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[QUOTE="SU in Hershey, post: 3736287, member: 609"]
Those are bad/sad optics, but that still doesn't show how SU "failed" him. Is he more special than any other student? Does the University "owe" any/all students down on their luck, wherever and whomever they are?
I know many examples of good people, good families, who have children (or other family members) who cannot find the right path no matter how much help is offered. They, too, may feel that they "failed" their loved ones, but this is often unfounded guilt. The two most common examples are drug abuse and mental illness. I don't know how you can find the University culpable in these matters. 
Sometimes there isn't enough love or money to help. I cannot stress enough how horrible this is, but it doesn't make it any less true. A "free" apartment is a nice gesture, but removing him from the street doesn't fix everything. It's an umbrella in a never-ending storm. It may help others in not having to see the problem, but then who are we helping? We are merely assuaging [I]our[/I] guilt at that point.
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