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| − | Columbia has had its share of '''suicides''' like most other elite institutions of higher learning (but unlike [[NYU]], which has had far more). If you or someone you know has made even a passing remark about suicide, it is suggested to contact [[Health Services]] immediately.
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| − | == Partial list of suicides ==
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| − | This list is very incomplete since major media outlets, for the most part, stopped reporting on college suicides during the 1960s.
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| − | | [[October 4]], [[1898]]
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| − | | Henry E. McDermott
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| − | | Assistant Professor of Chemistry
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| − | | Prussic acid
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| − | | [[November 11]], [[1901]]
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| − | | Richard Mayo Smith
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| − | | Professor of Political Economy
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| − | | Jumped; possible accident.
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| − | | [[February 21]], [[1902]]
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| − | | Isaac N. Henderson
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| − | | [[PhD]] Candidate
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| − | | Self-inflicted gunshot
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| − | | [[January 27]], [[1906]]
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| − | | William N. Van Reypen Jr.
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| − | | Law School student
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| − | | Self-inflicted gunshot
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| − | | [[February 27]], [[1906]]
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| − | | Ralph C.B. Moore
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| − | | Student
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| − | | Drowning
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| − | | [[January 23]], [[1907]]
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| − | | Lathrop Smith
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| − | | Law School student
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| − | | Self-inflicted gunshot
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| − | | [[November 16]], [[1907]]
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| − | | Lucien M. Underwood
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| − | | Professor of Botany
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| − | | Slit throat
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| − | | [[December 5]], [[1914]]
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| − | | Robert H. Jones
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| − | | Student
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| − | | Self-inflicted gunshot
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| − | | [[August 8]], [[1919]]
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| − | | John Hipp
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| − | | Student
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| − | | Multiple: slit wrist, throat, and jumped)
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| − | | [[October 16]], [[1921]]
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| − | | Dorothy Wilson
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| − | | Student
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| − | | Jumped under train at 125th Street New York Central / Metro North
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| − | | [[August 28]], [[1924]]
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| − | | Francis E. Brooks
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| − | | Professor of French
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| − | | Hanging
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| − | | [[March 9]], [[1925]]
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| − | | Henry Mead
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| − | | Student
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| − | | Jumped from sixth floor of [[Hartley]]
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| − | | [[March 14]], [[1926]]
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| − | | Walton White
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| − | | Student
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| − | | Hanging
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| − | | [[September 21]], [[1927]]
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| − | | Oscar Petty
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| − | | Professor of Linguistics
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| − | | Drowning
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| − | | [[May 13]], [[1928]]
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| − | | Rollin F. Lewis
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| − | | Student
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| − | | Hanging
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| − | | [[May 23]], [[1928]]
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| − | | David Halfant
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| − | | [[PhD]] Candidate in [[Economics]]
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| − | | Self-inflicted gunshot
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| − | | [[June 7]], [[1929]]
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| − | | Russell G. Smith
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| − | | Professor of [[Sociology]]
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| − | | Jumped
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| − | | [[March 9]], [[1930]]
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| − | | Louis Finkelstein
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| − | | [[Law School]] student
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| − | | Jumped
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| − | | [[May 11]], [[1933]]
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| − | | Edgar F. Grossman
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| − | | [[PhD]] Candidate in [[Philosophy]]
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| − | | Self-inflicted gunshot
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| − | | [[June 16]], [[1937]]
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| − | | Fred Lester Acer
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| − | | Student
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| − | | Lethal dose of sleeping medication
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| − | | [[October 21]], [[1939]]
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| − | | Robert E. Chaddock
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| − | | Professor of [[Statistics]]
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| − | | Jumped
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| − | | [[April 13]], [[1941]]
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| − | | Marvin Krueger
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| − | | Assistant Professor of Education
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| − | | Gas
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| − | | [[September 11]], [[1941]]
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| − | | Rudolf Schoenheimer
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| − | | Professor of Biological Chemistry
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| − | | Toxic acid
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| − | | [[May 3]], [[1942]]
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| − | | Marion Ellis
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| − | | Student
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| − | | Gas
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| − | | [[January 15]], [[1948]]
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| − | | Habeeb Ahmed Faruqi
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| − | | [[Teachers College]] student
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| − | | Jumped from ninth floor of [[Furnald Hall|Furnald]]
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| − | | [[October 5]], [[1951]]
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| − | | Dorothy Bordes
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| − | | Student
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| − | | Hanging
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| − | | [[October 20]], [[1953]]
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| − | | Edward R. Fenn
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| − | | Student
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| − | | Self-inflicted gunshot
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| − | | [[July 21]], [[1954]]
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| − | | Madeline Jean Sommers
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| − | | Summer student
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| − | | Fire
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| − | | [[January 3]], [[1955]]
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| − | | Lawrence Goldsmith Jr.
