Stanford: Traumatized Students Can Seek ‘Mental Health’ Support — From Dean Who Ruined Judge’s Visit

After a raucous protest disrupted a student Federalist Society event at Stanford University, one of the school’s deans directed students who were “traumatized” by the incident to seek “safety and mental health” support from the Dean who participated in the protest.

As earlier reports from The Daily Wire noted, Fifth Circuit appellate judge Kyle Duncan was scheduled to speak. When he called for a school administrator to manage rowdy protesters, he got Tirien Steinbach, Associate Dean of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion — and she joined the crowd in verbally attacking him.

According to a report published Sunday by the Washington Free Beacon, Stanford Law School Associate Dean Jeanne Merino sent an email to campus Federalist Society leadership hours after the event transpired. In the missive, Merino revealed that some Federalist Society members had voiced concerns for their own safety, and she suggested several resources that they might utilize while processing the day’s events.

“Dr. Alejandro Martinez, a clinical psychologist with 30+ years at Stanford, is available to counsel students who are not feeling safe,” Merino wrote. “He can read social media interactions and direct communications to assess whether the implied or actual threats are likely to become a reality.”

Merino went on to suggest that students who “would like support or would like to process last week’s events” should reach out to her directly or to other staffers — including DEI Associate Dean Steinbach.

George Washington University Law Professor Jonathan Turley reacted to the news, saying that it was particularly “tone deaf.”

“In what may be the most tone deaf response to an academic scandal in history, Stanford is advising students upset by the canceling of a conservative event that they can “reach out” to DEI Dean Tirien Steinbach who condemned the event …” Turley tweeted.

…It is akin to the Oscars telling Chris Rock that Will Smith is available as an emotional support coach. You know what is emotionally therapeutic for those denied free speech? Free speech.

— Jonathan Turley (@JonathanTurley) March 13, 2023

“It is akin to the Oscars telling Chris Rock that Will Smith is available as an emotional support coach. You know what is emotionally therapeutic for those denied free speech? Free speech,” he added.

Stanford University President Marc Tessier-Lavigne and Stanford Law School Dean Jenny Martinez offered an apology to Judge Duncan following the incident, saying in part, “Staff members who should have enforced university policies failed to do so, and instead intervened in inappropriate ways that are not aligned with the university’s commitment to free speech.”

‘Cringe’ Ads Go Viral From Failed Bank That Refused Trump’s Business: ‘A Circus Not A Bank’

A closer look at the New York-based bank that collapsed Sunday revealed some interesting advertising ideas.

Signature Bank, which denied then-President Donald Trump’s business in 2021 and was shut down by New York state regulators in the wake of the California-based Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) collapse, put out one particular ad, featuring a parody of the song “Some Nights” by fun., that attracted upwards of 735,000 views in a matter of hours.

“Is it surprising that Signature Bank failed?” Grit Capital founder Genevieve Roch-Decter captioned the video. “Their executive team spent millions of dollars to produce music videos & TV shows about themselves.”

“Try not to cringe as you watch this,” she added.

Is it surprising that Signature Bank failed?

Their executive team spent millions of dollars to produce music videos & TV shows about themselves

Try not to cringe as you watch this: pic.twitter.com/16K70FQq5o

— Genevieve Roch-Decter, CFA (@GRDecter) March 13, 2023

CNBC reported that Signature Bank was deeply invested in volatile cryptocurrency and had $110.4 billion in total assets and $88.6 billion in total deposits as of the end of 2022. After Sunday’s move by state regulators, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) took control of the bank.

In the same Twitter thread, Roch-Decter said a former Signature Bank employee told her, “The Management Team was basically like the show, the Office. They’d waste money on things like producing parody videos.”

The finance expert posted another video from the NY lender — this time a sort of musical comedy sketch.

The execs also tried their hands at a comedy sketch/musical combo.

I'm speechless. pic.twitter.com/y3lWDCcSlp

— Genevieve Roch-Decter, CFA (@GRDecter) March 13, 2023

“Who would have trusted their money to these guys after watching this video? This is a circus not a bank,” Roch-Decter captioned one last video, a parody of a Katy Perry song.

Who would have trusted their money to these guys after watching this video?

This is a circus not a bank. pic.twitter.com/UYXxyifD4b

— Genevieve Roch-Decter, CFA (@GRDecter) March 13, 2023

SVB caught accusations of mismanagement, too; specially, the lender was apparently hyper-focused on so-called diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives and LGBT activism.

SVB reportedly failed to have someone in charge of risk assessment for some eight months, until January of this year, while the person in charge of risk assessment in the U.K. allegedly prioritized “pro-diversity initiatives” while neglecting her actual role, according to a Daily Mail report.

Moreover, Jay Ersapah, Chief Risk Officer for the SVB in Europe, Africa and the Middle East, describes herself as a “queer person of color from a working-class background” and organized LGBTQ initiatives, including a month-long Pride campaign, the Daily Mail report outlined. Ersapah also implemented so-called safe space catch-ups for staffers and boasted of serving “underrepresented entrepreneurs.”

“This bank, they’re so concerned with DEI and politics and all kinds of stuff, I think that really diverted from them focusing on their core mission,” Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis told Fox News on Sunday.

Related: Latest Bank To Fail Refused Then-President Trump’s Business In 2021

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