It’s nearly 2am here, and I just read about an hour ago that the worst campus shooting to date occurred at Virginia Tech.<\/p>\n
Normally, not a big deal. If I was at home, I’d glance at the TV, shake my head in disbelief, and move on. Being a law enforcement junkie and having an interest in school violence (from a psychological viewpoint), I might even read a few articles about the whole incident, and that would be the end.<\/p>\n
But this is Semester at Sea. We have 3 students from Virgina Tech onboard, 2 of which I have hung out with on trips and 1 of which I have gotten to know beyond simple pleasantries.<\/p>\n
This act of violence, when everyone finds out about it in the morning, will not only hit our 3 VT students, but it’ll hit all of us in the shipboard community. For some reason, probably due to the VT connection, this has hit me like a sack of bricks. I’m mortified, shocked, confused, and angry that yet another guy lost his marbles and had to pull this shit.<\/p>\n
I’m too tired to write anything else at this point, not that anything else needs to be said. My thoughts go out to everyone affected by this tragedy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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