<p>Even though these charges haven’t been proven yet, Chang’s track record certainly is suspect. Whenever I hear of bizarre stories like this, I have to wonder how these people look at themselves in the mirror every day. Well, as my husband often says, “It’s a big world.”</p>
<p>The abuse of power is frightening. I do some college counseling in Queens via a grant-funded program that provides private advising to young women who wouldn’t otherwise get it. St. John’s is on many of their lists. Most of the girls in my program are the first in their families to go to college; they depend on need-based and merit aid, and they would be very reluctant to speak up if someone at their college in a position of authority were to abuse that power. So stories like this one are very unsettling, and we can only assume (or at least hope) that such situations are rare.</p>