Tristan Burd NC State Student Died By Suicide

In light of Tristan Burd and Ryan Bohner’s deaths, NC State needs to address its community when tragic events occur on campus.

The University’s display of ignorance and lack of transparency causes more harm than good and actively spreads misinformation to the campus community.

NC State has failed to properly communicate to its students after the deaths of Burd on Oct. 7 and Bohner on Sept. 8. Aside from an email University Housing sent to residents of Lee Hall Oct. 7 and a vague message from Chancellor Randy Woodson on World Mental Health Day, NC State provided no additional information regarding either death.

While we were able to provide our readership with the little information we had through a staff report in October, University Communications has a much broader reach. Making even a small amount of information available to the public is important to ensure students and faculty across campus can get the support they need from their peers and family.

Investigations details are understandably kept private, but near-complete silence on the University’s behalf disregards the impact of Burd and Bohner’s deaths on the broader community.

NC State sent what little information it could to those closest to the incident, including Lee Hall residents and students in Burd’s academic program. Students who live outside of Lee Hall, parents and concerned community members didn’t know much more than the rumors that were circulating on social media.

This problem was exacerbated in the case of Bohner’s death. Nobody within NC State’s community received a message regarding his sudden passing, and it was largely left up to Bohner’s fraternity to organize a vigil and encourage students to check in with each other.

Facebook groups, such as NCSU Parents, utilized an online community to connect with other parents and find out what’s going on with their kids and the University itself. These groups, however, should not be the primary source of information regarding sensitive topics as they can lead to an abundance of false information and rumors spreading throughout the community.

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