Virginia Tech. What else is there to say that hasn't been discussed on televisions, chatrooms, newsgroups, and among friends. I left that pokey town 4 years ago next month and I've missed the college town feel. But that was the old Virginia Tech. Unfortunately, crazed gunmen have a way of ruining that college vibe. I envision in the future secured campus, high fences, locked doors, and suspicious looks. Gone are the days when you could pop into a classmates room to pick up DiffEq notes. No longer will it be simple to borrow a car for the weekly beer run. For the current and next batch of students college life takes on a new meaning.
For me it was perfectly normal to go to pop into 7-11 to get vitamins for those all night crams. It was perfectly normal to go places we weren't supposed to go (I'm looking at you steamtunnels). And it was perfectly normal to have that guy in your dorm that looked a little crazy because he didn't take his meds. That guy is gone since no university is going to want to be associated with any student with a mental condition, at all.
33 stones for 33 victims. I include the shooter in that count. I think he was a victim of insanity. Something pushed a guy in college right over the edge into lunacy.
Through all of this. its still a good school and I can't wait for the day my soon goes to one of those institutions.
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