A terrible, terrible tragedy.

[kandrathe]

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.

It is interesting the different reactions people have to mass murderers versus serial killers. I am curious as to what set this guy off. I suspect it is another psychotic narcissist who felt entitled to something he didn't earn. Like an engineering degree, or an A in his speech class. I don't think it is a matter of treating people right. What is wrong in our society is that we no longer tell people that there are winners and losers, or how to win or lose. What we teach now is "You are all special, and are all winners." When the reality of the world slaps them hard and they discover that they are in fact a loser in a particular area, that is when they flip out and take their anger out on whomever and whatever they think did them the injustice of exposing their weakness.