Carnegie Mellon, Mental Illness, and Suicide

1 · Seth Vargo · March 31, 2016, midnight
On Sunday, March 27, Elliot Glasgow was reported missing. Elliot was a first-year undergraduate at Carnegie Mellon University. There was a frantic push on social media by parents, professors, students, and alumni to try to find him. A graduate student, Rajat Patra, was also missing for some time. Sadly both individuals were later found dead. While these events appear to be unrelated, they have left the Carnegie Mellon community in turmoil. I want to take a moment to share my thoughts. First and...