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When students die

Somewhere between balancing private grief and public concern, the campus community is left wondering: How many students die, and what causes their deaths? IU doesn’t always have the answers.




The Indiana Daily Student

Part VIII

One week before Thanksgiving, freshman Anthony Wilkerson died in Indianapolis, his hometown.  The University did not notify the public. One reason is because it happened off campus, said Goldsmith.


Part VII

Eric Behrman used to pick up his daughter Jill from her Thursday class in Ballantine Hall so they could have lunch together.







The Indiana Daily Student

Part VI

When a student dies, IU might hear the news from a parent or the police. Rarely, a professor who hasn’t seen the student in class for a few days alerts them. If they haven’t spoken yet, the University calls the family to give their condolences. That job usually falls to Dean of Students Harold “Pete” Goldsmith. It’s not a call he looks forward to, but he tries to do it well.


Part V

Mary Land — no relation to Mark Land — opens her son’s Facebook page.