Posted on 07/16/2007 10:19:27 AM PDT by Bladerunnuh
The body of the slain student, Laura Dickinson, 22, was discovered Dec. 15 in her dorm room. At the time, university officials told her parents and the media that she died of asphyxiation but that there was no sign of foul play, despite evidence to the contrary.
It wasn't until another Eastern student was arrested in late February and charged with murder that her family and fellow students learned she had been raped and killed.
The accused student, Orange Taylor III, of Southfield, has pleaded not guilty to murder and criminal sexual conduct charges in Dickinson's death. He is scheduled for trial Oct. 15.
Many in the university's administration were accused of covering up the truth and endangering students to protect the school's image, which has been marred in recent years by tensions with faculty, students and the community.
Robert Dickinson, the young woman's father, said anybody implicated in the federal report "should probably expect the same" fate as Fallon.
"I fire my baristas if they do wrong," said Dickinson, who owns a coffee house. "The board of this school should do whatever they need to do. They need to follow the rules that they have set forth."
The board was expected to meet later Monday to discuss the case. Still undetermined was the status of Vice President of Student Affairs Jim Vick and Public Safety Director Cindy Hall. University spokeswoman Pamela Young said she couldn't discuss Fallon until after the meeting.
Howard Bunsis, president of the faculty union, said Monday that everyone involved in covering up information about Dickinson's slaying should no longer be working for the university.
"It's now time for the university to move forward," Bunsis
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Try acessories after the fact of Rape, and Murder, my friend. That would put them behind bars for life, and that is exactly what should happen here...
the infowarrior
yes..
That’s what I thought. I wonder how many priors this guy has. He’s certainly earned the name “Orange.”
Gosh, how did I know that would be the case?
Am I racist? Or just applying knowledge based on experience?
I’m sure he’ll be charged with a hate crime too. /S
And those are just the state charges. Were this *my* daughter, I would also file true cause and complaint, requesting bench warrants for those individuals under RICO Act violations, which could, in theory, result in the death penalty (infowarrior isn't prone to play around with creeps like these...)
the infowarrior
I wonder how long the media will keep this around.
Is his nickname "O.J."?
"It's now time for the university to move forward," Bunsis
I had agreed with the first rational statement, until he put both feet in his mouth with the second...
Dump Bunsis, too.
Nobody should be able to move on from murder... or the attempt to minimize it's permanent grief to dozens of family and friends.
Move on indeed!
I’m guessing it is.
Fitting color for a man with a name like that, isn’t it? Since he will probably end up wearing orange for the majority of his life.
Good luck with that...
Yes, but all value systems are equal just differnt doncha know.
“I wonder how long the media will keep this around.”
I’m sure they’ll delve into it about as intently as this:
http://www.fbi.gov/wanted/fugitives/vc/murders/vc_murders.htm
white vic
black perp
nothing to see here
I do not see how the president thought he could get away with it. The truth was obviously going to come out.
Load'em up move'em out, as well as anyone else that had direct knowledge of this. Damn there is going to be BIG pay out for the tax payers on this one.
of course, the university acted immorally, unethically and irresponsibly, and you ask yourself why and we know why.....
hippa....hippa...hippa.....
Probably not longer than one news cycle. The story is not politically correct.
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