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College Responds to Va.Tech Tragedy Class of 2011 VOLUME XXXVI, NUMBER 14 NgWSA Newspaper for Faculty, Staff and Students THURSDAY, APRIL 19,2007 First-generation students mark College responds to Va.Tech tragedy Class of 2011 The College of Wil¬ liam and Mary has ac¬ cepted a record number of first-generation col¬ lege students among its equally diverse and aca¬ demically excellent group Granger of admitted students for the Class of 2011. "Admittedly, we are very excited again this year about our ability to build upon previous successes in admitting one of the most diverse classes in the College's his¬ tory," said Earl T. Granger, the College's associate provost for enrollment. "As we celebrate the class, we also recognize that there are students for whom William and Continued on page 7. Location selected for placement of cross The William and Mary Committee on Religion at a Public University an¬ nounced at a public meeting on April 16 its recommendations regarding the loca¬ tion of the Wren Cross inside the Wren Sophomore Michael Campbell signs a prayer letter after one of his friends was shot at Virginia Tech. Chapel. The cross will be housed in a glass Members of the College community joined mil¬ of innocent women and men—young and old—daughters and sons, display case near the east door at the front lions of others across the state and the nation in sisters and brothers, husbands and wives, lovers and friends, students of the chapel. The case will be in the area offering prayers for and support to families and and teachers, colleagues and competitors—born in hope, tempered by along the north wall and near the rail that friends of the 33 people killed by gunfire on the campus of challenge, clothed in faith, anxious for ajutureyet unrevealed, now separates the chancel from the pews. The Virginia Tech on April 16. On the night of the shootings, unrevealable—children of God, who more than any other thing, were display case, which is still under develop¬ nearly 1,250 people gathered in the Wren Courtyard, loved and needed by others of God's children. Fallen in violence and ment, will be accompanied by a plaque where they shared concerns and heard remarks from terror. Gone too soon. Gone brutally. Violence that inyouryoung lives commemorating the College's Anglican students and administrators, including the following com¬ you have seen too much. Almost as if the shocking thing, the thing roots and its historic connection to Bruton ments by President Gene Nichol. —Ed. never to be anticipated, never to be borne, is expected. The thing never Parish Church. to be contemplated is foreseen. In New York, in Washington, in Penn- "This location accomplishes our goal "Truly it is in darkness that one finds the light." syhania, and now in Blacksburg; in our Commomvealth, amongst for the cross to be permanently displayed our family in our home. in a prominent and readily visible location I am reluctant to add words—cheapened words—to touch the unspeakable tragedy that strikes our brothers and sisters in Blacks- Aeschylus wrote that "In our sleep, pain that cannot forget within the Wren Chapel," said committee burg this day. All other questions pale when compared to the killing Continued on page 2. co-chair James Livingston, the Walter G. Mason Professor Emeritus of Religion at Continued on page 3. Chancellor braves winter storm during visit to VIMS Inside W<£M News Sandra Day O'Connor, former low, high-energy waters of coastal areas. Supreme Court associate justice and Afterward, O'Connor was transported by current William and Mary chancellor, van to Gloucester Point, where she toured 'Experts' on autism Students in the education school braved bone-chilling winds and driving the institute's new seawater research labo¬ learn about autism by visiting with snow on April 7 to tour the College's Vir¬ ratory, which will be one of the largest of families it affects. ginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) its kind when completed later this spring. —page 3 in Gloucester Point. She also visited the laboratory of Stephen O'Connor, who grew up on an Ari¬ Kaattari, CSX Professor of Marine Sci¬ Considering Jamestown zona ranch and who has been inducted ence as well as professor of environmental A series of stories casting light on into the National Cowgirl Museum and and aquatic animal health, where she Jamestown on the eve of America's O'Connor (I) talks with Steinberg. Hall of Fame, showed her characteristic learned about his efforts to use the power Anniversary Weekend (May 11-13). grit by stating that she wanted to go on a dock. of the immune system to