At 4:30am on November 2nd, a junior in NYU's College of Arts and Sciences died in the University's Bobst Library on Washington Square South. No official statement on the cause of death has been issued, but NYU President John Sexton said in a statement later in the day that "indications are that he [the student] took his own life." If so, it would be the latest suicide for NYU, a school as renowned for its opportunities, academic programs and city living as the stress that the combination of all three can inflict on its students.
News spread around the NYU community quickly. Student reactions ranged from sympathy for the victim, Andrew Williamson-Noble, 20, to angry when they learned that a guided tour of the university made a stop at Bobst only hours after the death occurred. The University's student newspaper, the Washington Square News, ran a continuous coverage of the incident, adding to the report as updates on the situation rolled in from the University and student witnesses, several of whom have said that they heard a loud boom echo through the library that seemed to signify when Williamson-Noble died.
If Williamson-Noble's death is ruled a suicide, it would be the University's first since students Allan Oakley Hunter and Pranay Angara took their own lives during the 2007-2008 school year.
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