Why suicide is not selfish
Suicide.
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Suicide.
Last October Dr. Pauline Chen published an article, "Medical Student Distress and the Risk of Doctor Suicide," in The New York Times about suicide rates among physicians and medical students.
On Sept. 22, 2010, Rutgers University freshman Tyler Clementi, 18, of Ridgewood, N.J., jumped off of the George Washington Bridge after his college roommate broadcast live images of him online having sexual relations with another man.
I am sure you have seen it all over campus and maybe for a brief second you contemplated what it is about. I mean, "Silence = Death" seems quite contrary to the whole idea of being silent for the day. If anything, it should be the Day of Loud and Lively Discussion, right? Confronted by this seemingly ill-conceived slogan or campaign name, maybe you were able to piece together that SASD is sponsoring the event and therefore must have something to do with LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bi and Trans) rights. If you have, your deductive skills have served you well, but the whole message is still unclear. Why are they being silent and why does Silence = Death? To understand this, you need to see life through the eyes of an LGBT individual, out or closeted, but especially the latter.
Juana Wu left a hole in the Richmond community when she died three weeks ago.