[Suzy Quzy]

He set a couple of FIRES in his dorm room and they didn’t EXPEL him??

[penowa]

Just another troubled “youth” (on Prozac probably) crying out for help. /s

[khnyny]

He set a couple of FIRES in his dorm room and they didn’t EXPEL him??

That was my first thought too. If true, this makes the college look very, very, bad.

[jonascord]

He's just "troubled". When my oldest went to college, I was talking to the head of the campus police, a fellow Marine. He related that, before classes started, his officers and the dorm resident advisors spent a day and a night going thru a series of drills on possible scenarios. Who to call, actions to take, areas of responsibility, that sort of response.

One of the biggies was what to do with a possible suicide attempt. There was a big arguement during the debrief when the RAs figured that the Campus police were just thugs so they didn't bother to call it in, and they would just "talk it out" with the kid on the balcony.

I would bet a large sum that the Liberal Arts RA in this case just figured that he or she could handle a little thing like arson, and mass murder.

[Cedar]

“He set a couple of FIRES in his dorm room and they didn’t EXPEL him??”

That’s what I thought too! I’m beginning to think a lot of the crime in this country is due to such lax attitudes and measures on the part of authorities at many levels.

What has happened to the people in charge? Are there any people left with common sense?

Setting fires to public property is no longer punishable at universities?

[Veto!]

He set a couple of FIRES in his dorm room and they didn’t EXPEL him??

Exactly. Or turn him in to law enforcement. Because school officials did nothing about this dangerous student, many people died. I hope the parents hire a good attorney.