in her words and outside.
She issued a statement on the "coffee splashing incident" two months later, saying that she was under great pressure.
"In the past few months, I've been afraid that the stupid things I've made will prevent me from graduating from Stanford. I'm worried that this accident will ruin my future."
Katy went to meet a sports psychologist and said that his anxiety and depression is getting worse and he can't play football at all. The statement from
seems to have worked, and from November 21, 2021 to February 25, 2022, the Community Standards Office did not contact her again.
Stanford University stipulates that the period for accusation of misconduct for students is half a year. If no charges are made within half a year, then the matter will be revealed.
is just a cup of coffee, should it be fine, right? Seeing that there was no letter from the office in the mailbox, Katie became cheerful again. During that time, she was also selected as a "honor student" by Stanford University, and her bright future was beckoning her.
However, on February 28, on the last day of the charge period,
Katie received an email from the Community Standards Office, a full five-page letter accusing her of violating the basic guidelines of and should attend the campus hearing immediately.
emailed that Katie would postpone her graduation for three months and would not be able to get her graduation certificate on time. The allegations against her may also cause her to leave the football team and even be fired from the school!
is about to graduate, but he is clearly an honorary student of the school. Why is
expelled now?
Katy contacted the office in panic and said she was shocked and upset, and wanted to talk to the leaders again.
office sets the meeting time after three days. They did not call to ask about her mental state, nor did they look at her offline, which was a strong accusation by Katie's parents later.
On March 1, no one saw Katie. When friends went to find her, they found her dead in the dormitory, with a blood-colored face. Not far from
is the open computer, and the screen shows a letter of accusation sent by the Community Standards Office.
Stanford University mourned her death on Twitter, and Katie's parents did not appreciate it, accusing them of forcing the child to death.
"This tragedy of began at Stanford University and finally at Stanford University. The school's discipline accusations against her were too strict and the process was too reckless, which led to Katie suffering from acute stress response and chose to commit suicide impulse."
"Her suicide was not planned in advance, but was receiving the shocking and painful report. After the email, she naturally thought of it. She sat alone in the room, without anyone or resources to support her. "
" Stanford did not have an employee who made even a little effort to check her health. "
Katy's parents listed the school's board of directors, principal, dean, vice president, provost, legal counsel and others as defendants. In their opinion, these people were executioners.
Stanford University does not admit that it is related to Katie's death.
"We express sympathy for her family because her death brought them unimaginable pain. However, we strongly oppose the claim that the university is responsible for her death." A Stanford spokesman said.
Katie's parents filed a lawsuit last Wednesday.
From pouring a cup of coffee to committing suicide by students, the whole thing is absurd and terrible.
However, thinking that this is a precedent Stanford University...it seems not surprising.
The famous Brock Turner is from Stanford. After raping a girl, he was released from prison after being released from prison in three months.
Shortly after the Turner rape case, several girls accused another boy of rape.
After investigation, the school confirmed that he committed rape and prohibited him from entering the campus within 10 years, but they still allowed him to graduate and award him a bachelor's degree in economics and a master's degree in management.
American netizens are all indignant about Katie's experience:
"It's so terrible. I'm sad for Katie, and for her friends and relatives. What does school mean? It's bad to sprinkle coffee, but don't care about rape? In our society, women helping women always have to be punished. Now, society has lost a young woman who is willing to fight for friends and team members. Just because Stanford feels it's necessary to punish a woman to stop more women from taking everything in their own hands. Rest in peace, Katie."
"Okay, maybe the school really can't do much, but there's no need to threaten her to play out of the football team."
"Okay, maybe the school really can't do much, but there's no need to threaten her to play out of the football team , don't affect her graduation. This feels like a whole semester of discipline. It will also send a message to rapists, and they won't care about any school they do."
"I believe rapists must all like Stanford University."
A life disappeared like this, it's a pity.
I hope Stanford University can pay more attention to "small mistakes" like rape when paying attention to "big mistakes" like pouring coffee...