i can t believe no one noticed. reporter: university officials informed students about the death by e-mail, which reads in part, university staff are making every effort to understand the circumstances surrounding nicholas death. nicholas was an excellent student, admired by fault and peers alike. nicholas barnes was a third year student from pittsburgh, pennsylvania. he majored in enginegermanic st. he was involved in the campus literary publication. just mostly confused and shocked that this could have been going on since february 7th or whatever it was and we had no idea. reporter: this afternoon, students remain shocked by the news and are still looking for answers. it helps us to know the person who died and to talk about why this was important and how we can move past this. evelyn holmes with our chicago affiliate, wls with that story. coming up, members of northwestern university s football team pushing to unionize, should they get the benefits of a full-time job.