🚀 go-pugleaf

Crohn's is associated with stress, but not soley caused by it.  Don't you
think you are jumping
the gun by saying that you deserve an apology for the causation of a disease
that doesn't have
a clear cut etiology?

Don't think I am being unsympathetic.  Regardless of the causative factors,
Crohn's is a terrible
disease to have.

Don't you think your story could be part of a snowball effect?  You pissed
someone off (appropriately
or inappropriately) and they tried screwing you over (probably
inappropriately).  What did the biology
professor do?

You have to understand that we're getting one side of a story.  Moreover,
one side of the story from
someone who is extremely bitter.

mike


David Zinkin <dzinkin2@rochester.rr.com> wrote in message
news:dzinkin2-4A1283.00425003052001@eeyore.ins.cwru.edu...
> Partly because CWRU didn't let it go, and partly because I am literally
physically
> unable to let it go.  Some key incidents:
>
> 1. During my first semester at University of Buffalo School of Medicine,
the
> school lost track of some paperwork, including part of my CWRU
transcript --
> specifically, the list of biology courses I'd taken, what was covered in
each
> course, and the grades I received.  To obtain some of the missing
information, the
> admissions rep for UB called the biology department at CWRU and asked to
speak
> with the professor who ran the biology lab course I'd taken.  Said
professor, who
> had given me a great deal of trouble when I took his course, flat-out
lied: I'd
> received a B, but according to the UB rep, this professor called me "the
worst
> student in the class" and claimed that I'd failed -- which would have made
me
> ineligible to attend UB in the first place.  It wasn't until I called the
CWRU
> registrar and arranged for a faxed copy of my transcript that the
situation
> regarding that grade was resolved; luckily, after seeing that I'd told the
truth
> about the grade, the UB rep took me at my word regarding the content of
the course
> and the matter was dropped.
>
> 2. During that same time frame (fall 92-spring 93), there was a fire at
Millis
> Science Center.  Before determining that the fire had originated with a
frayed
> electrical cord in a biology professor's office, the fire department
suspected
> arson, and asked some of the professors who worked in Millis whether they
knew of
> anyone who might have had both the motive and the opportunity to start a
fire in
> that building.  A certain professor -- not coincidentally, the same one
who had
> falsely accused me of cheating two years before -- gave one of the
investigators
> my name.  I didn't know this until another chemistry instructor called me;
he'd
> overheard the other professor make the false charge, and told the
investigator
> that I had neither the motive nor the opportunity.  On the matter of
motive, I
> wanted to stay the hell away from CWRU and to have nothing to do with the
place;
> as to opportunity, the investigators had already figured out that the fire
had
> started sometime between 7:00 and 8:00 AM... when I was in class at UB.
In a
> perverse sort of way I almost wish the case hadn't been dropped so
quickly; it
> would have been fun to watch the bastard claim that I definitely had to be
at
> CWRU, only to be met by over 100 of my classmates who had seen me sitting
in a
> morning lecture in Buffalo. :-)
>
> 3. I carry a scar from my CWRU battles: Crohn's disease, with which I was
> diagnosed during winter break in my senior year.  (As I type this I am
tethered to
> an IV which will deliver my breakfast, lunch and dinner for the next month
due to
> a recent flare-up of the disease.)  A great deal of research suggests that
the
> disease can be caused and/or triggered by stress, particularly unnecessary
stress
> -- and never has there been a greater source of completely unnecessary
stress than
> Case Western Reserve University.  Because of the Crohn's, I had to leave
medical
> school and chose to pursue a career in computers instead.  Thankfully I
love what
> I do; I'd planned to use computers extensively in medicine anyway.  But
the fact
> that I have a successful career now does not excuse what CWRU did to me.
>
> So when you ask "why not just let it go?" the answer is: I'll be happy to
do so
> when I can let go of the Crohn's disease that CWRU gave me, and when the
school's
> administrators and faculty prove their willingness to let go by
apologizing, in
> writing, for all of the trouble they have caused and promising, also in
writing,
> that it will never happen again.  Considering that there is currently no
cure for
> Crohn's, and given that CWRU's administrators and faculty seem to be as
arrogant
> and unrepentant as ever based on reports I receive from time to time, I'm
not
> optimistic.
>
>  -- DZ
>
>
> In article <9cqk6a$7d5$1@eeyore.INS.cwru.edu>, "mikeCWRU"
<mikeCWRU@yahoo.com>
> wrote:
>
> > I must have come to cwru.gen a year post this thread.  I have one
question for
> > you, please don't respond by just telling the story over again:  it's
been 8
> > friggin' years man.   Why not just let it go?
> >
> > mike
> >
> >
> > > I told Jerry at the time that I had no intention of ever posting to
CWRUgen
> > > again, but reserved the right to change my mind at some point in the
future,
> > > particularly if my name came up in an interesting context.  I'd kept
an eye
> > > on the board all these years, and marveled at how all of the
accusations I'd
> > > made against CWRU were proven right one by one -- much to the
consternation
> > > of two frequent posters who'd often accused me of lying, yet could
never
> > > muster the courage to admit that they'd been wrong about me all along.
> > >
> > > So why did I come back now?  To provide some political balance, as
well as a
> > > dose of honesty and common sense.  With an overwhelmingly left-wing
political
> > > orientation, as well as too many people who think CWRU either can't be
> > > improved or doesn't need to be, this board was in desperate need of
all
> > > three. :-)
> > >
> > >  -- DZ
> > >