The Midweek Post Where We Talk About Things That Are Going On Around Our World is a new feature on Insider that will appear every Wednesday. Once a week, three Review writers will weigh in on both campus related happenings and national news stories. We hope to provide short, thought provoking opinions on important topics...
Tag: Cornell suicide
Post
MRM #42
– The basketball team returns to a raucous crowd on campus. – I’ll probably write a separate post on this at some point, but for now check out this Sun article on how the success of Cornell basketball could help university finances. Note that the article was written before our two tourney wins. – Onion...
Post
More Updates On Suicides
According to this AP article, Cornell officially confirmed yesterday that both deaths this month have been ruled suicides: “The confirmation Wednesday brings the number of Cornell students who have killed themselves this academic year to six.” As one commenter recently pointed out, it is likely that journalists invoked freedom of information statutes in order to get...
Post
CNN Report on Cornell Suicides
You can find the full video and related article here. You’ll find lots of original pieces of information that weren’t included in the articles that were run by other major news outlets. Skorton provides a good response to the reporter’s question about the reputation of Cornell as a suicide school: “There will be plenty of...
Post
Monday Reading Madness #41
– Health Care for all! Recap here and a brief analysis by Nile Gardiner. – Nothing new here, but The Guardian and BBC have also written about the recent string of Cornell suicides. – FoxNews and USA Today stories as well. – Cornell laughs its way to the Sweet 16!! – Meanwhile, hockey also goes...
Post
New Cornell Review Issue 9 Available!
In our last issue before spring break, we cover the tragic week of suicides that was March 8-13th. On a lighter note, we have exclusive interviews with SA President and Vice President, Vincent Andrews and Ray Mensah, respectively. Additionally, the governor of Puerto Rico, Louis Fortuno, also sat down with The Review for some questions....
Post
Thurston Avenue Love
Security guards standing on bridges could possibly contribute in some degree to combating student suicides. Much more effective, however, are fellow students reaching out and showing that the life of another has value. That its absence will have a tremendous affect on the people around it, and that there are steps that can be taken...
Post
Cornell University: Suicide Lockdown
Desperate times bring desperate measures. Students at Cornell University are all too aware of this, as the community endures its second presumably voluntary death within the past 24 hours – the third in less than 30 days. As of 8:00 PM on Friday, March 12, the university is on suicide lockdown. At this time, there...
Post
Another Suicide Reported
The Sun is reporting that there has been another suicide this afternoon, only about 24 hours after the body of William Sinclair ’12 was recovered from the Fall Creek Gorge. According to the Sun article, witnesses saw a man jump off the suspension bridge at 3:45 pm. Witnesses also found a backpack, jacket, and wallet...
Post
Dark Scene On a Bright Day
In the morning of one of the sunniest days Cornell has seen in months, a dark tragedy overshadowed the potential of a beautiful day. For the second time in less than thirty days, a deceased Cornell student was found below the Thurston Avenue bridge in Fall Creek gorge. The body of William Sinclair ’12, a...