Jonathan Szedeli

The impact of suicide can be devastating for family members who survive. There is always a question of why. Bobcat Updates Jonathan Zit-Lee shows us the personal perspective of suicide on the Texas State campus.

According to the U-S-A Today, more than eleven-hundred college students take their lives each year and the suicide rate among young adults has tripled since the 1950s. But statistics do not put faces to those numbers.
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Five months ago, Green took his own life. The loss has a lingering effect on the loved ones he left behind.
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Texas State student Joshua Szczeblewski recalls getting to know Travis last year while doing a documentary about his life.
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While many questions may remain regarding the reasons why Travis took his life, Gregory offers up some personal advice that could help others who may be struggling.
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Other resources available to students include the Counseling Center which offers free and confidential sessions by trained professionals as well as mental health and psychiatric services at the Student Health Center. Gregory had hopes that Travis would seek out this assistance
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Travis Green leaves behind a legacy full of accomplishments. He was a published poet, actor, rapper and was also the Student Organizations Council President. Gregory says that he leaves behind a huge shadow that loved ones will always be chasing.
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For Bobcat Update, I'm Jonathan Szedeli
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