Virginia Tech Massacre

A gunman killed 32 students - a toll that may rise - and injured numerous others this morning at Virginia Tech University. The first shootings occured at 7 am and the second shootings occured at 9 am in two separate buildings. This two hour time-span shows the glaring gap there is in communication between buildings of university campuses.

High schools since Columbine have become adept at locking down classrooms when a shooting takes place. I do hope this is a wake-up call to all universities to adopt communications such as those in high schools so that when these loonies go on rampages, they don't get the opportunity to harm as many students as those that were killed today. This will be no small fete due to the sheer size of campuses and the distance between buildings but it has to be done. The media coverage will no doubt inspire a copy cat situation in the very near future.

Update: 4/17. Noticed a significant number of police around the school patroling on bikes today. Must be in response to the Virginia Tech situation. Got an email that Ohio State will be observing a moment of silence on Wednesday at 3pm which will be smack dub in the middle of my Property class. Maybe we'll be let off early. Doubtful. The prof will probably cease talking for a minute & then pick it right back up where she left off.