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'^OLUME LVI, Number 3
Serving the Mars Hill College Community
Thursday, NOVEMBER 11, 1982
Suicide: A Reality At Mars Hill
By STEFANIE BRIGGS
Coll weeks, three Mars Hill
have attempted suicide,
able either stopped or were
° get the medical help needed.
)Uf 1 of privacy, the name of
aiouj*'^.?'''®'''ee has been kept anony-
(ris • “f name which we have used,
Wce ^ name, and any resem-
iojiji other situation is uninten-
The
‘Pen interviewed was very
'fth,
®bout the
attempt. Here are some
f/4p^^^®*tions asked and answered:
Uicidg, attempt
^IS; j
iWarlii lonely and depressed. I felt,
itnen.,^’ ^ Bad to reach out to
ikev^^^' did you attempt to
XisbI"''-
*3king some pills.
•’ ^ understand that you were
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Stopped before taking the pills. If you
hadn’t of been, would you have taken
them anyway?
KRIS: No. I think I just wanted to know
that someone cared.
HILLTOP: Was this your first attempt?
KRIS: Yes.
HILLTOP: Do you think you’ll try
again?
KRIS: No. I hurt too many people.
HILLTOP: Who do you feel you hurt
the most - yourself or others?
KRIS: Others. I have some friends that I
hurt really badly. I think maybe that I
hurt them more than myself.
HILLTOP: Why?
KRIS: Because they tried so hard to let
me know that they cared and that when I
felt lonely or depressed to just come to
them. When I was thinking of suicide, I
was only thinking of myself. Maybe I
was in an irrational state of mind and
Roving Reporter
By ROBERT CARMICHAEL
This week’s ‘‘Roving Reporter”
polled students on a question relating to
the recent product tamperings. To our
question, ‘‘Considering the Tylenol situ
ation, if they rectified their product and
returned it to the shelves, would you use
it again?”, 55% said yes, 37% said no,
and 8% were undecided. Here are some
comments from persons responding to
our question.
Pete Baldini - ‘‘No, once burned, twice
afraid. I would have fear of their ineffi
ciency in clarification of the matter.”
Danny Garrett - ‘‘No, it didn’t help my
headache before the conspiracy, so why
after?”
Terri Drew - ‘‘Yes, if there is complete
indication of safety, there is no reason
not to.”
Mark Norris - ‘‘Yes, Tylenol as a good
product. In my opinion it’s the best pain
reliever on the market. I don’t think that
the public should stop buying the prod
uct for the reason that someone tam
pered with a select few out of millions of
bottles.”
Denise Cook - ‘‘Sure. It would eliminate
tampering after it left the factory, there
fore it would ultimately prove any con
taminations taking place before distribu
tion, which is most unlikely.”
tried to convince myself no one cared;
that the world would be better off with
out me.
HILLTOP: Do you still feel that way?
KRIS: No. I’ve been going to sessions
with Mary Gowan and she’s really
helped to show me that I am somebody
and to believe in myself.
HILLTOP: What would you recom
mend to someone who was thinking of
committing suicide?
KRIS: Talk to someone, anyone. Even
though you may feel no one cares, some
one cares. Life’s too precious to waste.
HILLTOP: Do you have a meaningful
spiritual life?
KRIS: Well, before I’d say I had a mod
erate one. But since my attempt, I feel
closer to God than I did before.
Other attempts have been made. So
far, the methods used have been to over
dose with pills. One student’s stomach
had to be pumped. Another had to be
taken to the hospital. We were told if she
hadn’t gone to a friend’s room she
wouldn’t have made it.
Suicide is something that hurts every
one connected with the person who at
tempts it. Friends of the victim often feel
guilty when they learn of their friend at
tempting suicide. They wonder if they’re
somehow at fault, if they could have
maybe been a better friend, and even if
they’re somehow to blame.
Anyone attempting suicide should
seek professional help. If you feel un
comfortable with the staff here at Mars
Hill, go to a friend. Someone cares.
Others who you want to talk to may not
be there, but that doesn’t mean that no
one cares. If one person is not there,
find another.
As with “Kris,” you may only realize
how important life is when you’ve al-
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PHOTO BY DAVID WACHTER
MODELS SHOW OFF FASHIONS - Cheryl Goforth and Tina Wiggins try on
some of the styles from Robinson’s Four Season’s to be modeled in the Projections
Fashions Show to be held November 11 at 7:30 p.m. in the Media Center Video
Studio. Other fashions to be shown will be compliments of John Carroll, Ormond,
Brooks, and High Energy Sports. The show will be produced by the Fashion In
dustry class.