Suspended Justice: The Story of a Wrongful Conviction, Our College Pick

Every week, Syracuse University professor Aileen Gallagher helps Longreads highlight the best of college journalism. Here’s this week’s pick.

Published: Jan 23, 2014
Length: 20 minutes (5,157 words)

After the Fall

An Indiana University freshman dies at her first college party, and a student journalist explores who she really was:

In the days before they buried her, no one knew how not to come undone. Her roommate dropped out of school. Her father kept abruptly needing to leave the room. And her mother, who looked so much like her already, started wearing her daughter’s clothes. In the news and on campus, Rachael Fiege became known as the IU freshman who died at her first college party. The one who never even made it to her first class.

Published: Dec 11, 2013
Length: 14 minutes (3,650 words)