NYU student leaps to his death from 10th floor

[Vinny_121_DDS]

Originally Posted by B25Hmitchell

I heard he was a Physics major and was doing work on his graduation thesis, which was that Newton's Law of Gravity is incorrect. His graduation thesis was proven incorrect.

The project course is pretty intense when writing it up ... however, it's really early into the year to be that stressed out when it's not due till ... April.

He could have changed his project even at this time.

[JJC]

Originally Posted by B25Hmitchell

I heard he was a Physics major and was doing work on his graduation thesis, which was that Newton's Law of Gravity is incorrect. His graduation thesis was proven incorrect.

An updated article on him states that he was an East Asian Studies major and he was fluent in Chinese.

A close friend said he was sleeping when Williamson-Noble texted him about two hours before jumping, asking to meet at a Second Ave. shop that sells gourmet French fries. "It's very surprising," said the 19-year-old NYU sophomore, who asked not to be identified. "He was a happy guy."
Although his Facebook page was filled with photos of friends, Williamson-Noble, 20, wrote in July 2008 that he was lonely.
"I wish I had more friends who were on the same sleep cycle as me," he wrote. "There's a considerable loneliness that comes from being awake when few others are. One feels both that one owns the world, and that despite this triumph, has no one to share it with."
The next month, the doomed student described how he decided to walk all the way home to Irvington figuring "such an odyssey would give me a sense of purpose, and dispel some of the depressing thoughts which had been haunting me."
He wrote that, along the way, he was held up by a knife-wielding mugger and rescued by a gun-toting good Samaritan.
The NYU student's life was marked by heartbreak early on when, at age 6, his infant brother, Alexander, died of sudden infant death syndrome.

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2009/11/03/2009-11-03_nyu_student_found_dead_at_university_libra
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I don't believe psychologists when they give tips on how to look out for "troubled signs" in depressed people. They don't fit into that profile of depressed, suicidal loners like many anticipate.

[MN_Airsofter]

from what I see, the people who are most depressed are the ones that dont show anyone. A couple of my friends have serious depression problems and you would never guess they did by the way they show themselves so to speak.

RIP to the student, he'll be in my prayers.

[Connaught Ranger]

Some of the attempts to make smart a r s e comments

about the death of this student = Big Time Fail.

Hopefully you and yours, will never feel so depressed,

and under pressure to attempt to do what he did.

Connaught Ranger.

[alcatas]

I'm a current NYU student, heard about this yesterday. Unfortunately this isn't the first suicide to happen in our library. They even put up plexiglass plates on the balconies to prevent people from jumping a few years back I think. RIP.

[khalifah]

wow this is sad, makes me feel older, now that i think about all the freshmen/sophmores at my school.

I feel somehow that a lot of these suicides are the result of peer pressure , from other people(namely family), to become somthing "proud of" or "rich" or whatever else. people wanting them to be Doctors, Physists(sp), etc (rich and "Successful", just like their parents). Generally stuff that requires a lot of schooling, money, time, etc. But, in the end, you (theoretically) get the big $$$. which i feel is the driving force behind most of the students who go for such degree's.

Instead of studing stuff that they may enjoy (and maybe resulting in a smaller paycheck), they stress for the degree with the $$$ in it and make their peers happy. Its sad to think people actually studing something they may hate for the sake of money, No wonder these kids are all depressed. Couple this with other factors like friends, enviorment, professors, etc. it seems inevitable for these kids to be unhappy.


Coming from a family that stopped going to school once they got thier teaching certificate, theres no pressure as to what ,and how well, i study in college. Just as long as I get a degree. Im studing what i love and im sure im not going to be using it outside of school( though ou never know). Though i hate school, which is why im taking 4-5 advanced classes a semester (including summers), and im not feeling one bit stressed or suicidal over my hectic schedule with school, work, and family/friends.

[CMN]

I've never found workload or the work at university particularly stressful. But then starting at 26 I suppose I'd already developed keen time management skills from my previous life.

Money however, has been a constant source of great anxiety over the past 3+ years. Running a mortgage, car, insurance, pension etc. etc. is just insanely difficult when the most you can earn is €6ph and savings interest rates are running around an average of -150%. Money stress whilst studying has eclipsed any aspect of stress I experienced previously, particularly since the global economy went to ****.

[the_13th_redneck]

Originally Posted by Connaught Ranger

Unless you have a degree in Cultural psychology,

probably the best choice to make.

+ Rest In Peace + to the victim.

Sympathy & Condolences to family & Friends.

And you have a degree in...?

[NUCKINFUTS]

Originally Posted by Comm

Try being a College or University student. HS was a breeze; Try cramming 500 pages of a text in two days.

I go to a high school for Aviation, when I pass my FAA exams I will get an FAA certification in either power plant or airframe depending on what I get my senior year with the option of going for 1 more year to get my 2nd license.

Personally I don't believe college will be that hard for me considering I am currently going through twice or possibly more than any ordinary high school student and still getting 90's.

[FrankBooth0]

Aviation in LIC?

[NUCKINFUTS]

Originally Posted by FrankBooth0

Aviation in LIC?

Yes, Do you attend?

[FrankBooth0]

No, it's my neighborhood and I knew people who went. Anyway before this gets off topic, don't assume you'll be ready for college. I know for a fact that Aviation is another fantasy vs reality school.

[NUCKINFUTS]

Originally Posted by FrankBooth0

No, it's my neighborhood and I knew people who went. Anyway before this gets off topic, don't assume you'll be ready for college. I know for a fact that Aviation is another fantasy vs reality school.

How is that?

I've got an oral on wing characteristics and a math exam and possibly Bio after that, plus I have lab and ROTC is busting my balls.

[profall]

School is very important, I don't have any fancy Master's degree or anything but I have my Bachelors. I remember getting really stressed out in Sophmore and Junior year when the classwork was the hardest. However, it's not important enough for someone to take their own life because of it.

Originally Posted by FrankBooth0

No, it's my neighborhood and I knew people who went. Anyway before this gets off topic, don't assume you'll be ready for college. I know for a fact that Aviation is another fantasy vs reality school.

Very true, they had an Aviation program at my college. One of my good friends was in it and he is struggling heavily with "reality" now that he is out. He is stuck as a flight instructor working for pennies, and since you need to get your ATP license to work for an Airline now he is going back to school to get a degree in something useful since he kind of hit the brick wall with Aviation.