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<p>I, in turn, am amazed that you characterize his remarks as an “attack” on her, and that you criticize him for not violating her privacy in order to defend his staff.</p>
<p>What, precisely, would you have him do? Remain silent, while she spreads a potentially inaccurate story that might indeed discourage other students from reporting assaults or reaching out for psychiatric help when in need?</p>
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<p>Indeed. Although you are making the assumption that the school considered her “suicidal.” Their actual concerns remain unstated.</p>
<p>I read most of the comments, and it appears that other students dispute the assertion that the services at Rice are “the best,” pointing to superior response protocols at Cornell. (Not surprising at a school that has suffered highly-publicized clusters of suicides.) It seems that Rice–and most schools–could look to those protocols for a model. But even the facts of the comparison are in dispute, with people citing different levels of training, differently qualified responders, different response times, and so forth.</p>