Suicide is a very personal choice, albeit not the most positive choice to make drastic change in life. It is the most personal and isolated decision a person will ever make. However, we should consider that this person must have been going through some very difficult personal issues to decide that suicide was his only way out and that is sad. There is no other word to encompass this except "sad".
NYU is an amazing school and is extremely proactive with serious issues. I think NYU gets so much attention with issues like this because it get so much attention with other issues simply because of the recognition of the name.
NYU can offer an education, but it can never change what a person is feeling on the inside. If it hadn't happened at Bobst, it may have happened somewhere in the city else so labeling NYU as a suicide school in inappropriate. The ratio of how many students attend compared to how many students commit suicide should be carefully considered before making assumptions. However, ONE student who is under this kind of duress is one too many at any university, regardless of size.
The most important thing that seems to be overlooked in this debate is how much one person will be missed by the people who loved him. He leaves behind a giant void that will never be filled for those people and anguish that they couldn't help him (or didn't know what he was going through). People who will wonder what they could have done, or how they could have recognized the signs and who will have many sleepless nights "wondering"... I do agree with offering privacy by leaving his name out of print in the future. His family has so much to deal with right now and they face a lifetime of pain. Let them have this very delicate. emotional time to absorb the tragedy at their own pace.
Blame should not be pointed in any direction when the reality of internal emotional angst is exacerbated by the external pressures of the world that splinters the mind and emotions into many directions simultaneously.
If you notice your friends, family, etc getting stressed out or becoming despondent and isolated PLEASE make an effort to reach out to them. It may be a small act of kindness during a very bad that makes them feel connected again. Humanity is something that no university will ever teach us in a course but may be the most important quality we can offer each other.
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NYU Grad
Nov 10, 2009
9:25 p.m.
Suicide is a very personal choice, albeit not the most positive choice to make drastic change in life. It is the most personal and isolated decision a person will ever make. However, we should consider that this person must have been going through some very difficult personal issues to decide that suicide was his only way out and that is sad. There is no other word to encompass this except "sad".
NYU is an amazing school and is extremely proactive with serious issues. I think NYU gets so much attention with issues like this because it get so much attention with other issues simply because of the recognition of the name.
NYU can offer an education, but it can never change what a person is feeling on the inside. If it hadn't happened at Bobst, it may have happened somewhere in the city else so labeling NYU as a suicide school in inappropriate. The ratio of how many students attend compared to how many students commit suicide should be carefully considered before making assumptions. However, ONE student who is under this kind of duress is one too many at any university, regardless of size.
The most important thing that seems to be overlooked in this debate is how much one person will be missed by the people who loved him. He leaves behind a giant void that will never be filled for those people and anguish that they couldn't help him (or didn't know what he was going through). People who will wonder what they could have done, or how they could have recognized the signs and who will have many sleepless nights "wondering"...
I do agree with offering privacy by leaving his name out of print in the future. His family has so much to deal with right now and they face a lifetime of pain. Let them have this very delicate. emotional time to absorb the tragedy at their own pace.
Blame should not be pointed in any direction when the reality of internal emotional angst is exacerbated by the external pressures of the world that splinters the mind and emotions into many directions simultaneously.
If you notice your friends, family, etc getting stressed out or becoming despondent and isolated PLEASE make an effort to reach out to them. It may be a small act of kindness during a very bad that makes them feel connected again. Humanity is something that no university will ever teach us in a course but may be the most important quality we can offer each other.