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New information has already come out about the NYU student who committed suicide early this morning at Bobst Library. The man was 20-year-old Andrew Williamson-Noble of Irvington, New York. The Daily News reports that he used an NYU-issued card to gain access to the library, and jumped from the 10th floor.
Witnesses heard a "loud thud" but say "there was no blood." He was taken to St. Vincent's where he was pronounced DOA around 5 a.m. While it's unknown why Williamson-Noble took his own life, other students say they just finished with midterms and are still feeling "very stressed out."
After multiple suicides in 2003, panels were installed on the inner balconies to prevent further attempts — one student told the paper it's not easy to make the jump, and "You'd have to be tall to flop over it, unless you had a chair or something." Another told the NY Post, "It's really stressful sitting in here. I've spent 10 hours studying in the library. It's a very depressing place."
Meanwhile, tours have been taken through the library as usual today, and NYU Local got a hold of instructions to tour guides (ambassadors), which said in part: "While we should not volunteer details about this tragedy to university guests, we must be candid and honest if asked. At this point, our message is as follows: it is a tragic death and is currently under investigation. Please share this response if you are asked." They were also told to say that “Suicides at NYU are not typical.”
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"Suicide is painless
It brings on many changes
and I can take or leave it if I please"
Maybe just fill the center of Bobst with big fluffy pillows?
"While it's unknown why Williamson-Noble took his own life, other students say they just finished with midterms and are still feeling 'very stressed out.'"
In other news, the homeless guy outside the library is hungry. I'm not saying it has anything to do with Williamson-Noble's death. I'm just saying. In other other news, The sky is blue. Maybe that had something to do with it, maybe not. I'm just saying. I hear some people are allergic to peanuts. I mean, I don't know if Williamson-Noble's suicide is related to nut allergies, all I'm saying is we can't rule it out.
you're right, school related stress probably has nothing to do with an NYU student who took his own life in the NYU library, during one of the most stressful times of the semester.
I just like when rhetoric gets published that would make the editors of Wikipedia blush for shame & take it down. Speculative weasel words, awesome!
why publish his name...i feel that's tasteless. you can argue he forfeited his rights to privacy upon his death, but i still feel like it's unnecessary. this shit is sad. it happened. end.
Absolutely. Why does his name, much less his picture, have to be splashed around? The poor kid thought suicide was his only escape. Why make it sensational?
Well, his face WAS splashed around the Bobst Library this morning....
booya!
Zing!!!
No I don't think you can just dismiss it and then move on. This is a common problem in stressful University environments. Attention should be called to these incidents and more should be done to help those who feel as if they have no where else to go.
Let 'em do it!
Weeds out the weak, and more jobs for the rest of us.
Boo-hoo my college exam was soooo hard. Like it's a Chinese sweatshop or something.
You'd think his ridiculously oversized Bow tie would let him glide to the ground floor safely.
The world has lost a very handsome man.
I think I'll go clip my toenails...
BTW wouldn't this have been cool if he presented this spectacle during an admissions tour...
Student commits suicide at one of the country's least stressful schools
Some of your comments are absolutely DISGUSTING. If youre enough of a moron to crack fun at the very tragic suicide of a disturbed student, then I feel incredibly sorry for all you. You are all in serious need of help. Of course it's sad that this student thought death was his only option, but who the hell are you to sit helplessly behind your computer screens and call his tragic end trivial or laughable or "cool." Get a life, grow up, and pray that you never have anyone close to you take his or her own life. And to post 16, NYU has one of the highest tuitions in the country, it's obviously in the most fast-paced, cut-throat city in the country, and it's work load and academic programs are overly intense. So please go back to your quiet little ivy school in the suburbs and find some respect...or dignity.
Lighten up, Francis.
Is this the school that offers "Guitar Hero" in it's undergrad division?
When I was an undergrad, we committed suicide and didn't complain. Even twice a day. While walking uphill. And we LIKED IT.
But seriously,
1) that is an oversized tie
2) he didn't kill himself by diving into the Gowanus canal at 3am. He jumped into the middle of the damn library, obviously making a point. It's therefore newsworthy and why there shouldn't be a problem publishing his picture. We publish pictures of murdered people, every day, right?
3) NYU is definitely not a 'least stressful school'. Go back to Harvard, slacker.
People on here are so insensitive. It doesn't matter where you go to college, college is tough and stressful. And how dare someone say "Weeds out the weak, and more jobs for the rest of us." Thats sick and sadden. It's remarkable how many people have their heads stuck up their own ass. This poor kid problem had more mental problems then just being stressed out about school.