Tag Archives: suicide

My heart’s journey from my brother’s suicide a little less than five years ago to now has taken me from the depths of depression to the boundless joy contained in the adoration of others. Read More »

For all the failures we face, we are notoriously unwilling to discuss them. And when we do discuss failure, we frame it as though failing is something that must be accepted, but is itself not... Read More »

Student Affairs has approved additional funds for Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS), effective Sept. 1, 2015. The funds, requested by CAPS earlier this quarter, will enable the organization... Read More »

Paukan '15 was a psychology major from the Yup’ik Eskimo village of St. Mary’s, Alaska, and an active member of Stanford’s Native American community. Read More »

The shock of an early death — especially of a celebrated thinker and inventor like Aaron Swartz — is fodder for our collective imagination. Swartz’s suicide catapulted him into the mainstream... Read More »

In January 2013, Aaron Swartz — hacktivist, inventor and prodigy — hanged himself in his Brooklyn apartment. He was 26. Since his death, the media has tended to interpret Swartz’s suicide as... Read More »

One summer day, I found myself sharing a bench outside Encina Hall with a stranger. In place of awkward silences, said stranger wanted to know what I was reading (Carl Jung). A long conversation about... Read More »

“That’s so gay.” “I got raped by that final.” “You’re so retarded.” These are words I often hear around campus exchanged between friends, either to evoke a few laughs or simply to fit... Read More »