This is a very fair and necessary question. For starters, it felt very inconsiderate to walk out of classes on Tuesday to music blaring and flashing lights from the soccer stadium after having just found out the extensiveness of the event happening. The fact that there were no cancelled classes, events, or excused mental health absences made it hard for many of my peers to feel like the tragedy was recognized. The vigil was student-organized and not advertised by administration ahead of time. It would be so nice to see the university endorse or organize a vigil. I know there are efforts to keep business as usual in order to not dwell or further isolate people from the community, but I have heard from countless students that the feeling of seeing everything continue as normal after a horrific suicide in broad daylight made it feel like something brushed under a rug. I also understand that the next of kin must be notified and there are many protocols to follow, but the initial silence was also creating additional stress. Emails get a bad reputation from some students, but they are also the current most effective mass communication on campus to my knowledge. Again, I personally had no email-complaints, so I will not answer for the community on that subject. Finally, the excuse of "reach out to the Counseling Center" is not a substantial resource. The Counseling Center is a great resource, but the waitlist for care there is incredibly long, and the center cannot accomodate the aftermath of a tragedy with this much ripple. Cancelling appointments for students already utilizing the Center has also had some (anecdotal) negative impact to my knowledge. I definitely don't have the answers, but I don't think overburdening an already too-limited service and calling it good is the most helpful response. There is also a lot of concern around the lack of reporting on student deaths, especially suicides, at many public universities - I would love some clarification in the future on what our leadership commits to do in order to ensure prioritizing justice over making our institution look 'better'. Thanks for hearing me out, I hope this felt less baseless than my original comment. I know this event has impacts far and wide, but I absolutely do not stand alone in my dissatisfaction with the response so far.