Recent suicides at Yale College

wchatar2
Tue, 08 Nov 2016 20:20:54 +0000

@MaineLonghorn That is certainly a valid point of view. Im just not sure the University should state the cause of death of any student against the wishes of that students family. There are a lot of cultural, and honestly personal, issues involved with suicide. While I understand that in many ways the point of stating it was a suicide is to break through those issues and foster conversation, it just strikes me as rather callous to make a “talking point” of the death of a student or to ask their family members permission at a time like that. No matter how well intentioned the effort.