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University of South Carolina Scholar Commons April 2007 4-17-2007 The aiD ly Gamecock, TUESDAY, APRIL 17, 2007 Uinversity of South Carolina, Office oftude S nt Media Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarcommons.sc.edu/gamecock_2007_apr Recommended Citation Uinversity of South Carolina, Office of Student Media, "The aiD ly Gamecock, TUESDAY, APRIL 17, 2007" (2007). April. 10. https://scholarcommons.sc.edu/gamecock_2007_apr/10 This Newspaper is brought to you by the 2007 at Scholar Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in April by an authorized administrator of Scholar Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. dailygamecock.com THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, APRIL 17, 2007 VOL. 100, NO. 140 ● SINCE 1908 MASSACRE AT VIRGINIA TECH MORE THAN 30 PEOPLE KILLED, DOZENS WOUNDED IN MULTIPLE SHOOTINGS ON CAMPUS Sue Lindsey team members with helmets, Th e Associated Press fl ak jackets and assault rifl es swarmed over the campus. BLACKSBURG, Va. — A Students and faculty members gunman opened fire in a carried out some of the Virginia Tech dorm and wounded themselves, without then, two hours later, shot waiting for ambulances to up a classroom building arrive. A student used his across campus Monday, cell-phone camera to record killing 32 people in the the sound of shots echoing deadliest shooting rampage through the stone classroom in U.S. history. The gunman building. committed suicide, bringing The massacre took place at the death toll to 33. opposite sides of the 2,600- Students bitterly acre campus, beginning at complained that there about 7:15 a.m. at West were no public-address Ambler Johnston, a coed announcements on campus dormitory that houses 895 after the fi rst burst of gunfi re. people, and continuing Many said the fi rst word they at least two hours later at received from the university Norris Hall, an engineering was an e-mail more than two building about a half-mile hours into the rampage — away, authorities said. around the time the gunman Two people were k i l led struck again. in a dormitory room, and Virginia Tech President 31 others were killed in the Charles Steger said authorities classroom building, including believed that the shooting the gunman, police said. at the dorm was a domestic “Today the university was dispute and mistakenly struck with a tragedy that thought the gunman had fl ed we consider of monumental the campus. proportions,” Steger said. “We had no reason to “The university is shocked Top and left: Police suspect any other incident and indeed horrifi ed.” and SWAT carry was going to occur,” he said. Steger emphasized that wounded Virginia He defended the the university closed off the university’s handling of the dorm after the first attack Tech students tragedy, saying: “We can only and decided to rely on e-mail to safety after make decisions based on the and other electronic means shootings at a information you had on the to notify members of the time. You don’t have hours to university, but with 11,000 dormitory building refl ect on it.” people driving onto campus and a classroom Investigators offered no fi rst thing in the morning, it motive for the attack. The was diffi cult to get the word building. Thirty-three gunman’s name was not out. He said that before the e- people were killed immediately released, and it mail went out, the university and dozens more was not known if he was a began telephoning resident student. advisers in the dorms to were injured in the The shootings spread panic notify them and sent people attacks on Monday. and confusion on campus. to knock on doors to spread Witnesses reporting students the word. Photos courtesy of jumping out the windows Virginia Tech Police Chief The Associated Press of a classroom building to escape the gunfire. SWAT SHOOTINGS ● 2 The Daily May 4, 1970 Aug. 15, 1996 Jan. 16, 2002 Sept. 2, 2006 Gamecock takes Kent State University, San Diego State University, Appalachian School of Shepherd University, Ohio: Four students are Calif.: Three professors are Law, Virginia: Two faculty West Va.: Three visitors are a look back at killed and nine wounded. killed. and one student are killed. killed. previous deadly shootings on Aug. 1, 1966 Nov. 1, 1991 Aug. 28, 2000 Oct. 28, 2002 April 16, 2007 college campuses. University of Texas at University of Iowa: Five University of Arkansas: A University of Arizona: Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Austin: Sixteen people are university employees are student and a faculty member Three professors and the Va.: 33 people, including the Courtesy of The Associated Press killed, 31 wounded. killed. are killed. gunman are killed. gunman, are killed. National leaders, campus off icials off