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Suicide On Campus
- (CBS) Parents and students alike are constantly
reminded of problems like
drug and alcohol abuse and unsafe sex on college
campuses. But relatively few are warned about
suicide. Early Show Correspondent Tracy
Smith reports on this very real danger that often goes
undiscussed.
Story
& Video
Special
Report: Pushed to the limit Athletes face immense pressure to
perform well, but
when the stress becomes too much, most colleges are
ill-equipped to help -
By Scott
Howard-Cooper – Sacramento Bee Staff Writer -
Steve Masten died like so many of the others.
Alone while part of a team, feeling extremes of
frustration while accomplishing so much, his end
came on the morning of April 24 in Sparks, Nev., with
a gun in his hand, pointed at his head. He
was in the living room of his family
home. Story
Somewhere
To Turn - UC Davis is
one of about 25 universities nationwide with a
mental-health professional available to assist
struggling athletes - By
Scott Howard-Cooper
Sacramento Bee Staff Writer - Ross Flowers is not mentioned in the UC Davis sports media
guide. Even his location has a certain anonymity: a
cubbyhole of an office tucked into a
wood-shingled building that blends perfectly into a
bucolic pathway of thick trees out front and a
park across the street. But when
athletic director Greg Warzecka is asked about Flowers, the
under-the-radar existence ends. "I've come to realize that Ross is very, very important,"
Warzecka
said. Story
Ross
Flowers counsels the inner athlete - By Clifton B. Parker - Date
Line UC Davis Ross
Flowers says the transition from high school to
college will test a student-athlete like few
high-stakes games ever could. Flowers
counsels on average 15 student-athletes a week
at
UC Davis Story
A
Mother's Crusade - By
Scott Howard-Cooper – Sacramento Bee Staff Writer -
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Jan Ulrich needed to know whether
Nathan was in heaven or hell, she said,
because a mother should look after her child and she
was going to find him and comfort him. Story
A
Wake-Up Call - By
Scott Howard-Cooper – Sacramento Bee Staff Writer - She drank in the
dorm room and after that at the bar, and she fell
down enough times that someone who worked
there finally told Jen to leave. Then she went to
where a couple of friends lived and stuck a finger
down her throat, and threw up until her insides had
no more to return. Story
Kentucky
High Suicide Rate - LEXINGTON,
Ky. -- Jenny Aker's hands
trembled as she pulled the
11
1/2 -inch quilt squares from a
plastic shopping bag. On those
squares are photos of young
people who have killed
themselves. A picture of her
23-year-old son is among them.
Story
Governor Fletcher Launches Suicide
Prevention Campaign: “It’s Everybody’s
Business”
FRANKFORT, Ky. Governor
Ernie Fletcher joined the Kentucky Suicide
Prevention Group (KSPG)
at the Capitol today
to launch a statewide suicide prevention
awareness campaign. Story
Tell
Them, Momma, Life's Too Much to Lose -
Today's Woman Magazine -
If only someone
had noticed his
depression. If only he had asked
for help. If only someone had
interrupted him as
he cradled
the cold steel of the loaded
gun. Story
Suicide
Figures Prompt Concern - The Kentucky Post -
Preliminary data from the Kentucky
Injury
Prevention and Research Center at the University
of Kentucky indicates suicide is the
second-leading cause of death among Kentuckians
between the ages of 15 and 34.
Story
Suicide by son of coach
opens door to dialogue - Courier-Journal -
Even as the loud,
self-important sports world
pauses, however briefly, to share in the
terrible sorrow of Tony Dungy,
the
Indianapolis Colts football coach who lost a son
to suicide -- Jan Ulrich understands that for
Dungy's family and friends, the pain will never
go away. Story
Grieving Mother Says Just Say No to
Suicide - Bob Hill - Louisville Courier-Journal - No one
who knew Nathan Eisert will ever be able to resolve the
joyous, victory-dance photo taken of him
last November after his
Western Kentucky University Hilltoppers beat the University of
Kentucky in
basketball with the image of a depressed young man who
took his own life two weeks ago in his
dorm room. Story
Nathan Alan Eisert Foundation, Inc.
Mission: Identify
or Develop then Implement
Suicide Prevention & Awareness Programs
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