Ready like spaghetti, in there like swimwear

Stats

Today I learned that in the past two years, two UofA law students have committed suicide.  In a school of roughly 500, that comes out to .004%.  The number sounds insignificant at first, but, I did a quick search and found out that the national average for suicide rate amongst 20-24 year olds in the United States is 12.8 for every 100,000 people or .000128%.

In comparison, law students, at least at UofA, are 31.25% more likely to commit suicide than those in the 20-24 range in the US population.

Here’s to a great year!  Cheers!

On another note, a fellow law student in our class is in the ICU after being hit by a car while she was riding her bike.  I hope she is doing better.  I was already paranoid about hitting a bike rider here in Tucson…now, even more so.  It really is bike crazy around Tucson, especially around school.  Combine that with crappy Tucson driving and you have a recipe for disaster.