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swong19104

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15. Seems to be a case of never-ending PhDing

Reply to BlueWaveNeverEnd (Original post)

Fri Dec 19, 2025, 11:47 AM

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There was a case in Stanford back in the 1980s(?) where a grad student killed his advisor with a hammer because the grad student was locked in to his PhD program like forever. And there were two somewhat similar cases at the University of Pennsylvania. A grad student ran through a talk and shot two professors, killing one (and then killed himself?). Another was just a grad student committing suicide, again because of a never-ending PhD work.

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Picture of Brown university shooter [View all] BlueWaveNeverEnd Thursday OP

convenient he is dead nt msongs Thursday #1

??? BlueWaveNeverEnd Thursday #2

Because the bad guy never offs himself in these situations? EdmondDantes_ Thursday #6

makes a tidy wrap up and allows media overkill msongs Thursday #9

24 years in a PHD program? Brother Buzz Thursday #3

Noo. Only a year BlueWaveNeverEnd Thursday #4

As soon as I saw the MIT professor shooting drmeow Thursday #5

I thought "older student" BlueWaveNeverEnd Thursday #7

And seriously, we're gonna have to increase the cameras on all campuses?? A bazillion cameras now?? a kennedy Thursday #8

Looks like he could be an insurance agent. RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Thursday #10

I'm going to remain skeptical of all this story for a while. I need a little more other than, "we got him". flashman13 Thursday #11

He looks middle aged. Pretty old to start a program in physics. Gaugamela Yesterday #12

He was enrolled in 2001 Kaleva Yesterday #13

He started a grad program at Brown at age 22. Was there only a year BlueWaveNeverEnd Yesterday #14

Seems to be a case of never-ending PhDing swong19104 Yesterday #15