3 people die in shooting at the University of Alabama in Huntsville

[ASTalumna06]

Originally Posted by epchick

According to the news I was watching (TXCN here) she was apparently a professor who was upset about not being tenured. Seriously? Dang, people nowadays.

That's what I heard. Her and a few other professors were meeting to discuss tenure, and they told her she didn't get it.

Originally Posted by ThetaPrincess24

They have a picture of the shooter on foxnews.com as they are putting her in the cop car. I think she looks disturbed.

I saw on the news the tape from when the police were putting her into the car. The audio was a little hard to hear at first, but then someone clearly asks her, "What about the people who are dead?" and she replied, "They're still alive," in a rather monotone way.

I believe it was one of her co-workers who also said that she seemed cut off from reality.

[ASTalumna06]

And apparently she killed her brother back in 1986.....?

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35372168...me_and_courts/

[PiKA2001]

Originally Posted by ASTalumna06

And apparently she killed her brother back in 1986.....?

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35372168...me_and_courts/

Maybe that's why she didn't get her tenure. I wonder if the faculty there is subject to background investigations, even though this may have not been on there due to the fact she wasn't fromally charged with killing her brother.

[33girl]

I would give an over/under on how long this would take to get to Law & Order...if there hadn't already been an episode with an almost identical story.

[Kevin]

Originally Posted by 33girl

I would give an over/under on how long this would take to get to Law & Order...if there hadn't already been an episode with an almost identical story.

Methinks the profs at Hudson University would do well to look into term life plans...

[honeychile]

We've been talking about this, and have a question: are professors always tenured after x amount of years? Is it that unusual not to receive tenure?

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by honeychile

We've been talking about this, and have a question: are professors always tenured after x amount of years? Is it that unusual not to receive tenure?

No. It is based on an annual review and a tenure review after a set number of years (depends on the school).

Unfortunately, not every university offers tenure. For the schools that have tenure, the tenure-track and longterm-contract-with-tenure-potential faculty qualify for tenure review.

Across academia it isn't uncommon for faculty who are up for tenure to not receive it the first and even the second time. For many departments it is rare for someone to be denied tenure if they've followed the formal and informal advice and procedures. It is an extremely frustrating political process. ("Frustrating" only translates to violence for those with a predisposition for it. )

[AnotherKD]

Originally Posted by Kevin

Methinks the profs at Hudson University would do well to look into term life plans...

*snicker*

I love me some Jack McCoy.

[ASTalumna06]

Originally Posted by ASTalumna06

I saw on the news the tape from when the police were putting her into the car. The audio was a little hard to hear at first, but then someone clearly asks her, "What about the people who are dead?" and she replied, "They're still alive," in a rather monotone way.

This is the tape I was talking about, although this audio is more clear than the one I heard originally:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBVnGJJ-j-8

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by ASTalumna06

This is the tape I was talking about, although this audio is more clear than the one I heard originally:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBVnGJJ-j-8

Crazy bitch.

She either really had a breakdown that removed her from the reality OR she's staging her temporary insanity defense. "It didn't really happen" "they are still alive"

She was described as "not being able to face reality" and "not being as good as she thought she was." I really hope they don't take her perhaps average craziness and delusions of grandeur and create an insanity defense.

[PiKA2001]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

She either really had a breakdown that removed her from the reality OR she's staging her temporary insanity defense. "It didn't really happen" "they are still alive"

She was described as "not being able to face reality" and "not being as good as she thought she was." I really hope they don't take her perhaps average craziness and delusions of grandeur and create an insanity defense.

I'm sure any defense counsel worth their salt will look into it, but me thinks given the crime committed combined with her alleged past history it will be tough to convince a jury. She's too heinous to let off easy.