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University of Pennsylvania Track Star Jumped to Death Over Grades: Family Friend
New York Daily News ^

Posted on 01/22/2014 2:17:03 PM PST by nickcarraway

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To: Responsibility2nd
This is no suicide. She was pushed off.

They found a note and gifts for her family on the roof of the parking garage.

41 posted on 01/22/2014 3:36:14 PM PST by cynwoody
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To: Clump

I sense something odd too. That “suspension of recruitment for sororities” raises a flag with me...

Something more than a half GPA point got to her...


42 posted on 01/22/2014 3:46:35 PM PST by Axenolith (Government blows, and that which governs least, blows least...)
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To: dfwgator

“...they know all their troubles will soon be over.”

Yes, I’ve heard of that. Also people who are put on anti-depressants sometimes “cheer up” just enough to do themselves in.

I feel very sorry for this girl’s family. I wish people who commit suicide would stop and think of their families and how much pain they are going to cause them.


43 posted on 01/22/2014 3:54:29 PM PST by jocon307
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To: Lmo56

The HS she went to Northern Highlands Regional would put 90% of private schools to shame. It is a very good school and public to boot.


44 posted on 01/22/2014 4:17:42 PM PST by gusty
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To: nickcarraway

Prayers up for her parents. Horrible.


45 posted on 01/22/2014 4:20:11 PM PST by Bigg Red (O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! Ps 8)
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To: nickcarraway

Stunning girl. What a horrible waste. RIP. :-((


46 posted on 01/22/2014 4:21:38 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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To: jocon307

This story is an odd and sad echo to an incident in my freshman year. I had a classmate who started at Gettysburg College in the fall. After the first semester, he transferred to Penn State, and right about this time of year, shortly into the second semester, he also jumped to his death.


47 posted on 01/22/2014 4:25:32 PM PST by Joe 6-pack (Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
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To: jocon307

I totally believe you.
There are plenty of documented instances of “out of the blue” suicides. This may in fact be one of those sad ones where a hasty and impulsive response was made, and it just happened to be deadly and can’t be undone.
It’s tragic and very sad regardless.
That said, I’ve reviewed so many Arkancides that if it were my loved one I would at least look into all possible scenarios before I just took the word of the “authorities” at face value.
As a former prosecutor and defense attorney my experience with the system leaves me suspicious of most initial reports and quick conclusions.


48 posted on 01/22/2014 4:27:23 PM PST by Clump ( the tree of liberty is withering like a stricken fig tree)
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To: Clump

I’d like to know how close this friend is to her dad and whether he has business dealings with him. If he financially benefits from being in good with him then I’m sure any funny business with the daughter could be a basis for murder.
It would be interesting to know what the autopsy shows. Like... was she pregnant?
I know I’m just speculating and it’s insensitive but I’m serious trying to make sense of this.

^^^
Wow! That is some pretty sick speculation....


49 posted on 01/22/2014 4:30:05 PM PST by Bigg Red (O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! Ps 8)
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To: jocon307

I feel very sorry for this girl’s family. I wish people who commit suicide would stop and think of their families and how much pain they are going to cause them.

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Ditto and ditto!


50 posted on 01/22/2014 4:31:54 PM PST by Bigg Red (O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! Ps 8)
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To: Joe 6-pack

Oh dear, that’s terrible!


51 posted on 01/22/2014 4:43:25 PM PST by jocon307
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To: Bigg Red

Sick speculation?
Yes.
Or rank speculation would work too.
My real point is that anything could have happened, including a simple and tragic suicide.
The media isn’t trustworthy or competent so I have become accustomed to questioning the original story.


52 posted on 01/22/2014 5:55:14 PM PST by Clump ( the tree of liberty is withering like a stricken fig tree)
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Very true. College is stressful and can contribute to the manifestation of mental problems. So sad for her and her family.

I can't believe that some posters seem to think that because she was pretty she necessarily should have been happy. I went to college with a model-pretty girl, flaxen hair and porcelain skin. She wrote the darkest poetry you could ever imagine. The other students, especially the guys, just couldn't believe that such a beautiful young woman did not have a perfect life. One only needs to look to Hollywood to see that attractiveness does not equal happiness.

53 posted on 01/22/2014 6:07:00 PM PST by informavoracious (Open your eyes, people!)
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To: nickcarraway

Lots of kids break down in freshman year. I know two women whose parents had to come take them home because they were cracking. My father in law threatened to kick my brother in law out of the house and the family if he didnt graduate from a school he was miserable at. It got so bad thst I think he would’ve killed himself if he hadnt been converted by the campus jehovahs witnesses.


54 posted on 01/22/2014 6:10:38 PM PST by stellaluna
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To: informavoracious

Yes, that is true. It seems this girl had a lot going for her, but nothing is really a guarantee of happiness.


55 posted on 01/22/2014 6:17:58 PM PST by jocon307
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To: Clump

The media isn’t trustworthy or competent so I have become accustomed to questioning the original story.

&&&
Understood. But sheesh....


56 posted on 01/23/2014 4:29:25 AM PST by Bigg Red (O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! Ps 8)
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To: stellaluna

Parental pressure can certainly be a factor. My first roommate at the Air Force Academy was attending only because he never worked up the courage to tell his father that he really preferred a different school. He lasted one day... snuck out of the room around 1:00am and tried to commit suicide by jumping off a wall near the dorm.


57 posted on 01/23/2014 6:42:19 AM PST by ken in texas
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To: Clump

I agree.

100%.


58 posted on 01/23/2014 6:46:12 AM PST by Cringing Negativism Network ( http://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/balance/c5700.html#2013)
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