Black VCU Speaks holds Monroe Park vigil for fallen Ram
Speaking in hushed tones under the bleak late afternoon sun, a small group in Monroe Park quietly passed around candles and wrote messages on a large portrait of Chelsea Wagner. Many attendees were dressed in Wagner’s favorite colors, purple and turquoise. A junior in the English department, Wagner committed suicide this past weekend. After a […]
Don’t keep fueling flawed genetics
You either are already on the path to becoming what you fear or at least have the ability to become it. That’s why I gave up drinking a couple months ago. I am the breeding ground for alcoholism and maybe you are too.
Students cope with an increase in state suicides
Suicide is the second leading cause of death among college students, behind alcohol and drug overdoses. Twenty-four Virginia college students died from suicide in 2012, according to the Virginia Violent Death Reporting System.
Student, 21, dies; Chief Medical Examiner rules death a suicide
VCU student Kelechi Kingsley Uchella, 21, died Thursday, April 3, according to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner of Virginia.
Police rule freshman’s death a suicide
VCU freshman Hobie Dunston Kopczynski, 18, died on Sunday, March 30, and police have ruled his death a suicide.
BREAKING: Freshman dies over weekend
VCU freshman Hobie Dunston Kopczynski died on Sunday, March 30.
Rise in teen suicides should alarm the public
Action needed to decrease teen suicide rate
Suicide and depression show students at risk
Jillian Quattlebaum Contributing Writer According to the Richmond and VCU Police’s investigation reports, both departments conducted a death investigation after the body of Sara Prescott, 18, was found Sunday night between Rhoads Hall and Pace Campus Ministry. The Medical Examiner’s Office ruled her death a suicide. Prescott died of blunt force trauma to the head […]
Police investigating student death, apparent suicide
Catherine MacDonald and Roberto Curtis Managing Editor and Executive Editor UPDATE: VCU Police have identified 18-year-old Sara Prescott as the student who died last night in the alley between Rhoads student housing and the Pace Campus Ministry. Police were called about 11:30 p.m. to find Sara’s body. The Medical Examiner’s Office has ruled the death […]