Why was Directed Studies dubbed Directed Suicide by Yalies?

Why was Directed Studies dubbed Directed Suicide by Yalies? A: because it was like committing suicide to try to read up and understand Western canons in a year’s time. B: because it instructed students to try to commit suicide in a year’s time. C: because the suicide rate of was so high in Yale University. D: because if Yalies didn’t take this course, some of them would commit suicide.