er condolences USC students react to the history of any American administration. facebook.com quickly became President Bush sends university. “Schools should be places a place for students to go and message of sympathy With the death toll at 33 of safety and sanctuary make sure their friends at VT Virginia Tech tragedy at the time of publication, and learning. When that were all right. to VT community yesterday’s campus shootings sanctuary is violated, the One Facebook group called mark the deadliest mass impact is felt in every Hokies Together is already Students all around campus share their Nick Needham shooting in American American classroom and launching a movement to get METRO EDITOR history. every American community,” students from around the opinions and responses to the horrifi c President Bush said he was the president said during a Carolinas and Virginia to Virginia Tech students “shocked and saddened” by press conference Monday. rally at Virginia Tech later in shootings at Virginia Tech. will awaken this morning the shootings and pledged to Because of high winds the week. having lived through one of help local law enforcement and jammed cell towers, the See story, page 2. the most devastating days in in any way he could with the popular online directory NATIONAL ● 2 Sports The Mix Special Report..........2 TODAY Tomorrow Opinion.................. 4 Airk Hempy proves his worth by We review Timbaland’s new album Puzzles....................7 winning the honor of SEC Pitcher of “Shock Value” that includes mixes with Comics.....................7 Horoscopes...............7 the Week. See page 9 artists such as Fall Out Boy. See page 5 Classified.................10 77 47 70 49 PAGE 2 specialREPORT TUESDAY, APRIL 17, 2007 USC students react to VT tragedy Monday’s shooting at Virginia Tech hits close to home for many Carolina students who know people affected by attacks, call Old Dominion State home Kathleen Kemp little town, that’s why I’m “As far as Carolina is STAFF WRITER attracted to it,” Staples said. concerned, it’s a very safe “All my friends said they campus,” Ellis said. Students across campus felt so safe. It just takes one Elizabeth Rogers, a first- were shocked by Monday’s lunatic to mess everything year biology and psychology shootings at Virginia Tech up.” student at Virginia Tech, that left 33 people dead and Rebecca Bandy, a first- was on campus during the had many USC students year engineering student, is shootings. concerned about friends at originally from Richmond, She said her dormitory the university. Va. She said her fi rst reaction is located halfway between First-year math student was shock, followed by the West Ambler Johnston Hall, Katie Staples is originally desire to make sure friends the site of the fi rst shooting, from Virginia and plans to were OK. and Norris Hall, the site of transfer to Virginia Tech “Nothing happens in the second. next semester. Her boyfriend Blacksburg, it’s just a tiny Rogers said she received attends the school and text college town,” Bandy said. an e-mail sent to all students messaged her around 10 Patrick McCrea, a third- around 8:30 a.m. with a.m. while on lockdown in a year international relations information about the first classroom. student, watched the events shooting. “He just said ‘I’m OK, a unfold on television at the “The administration is lot of people aren’t,’” Staples Russell House bookstore. doing a good job now, but Brandon Davis / THE DAILY GAMECOCK said. “He was in English class “It’s a tragedy. Anything I feel like they should have USC police and Housing offi cials are urging students to be aware of their surroundings. with the windows open, they could happen,” McCrea said. gone ahead and canceled heard police yelling ‘get the “It’s too bad when you see classes in that first e-mail,” and rumors have begun to Virginia Tech shooting was are at all connected to the f*** down, get the f*** down things like that you think she said. circulate. a tragedy, students at USC shootings. She also said that right now. They saw the guy people couldn’t stoop that At 9:25 a.m. Rogers said “Some people thought the are responsible for their own many students are taking the being chased.” low.” she heard what sounded like semester was ending early,” safety. shootings, the bomb threat Staples said she was in class Ernie Ellis, director of gunfire, though she didn’t Bandy said. “There’s defi nitely “Students are as safe as incidents, and an incident but spent the entire period on USCPD, said that while this know what it was at the time. no class tomorrow.” they make themselves,” Fink at the beginning of the year cnn.com, refreshing the page was a terrible event, it isn’t Rogers, who knows four Bandy said she is grateful said.

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