In a previous column, I turned the spotlight on a serious problem that is facing colleges and universities around the world: Student suicide. The gravity of this problem stems not only from its mere existence, which is a dreadful enough fact in itself, but rather its shocking prevalence.

Music is a universal language. This common saying, or belief, is possibly one of the simplest, yet most problematic statements I hear on a regular basis. People say it usually when they hear unfamiliar music which speaks to them on some level or stirs unexpectedly positive reactions.