So much to write about this week. Where do I even start? How about since this little message just popped into my inbox... Hofstra.
This past weekend, a girl was supposedly tied up and gang raped by 5 guys in the dorm building next to mine on campus. I say supposedly due to the e-mail I have just received, but I'll get to that in a minute. Campus has been a nuthouse since this happened. News vans are everywhere, public safety has cracked down and is pretty much not allowing anyone to be in a building they're not authorized to be in at all, and NY State Troopers took over the entrance ramp on the northbound Meadowbrook Parkway trying to capture the 5th rapist that has escaped. Kylie was supposed to come visit me last night, but the campus was on such lockdown the line to get in was 30 mins long.
In addition to this, there has been an armed robbery on North campus, and 2 seperate ocurrences of women saying that men have groped them in the parking lot. Bottom line at this point: I am not leaving my building at night unless absolutely necessary. Period. I'm driving to class. I haven't worked my ass off to be going to school for my Master's to be sexually assaulted on the way to class.
Here's the interesting part. Hofstra sent out an e-mail literally 10 minutes ago stating that the rape victim has recanted her charges against the 5 guys. WHAT. WHAAAAAT. If this girl is lying- so help her. She has succeeded at making Hofstra have a terrible, horrific and violent reputation. It's my belief that the other attacks have happened because of this girl's story. HOWEVER- if she is recanting her statements due to the fact that she has been threatened or anything else of that nature- I fear for her. It's just insane. I know the feeling of campus as a whole right now is very anxious and fearful. I hope this is resolved soon.--- AS i just wrote that--- she lied about the rape. The entire thing. Wow. I hope that girl get some serious help.
On another note- the athletic director of my high school got fired for supplying 14-17 year olds with alcohol. Something he's been doing for at least 10 years. Nothing new. Everyone is up in arms saying that he's such a great guy and blah blah blah. Yea, Creece is cool. If you consider feeding alcohol to minors and invading on their school sleepovers cool. He was cool because he brought us booze when we couldn't. Looking back- it was wrong.
Other than all of that ranting... work is pretty good. I think I make the most there. I'm the only American. The rest are from eastern Europe and Ecuador-- which is fine. Its just like Plantation at PV all over again-- except this country club is predominantly Jewish like everywhere else on LI. I love them. Long Island Jews are one of a kind and I just want to be one. Maybe I'll start working on that.
School is school. More work. More assignments. I think the thing thats most frustrating about grad school is that we have to read and read and read and read--- never discuss it in class and then it pops up on the final exam. Neato.
Im tired. Gym at 8am tomorrow. Goodnight folks.
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