04-17-2007, 10:26 AM
Quote:Wow, that's seriously sick. What the hell is wrong with some people? I'm a little confused by the article - did the gunman kill himself afterwards? And if I'm reading it correctly, he opened fire on the dormitory first, then the classroom later in the day? The school should have closed down until he was caught after the first shooting! What were they thinking?
Well according to the article, the shooter in the classroom shooting did kill himself afterwards. Whether he was also the shooter in the dorm incident apparently remains to be seen.
For whatever it's worth, I don't see any reason that they would have closed school after the first shooting. If it were on a grade school campus, sure. On a college with over 25,000 students and 100 buildings, you can't go into disaster mode every time there is a violent crime on or around campus. Even if class is canceled, there are still going to be thousands of students on campus.
The really grim thing is, something like this could happen anywhere and there's not a darn thing we can do about it until after it's too late. Treat people right and hope they don't flip out, I guess.