The shocking and tragic shootings that occurred at Virginia Tech should serve as a wake up call to all University Campus Security and Police Officers. I read a disturbing storyon the NY Times website that should shock any person with half a brain.
"Mr. Steger (the University President) defended the decision not to shut down or evacuate the campus after the first shootings, saying officials had believed the first incident was a self-contained event, which the campus police believed was a “domestic” dispute." First of all, if there is a shooting on any campus, it should result in a lock down or evacuation because people use guns to kill other people not help them get better. Where is the concern for students' security?
Secondly, since when did "domestic" disputes ever get played down as if someone got kicked in the shin??? Domestic violence has been, and continues to be, a serious issue in American society and for this University president to treat it so casually should frighten EVERYONE! I mean this was a SHOOTING for Christ's sake not a verbal dispute.
One of the other things that disturbs me is that the administration notified students about the fact that shootings had taken place over email...ummm HELLO Earth to the Va Tech adminstration some people go to class and don't bring their computers. Why were there no police helicopters called in to make announcements that there was a homicidal maniac on campus killing people????
There are many questions that need to be answered in wake of this terrible tragedy and many of them concern the poor decisionmaking on the part of administration officials.
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I know. The shooting was sad. I think this should be a wake up call for all universities to rethink plans of action for something like this. And I think serious attention needs to be paid as to WHY this young man committed such a horrible crime. I read on a BBC article that he was a loner and produced writing in a creative writing class that was "disturbing." I have a feeling he was dismissed as a weirdo without any serious attention being paid to his mental health. Maybe campuses should actively promote mental health counseling or recognize that mental health problems exist. I don't know-just a thought.
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