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| − | | Student
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| − | | Sedative overdose
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| − | | [[April 28]], [[1958]]
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| − | | Frank William Ritchie Jr.
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| − | | [[General Studies]] student
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| − | | Self-inflicted gunshot
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| − | | [[April 17]], [[1960]]
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| − | | Michael Bogost
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| − | | Student
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| − | | Potassium cyanide
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| − | | [[November 26]], [[1961]]
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| − | | Richard Kulick
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| − | | Dental School student
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| − | | Self-inflicted gunshot
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| − | | [[May 4]], [[1965]]
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| − | | Deborah Daniels
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| − | | [[Teachers College]] student
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| − | | Jumped
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| − | | [[November 25]], [[1968]]
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| − | | Christine Gallant
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| − | | Librarian
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| − | | Sleeping pill overdose drowned in bathtub
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| − | | [[February 18]], [[1974]]
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| − | | Hsio Min Feng
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| − | | Professor of Chinese
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| − | | Jumped in front of subway in [[Queens]]
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| − | | [[September 24]], [[1988]]
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| − | | Jonathan A. Spohn
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| − | | Student
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| − | | Jumped or fell from fourteenth floor of [[John Jay]]; death may have been accidental.
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| − | | [[August 20]], [[1991]]
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| − | | Myeng Soek Oh
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| − | | [[SEAS]] student
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| − | | Jumped from the window of his sixth floor apartment after learning he had flunked out.
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| − | | [[September 20]], [[1998]]
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| − | | Shirley Yoon
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| − | | Student
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| − | | Jumped from twentieth floor of [[East Campus]]
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| − | | [[September 21]], [[1998]]
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| − | | Darren Pascual
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| − | | Student
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| − | | Hanging
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| − | | [[March 24]], [[2000]]
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| − | | Brian Malmon
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| − | | Student
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| − | | Suicide while on leave
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| − | | [[April 20]], [[2000]]
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| − | | Puneet Bhandari
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| − | | Student
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| − | | Train collision
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| − | | [[December 6]], [[2000]]
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| − | | Andrea Melendez
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| − | | Student
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| − | | Jumped off stairwell in [[McBain Hall|McBain]]
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| − | | [[November 9]], [[2001]]
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| − | | Nick Kemnitzer
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| − | | Student
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| − | | Jumped from East Campus apartment.
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| − | | [[December 13]], [[2003]]
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| − | | Fraser Lunan
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| − | | Student
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| − | | Suicide while on leave
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| − | | [[May 7]], [[2006]]
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| − | | [[Richard Ng]]
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| − | | [[SEAS]] student
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| − | | Jumped from the [[Brooklyn Bridge]]
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| − | | [[January 31]], [[2009]]
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| − | | [[Eric Harms]]
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| − | | [[SEAS]] student
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| − | | Hanging in [[Hartley]]
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| − | == References ==
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| − | <references/>
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| − | [[Category:Suicides|*]]
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| − | [[Category:Scandals]]
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