Haha @ full frontal nudity.  Remember "they're in the washroom"?  What kind of English class was this?  I think your TA sorta over-reacted to your paper..  Is he the serious "I have no soul" type?  Anyways, I'm sorry to hear what happened to your friend.  Want my advice?  Well, personally, when my father passed away I just wanted to be left alone for a while.  I didn't want anyone trying to comfort me, not because I wasn't appreciative or anything, but people speaking to me in a sympathizing tone just made me feel even sadder and I ended up crying more..  But after a few weeks you should try to talk to her when she's calmed down.  She's prolly in too much of a shock to even remember your comforting words now anyways.  No one really gave me a "pep-talk" or did anything particularly special after my dad passed away.  I think she would appreciate it if you did something nice for her because I would have been too.