A few weeks ago I read an article about the number of suicides among college students, primarily freshman. It is an alarming number, and has remained a problem for many years.<br /><br />Little has been done--or said--about it over the years, however.<br /><br />Schools, naturally want to avoid the bad publicity and there is a stigma about suicide that keeps families silent. So, the cycle continues.<br /><br />What brings this to mind is a young man from my county who took his own life 2 weeks ago at his college. He was selected "outstanding volunteer of the year," and honored by his fire company earlier this year. True to form he volunteered at the fire house in the town where he went to school. His good works for others extended into helping others in many other ways too.<br /><br />It probably would not be an overstatement to say he was involved more in his community in his few years than most are in a lifetime. Not what you would call a candidate for taking his own life.<br /><br />True to form, the news blanked out any reference to how he died. Probably the school will be shocked, saddened and all too willing to let things die down.<br /><br />And so, the cycle continues. Problems that are swept under the rug never go away.<br /><br />This has been bugging me, so thanks for letting me get it off my chest.
