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Other communities are watching closely. "How do we answer the old question 'Am I my brother's keeper'?" asked Randolph Arndt, a spokesman for the National League of Cities. "As a nation, we believe in caring, but we also believe that individual rights deserve protection." In New York 25 people have been committed so far, but many more may be affected. Like Brown, thousands choose to live on the street rather than in crowded, dangerous city shelters. Often they are victims of deinstitutionalization, the policy under which states over the past 20 years have emptied mental hospitals of their less...
After the second suicide, the president of MITand the dean of students sent a letter to each ofthe more than 10,000 graduate and undergraduatestudents. Randolph said the letter suggested "aneed for more sensitivity" and "in general, beingsure we're listening to each other...
...Randolph said the deaths have puzzled thecommunity because "there was nothing in terms ofsuicide notes. There is a scarcity of informationthat is just deadening," he said...
...suicide victims lived off-campus,and the third had been living in a graduatestudent dormitory only since the beginning of theschool year, Randolph said...
...Randolph said that MIT may sponsor groupdiscussions on stress reduction. In addition,deans and psychiatrists have made themselvesavailable for consultation with students, and havevisited dormitories to talk with individuals andgroups of students...