Oct. 21, 2003
(U-WIRE) NEW YORK - Three New York University students have died in the last month. Each death has been initially labeled a "suicide," though some University statements have since been retracted or altered to "under investigation."
Most of the conflicting publicity relating to NYU's student deaths has surrounded two apparent suicides inside the school's library.
In response to the second library death, NYU is installing Plexiglas windows around the low metal railing of the inner balconies on each of the building's 12 floors. As the University scrambles to suicide-proof its library, "Public Safety Officers" have been guarding the atrium on each floor above the third. The balconies were off-limits this week, restricted by temporary barriers. In the next few weeks, permanent barriers will be finished and the balconies will be reopened, according to an NYU spokesman.
- JOSIE SWINDLER Columbia Daily Spectator
