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author: Eric Wagoner
date: '2000-05-02T09:28:47'
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title: Last night, the University of
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Last night, the University of Georgia here in Athens [mourned its dead](http://www.cnn.com/2000/US/05/02/uga.student.deaths.ap/index.html). It's been a record semester for death, with causes all across the spectrum: suicide, overdose, accidents, illness, car crashes, and fraternity hazing. So far this semester, there are eleven dead. Oddly enough, there has been a perceptual shift in attitude here, albeit a likely temporary one. Folks are realizing that they (and more importantly, the people around them) aren't invincible.