April 7, 2002
Someone I knew slightly via the internet, killed himself the other day, by jumping off the roof of Evans Hall at Berkeley University. The reports were gruesome; an eyewitness saying he screamed all the way down, and even hit the wall at least once. Evans Hall is a "bad luck" building; three or four suicides in just the past few years, and was where the Unabomber had his office. Being named after one of the people who discovered Vitamin E, hasn't helped it. Instead, being one of the tallest buildings on campus has given it a far more grim aura.

