Scissors are not a great suicide tool. I found this out first hand, lying on the floor of my bedroom – or bathroom, I’ve tried multiple times – scraping the scissors down my wrist. Maybe I just have a dull […]
Mental Health: Sympathy for the celebrity, ridicule for the rest

Celebrities are treated differently than regular people. That is nothing new and like it or not, most of us kind of accept it as just the way it is. I do not really see anything wrong with that for the […]
The dangerous depiction of suicide on TV

I love watching television, a lot. As a first year student, I probably spend more time than I actually should watching it. It’s my break from thinking, and after an hour and a half on Machiavelli, I’d like to not […]
Carol Todd: A mother’s journey through tragedy

On September 7, 2012, 15-year-old Amanda Todd of Port Coquitlam, British Colombia, posted a video on YouTube. In nine minutes, cue cards are used in silence, set to the music of Jimmy Eat World and Sia, explaining the story of […]
Life Saving 101
Not knowing Christine Hallman, it’s hard to imagine how dark her past is. Sitting across from her at a table in a slightly crowded restaurant, she laughs and smiles as though she hasn’t a care in the world. But just […]