VCU freshman Emma Munson died this past weekend after falling and injuring her head at a house party in the Fan. Munson, a freshman in the art foundation program, was drinking at a party with friends at 11 S. Morris St. Around p. Her head was bleeding and she was breathing inconsistently, said Matt Simpson, a Richmond resident who saw Munson fall and tried to perform CPR on her.
As of press time, it is unclear whether Munson was pronounced dead Saturday night or early Sunday morning; friends learned of her death on Sunday. Munson celebrated her 19th birthday on Sept. She was from Pittsburgh, Penn. Friends say she planned to major in glassblowing or art therapy after finishing the art foundation program.
Although Munson had been drinking, Whiteside said her friend was not visibly intoxicated at the time of the fall. Who "okayed" this? This portrays Emma as a drinker who got stupid at a party and lost her life. There is too much information in this article regarding what happened and it goes against the family's wishes of not having anything regarding this online because they were still notifying friends and family.
This article does NOT go into detail of how much of a kind hearted person she was and what she accomplished outside of this incident and now people are saying she deserved it because she was drinking and stupid.
I find this article totally insensitive and unacceptable. The article was not meant to portray Emma or her actions in a negative light. It was meant to inform the VCU community that a fellow student had died and, to the best of our knowledge at the time, how it happened. By all accounts, Emma was not drinking heavily at the party; Grace Whiteside's quote at the bottom of the story says as much.
