Management stabbing
Location| Maharishi University ofManagement stabbing |
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|---|---|
| Location |
Fairfield, Iowa |
| Date | March 1, 2004 |
| Target | Students at Maharishi University of Management |
| Attack type | Stabbing |
| Weapon(s) | pen, paring kife |
| Death(s) | 1 |
| Injured | 1 |
| Perpetrator(s) | Shuvender Sem |
The Maharishi University of Management stabbing occurred on March 1, 2004, when without provocation, a university student Shuvender Sem fatally stabbed a fellow student, Levi Butler, after Sem had attacked another student earlier in the day. The event occurred at Maharishi University of Management, Fairfield, Iowa, United States, and attracted attention partly due to the university's practice of Yogic Flying, which proponents say reduces violence in the surrounding area.[1] Sem was found not guilty due to insanity. A lawsuit against the university that had charged negligence was settled out of court.
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On March 1, 2004, Shuvender Sem, who had been enrolled at the university for less than two months,[2] stabbed another student in the face with a pen during a class called Teaching for Enlightenment.[1] Told by university staff that he did not require medical attention, the injured student drove himself to the hospital where he received seven stitches.[3] University officials consulted a psychologist and decided that Sem would have to leave the university, but didn't report the incident to police. Sem didn't appear dangerous or agitated and was taken by Joel Wysong, the school's dean of men, took to his on-campus apartment until he could take a flight home the next morning.[2] Left unattended, Sem took a paring knife from Wysong's kitchen and went to the university's dining hall.[4] Wysong followed Sem to the dining hall and watched while Sem interacted with other students, but did not take him back into custody. After about ten minutes and without provocation, Sem stabbed another student, freshman Levi Butler, four times in the chest, killing him.[1][5]
Sem, who was a diagnosed schizophrenic, reportedly had been off his medication for months at the time of the murder.[6] After initially being declared incompetent, Sem was subsequently deemed competent to stand trial.[7][8] The judge ruled Sem not guilty by reason of insanity at the urging of both the defense attorneys and prosecutors.[9]
The university places an emphasis on reducing crime.
Crime prevention is one of the seven founding goals of the University: "To solve the age-old problem of crime and all behavior that brings unhappiness to the family of man." All students and administrators practice the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi programs which are designed to help eliminate criminal tendencies and behavior at their root cause.[10]
College crime and campus security is a significant issue in the United States, with 2,500 rapes and 3,000 aggravated assaults occurring at U.S. colleges every year.[11] A 2007 USA Today analysis of this incident and more than one hundred other killings that occurred on U.S. college campuses between 1991 and 2007 reported that flawed college security was to blame in at least 15 of these killings.[11 qWww Berry Berry D Juice Complex En Mark Rothko Mah_arishi University of Management stabbing Acai - pedia, the j free encyclopedia Www Berry Berry D Juice Complex En Mark Rothkon s g g Acai s s Berry Acai fWww Berry Berry D Juice Complex En Mark Rothko Mah_arishi University of Management stabbing Acai - pedia, the j free encyclopedia Www Berry Berry D Juice Complex En Mark Rothkok c c Wholesale Drink