Posted December 5, 2014 8:47 PM ET
Carman Hall, Columbia University
Photo: Columbia Spectator
[From article]
Joshua Villa, CC ’18, was found dead in Carman Hall on Friday morning, Columbia College Dean James Valentini said in an email sent at 1:35 p.m. on Friday.
Police are investigating the death in Carman Hall, where Villa lived. Villa was from Azusa, California, and graduated in 2014 from Gladstone High School in Covina, California, near Los Angeles.
A police spokesperson did not immediately have more details about the death. A medical examiner spokesperson said that the death was reported to them on Friday morning, and that they are investigating.
http://columbiaspectator.com/news/2014/12/05/joshua-villa-cc-18-found-dead-carman-hall
Joshua Villa, CC ’18, found dead in Carman Hall
By SAMANTHA COONEY and CHRISTIAN ZHANG
Columbia Spectator Staff Writers
December 5, 2014, 2:06pm
Updated Dec. 5, 2014 5:33 p.m.
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[From article]
A freshman at Columbia University was found dead in his dorm bathroom Friday morning, cops said.
Joshua Villa, 18, was discovered with a bag over his head inside the bathroom at Carman Hall, near West 114th Street and Broadway at 9:10 a.m.
Villa, who was from Azusa, Calif., was a member of the clubs Columbia Mentoring Initiative, Proud Colors and Columbia Queer Alliance, according to campus newspaper the Columbia Spectator.
In the hours before his death, Villa sent out a series of troubling tweets.
“Somebody almost noticed my irrelevancy. As their mind began to question my role, I quickly justified my existence: “I answer the phones,” he wrote.
He also tweeted, “I can’t tell the difference between growth, and becoming something I don’t want to be.”
His last tweet came 12 hours before his death: “There’s not a day goes by.”
http://nypost.com/2014/12/05/columbia-student-found-dead-in-dorm-with-bag-over-head/
Columbia student found dead in dorm with bag over head
By Natasha Velez
New York Post
December 5, 2014 | 12:02pm
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[From article]
A freshman at Columbia University was found dead in his dorm bathroom Friday morning, cops said.
Joshua Villa, 18, was discovered with a bag over his head inside the bathroom at Carman Hall, near West 114th Street and Broadway at 9:10 a.m.
Villa, who was from Azusa, Calif., was a member of the clubs Columbia Mentoring Initiative, Proud Colors and Columbia Queer Alliance, according to campus newspaper the Columbia Spectator.
In the hours before his death, Villa sent out a series of troubling tweets.
“Somebody almost noticed my irrelevancy. As their mind began to question my role, I quickly justified my existence: “I answer the phones,” he wrote.
He also tweeted, “I can’t tell the difference between growth, and becoming something I don’t want to be.”
His last tweet came 12 hours before his death: “There’s not a day goes by.”
http://nypost.com/2014/12/05/columbia-student-found-dead-in-dorm-with-bag-over-head/
Columbia student found dead in dorm with bag over head
By Natasha Velez
New York Post
December 5, 2014 | 12:02pm
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