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I think that students do have access to academic help -- there's office hours and peer tutoring available on par with what the student-athletes have, and the reason student-athletes have "special access" is that they can't attend the normal office hours or tutoring sessions with their practice schedules.  It's nothing extra.

Access to healthcare was a boondoggle for students as well as student-athletes, imo.  If you could prove your case that your injury was directly related to your sport, then you were covered, otherwise you were not.  Mental health services were available but in short supply as Stanford didn't have that many counselors/therapists as -- so good luck finding one that worked with your schedule.  I didn't understand the healthcare system anyway...it's something I hope the incoming frosh know about these days, but I'm not betting on it.

I don't understand a grad student whose stipend won't cover food.  Were they a master's student coming in from industry who was expected to have resources to cover some of their expenses?  Or were they cheaping out on things just to see if they could?

Anyway, I'll beat the drum again: the 11 sports that were dropped didn't have all the bells and whistles that the student was complaining about.  You can guess which big-ticket sports get the red carpet treatment, and using that luxury to justify the dead of 11 other sports is wholly unjustified and misplaced anger.

[fullmetal]

I think that students do have access to academic help -- there's office hours and peer tutoring available on par with what the student-athletes have, and the reason student-athletes have "special access" is that they can't attend the normal office hours or tutoring sessions with their practice schedules.  It's nothing extra.

Access to healthcare was a boondoggle for students as well as student-athletes, imo.  If you could prove your case that your injury was directly related to your sport, then you were covered, otherwise you were not.  Mental health services were available but in short supply as Stanford didn't have that many counselors/therapists as -- so good luck finding one that worked with your schedule.  I didn't understand the healthcare system anyway...it's something I hope the incoming frosh know about these days, but I'm not betting on it.

I don't understand a grad student whose stipend won't cover food.  Were they a master's student coming in from industry who was expected to have resources to cover some of their expenses?  Or were they cheaping out on things just to see if they could?

Anyway, I'll beat the drum again: the 11 sports that were dropped didn't have all the bells and whistles that the student was complaining about.  You can guess which big-ticket sports get the red carpet treatment, and using that luxury to justify the dead of 11 other sports is wholly unjustified and misplaced anger.