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Virginia Tech Shooting: In Blacksburg and at Penn, students react
Virginia Tech shooting leaves school's campus in 'state of shock;' Penn students still feel safe
Ashwin Shandilya
The school sent out a succession of e-mails as the gunman moved through the campus, where classes were cancelled by noon yesterday and today.
"The first shooting happened in my dorm, and there's still policemen scattered around campus," Virginia Tech freshman Eddie Weber said last night. "The fourth floor, where the girl [who was killed] lived, is closed off."
Students normally felt safe on Virginia Tech's campus, Roe said, describing the southwestern campus as "in the middle of nowhere."
But, after the attack, students are "wary of what happened and what might happen," Jackson said. "Everybody is still in shock."
At Penn, administrators and experts are responding to the tragedy and taking measures to help Penn students deal with the incident.
"On behalf of everyone at Penn, I extend heartfelt condolences to our friends and colleagues at Virginia Tech," University President Amy Gutmann said yesterday in a statement.
"Our thoughts and prayers are with the loved ones of the victims of this unspeakable tragedy," she said, encouraging members of the Penn community to utilize the University's "numerous resource offices."
Edna Foa, director of Penn's Center for the Treatment and Study of Anxiety, held a post-traumatic stress workshop - originally scheduled to deal with students' responses to the war in Iraq - in which she discussed typical reactions to an event like the shooting at Virginia Tech.
"The more involved the person was, … the more severe the reaction they are going to have," Foa said.
- Staff writer Anthony Campisi contributed reporting for this article.
"The first shooting happened in my dorm, and there's still policemen scattered around campus," Virginia Tech freshman Eddie Weber said last night. "The fourth floor, where the girl [who was killed] lived, is closed off."
Students normally felt safe on Virginia Tech's campus, Roe said, describing the southwestern campus as "in the middle of nowhere."
But, after the attack, students are "wary of what happened and what might happen," Jackson said. "Everybody is still in shock."
At Penn, administrators and experts are responding to the tragedy and taking measures to help Penn students deal with the incident.
"On behalf of everyone at Penn, I extend heartfelt condolences to our friends and colleagues at Virginia Tech," University President Amy Gutmann said yesterday in a statement.
"Our thoughts and prayers are with the loved ones of the victims of this unspeakable tragedy," she said, encouraging members of the Penn community to utilize the University's "numerous resource offices."
Edna Foa, director of Penn's Center for the Treatment and Study of Anxiety, held a post-traumatic stress workshop - originally scheduled to deal with students' responses to the war in Iraq - in which she discussed typical reactions to an event like the shooting at Virginia Tech.
"The more involved the person was, … the more severe the reaction they are going to have," Foa said.
- Staff writer Anthony Campisi contributed reporting for this article.
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kjifr
posted 4/17/07 @ 8:31 PM EST
What was the motivation ? It all seems so senseless . It wasn't like the university colluded with law enforcement to hurt him and his family , was it ?
Now THAT would be a reason . (Continued…)
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