develop biosen¬ —pages 4-5 scheduled boat trip across the York River O'Connor's visit to VIMS began sors capable of detecting waterborne Professor gets Guggenheim to VIMS "no matter what the weather, across the river in Yorktown, where the pollutants. She then visited the laboratory Nicholas Chrisochoides is honored unless the captain says no." Unfortu¬ Pelican, a former military landing craft that of Deborah Steinberg, Class of 1963 for his work. nately, 30-mph wind gusts, 3-foot seas and VIMS has converted into a research ves¬ Associate Professor of Marine Science, to —page? heavy snow squalls forced the captain, sel, waited for her inspection. The vessel learn about her studies of the tiny floating Charles Machen, to keep the Pelican at the is particularly suited for studying the shal¬ Continued on page 2. 2i wwm April 19,2007 Campus responds to Va.Tech tragedy Nichol leads vigil for Tech Continued from front. falls drop by drop upon the heart until, in our own despair, against our mil, comes wisdom, from the awful grace of God." No easy lesson joins this day. For our brothers at Virginia Tech, for our community at this College, for young women and men, filled with hope, and failing to 'All other approach, much less to com¬ prehend, the injustice and questions pale the horror of such acts. No when compared lesson except, perhaps, our faith, as Dr. lung wrote, to the killing of that "unearned suffering innocent women is redemptive. "As we be¬ and men.... lieve—that love, not hate, is the strongest power on earth. —Gene Nichol That as the ancient Greeks "mmm~""*'mmmmmm~mmmmmmm" claimed, we are charged "to tame the savageness of man and make gentle the life of this world. "And that "they who mourn are blessed, for they shall be comforted." For they shall be comforted. For we shall offer comfort. No lesson except that life, and each precious moment of it, is to be treasured That we should hold tight to one another, holdfast to our dreams. That the world we inherit needs much. But nothing so much as our love, and commit¬ ment, to make steady the way before us; to lighten and enrich More than 1,250 people gathered near the Wren Buiiaing to express support for the peers at Va.Tech. the lives of our fellows. To live each day as if its grace and its beauty were a gift—a gift to mark om souls, to open our Simple signatures in maroon. Notes of concern in ers wrote personal messages to friends or relatives at Tech. eyes, to lift and to soothe our hearts. A gift to be received and, green. Promises of prayer in orange. Messages of The banner, which features William and Mary and when received, regiven. lb push back against hatred and vio- goodbye in yellow. The colors of William and Mary and Virginia Tech symbols with the message "Our Thoughts ' knee, and their more subtle companions—companions that the colors of Virginia Tech are mixed together inextrica¬ and Prayers are with You," became available Tuesday in tear at thefabm of our common lives, on this small planet. bly across the banner, symbolic of just how close students the University Center for students to sign. By the end of That deny the sanctity of human existence. That cast aside at the College feel to the Tech community. Tuesday, the original banner plus two additional pieces the treasure and the dignity of what we rightly claim as our As the country tries to come to terms with the tragedy were nearly filled. own. Recognizing that we are bound to one another—as the that claimed 33 lives in Blacksburg, Va., Monday, students The Colorblind students said that students, faculty poet says—all men and women, in sister- and brotherhood, at William and Mary have come together to show their members, community members and others have signed that we are bound and we are bound. support for the Tech community by signing a banner to the banner. Morrissey said he thinks it gives people a I ask you, as I know you will, to reach out to your be sent to the school. The banner was started senior Mike brothers and sisters in Blacksburg and in Williamsburg chance to do something in a situation where they are Morrissey and sophomores Katie McCown and Christina and at the destinations that will soon unfold before you. otherwise powerless. Living each day with hope—hope not as a mere description Hoffman. The three were in the library Monday when "It was hard for us to sit still when we were so upset," they saw television news coverage of the shootings. of the world around you, or as a prediction of the future, but he said. "We figured others would feel like us," he said. "We knew had to do something," said Hoffman. hope as Vaclav Havel described it—a predisposition of the "Our main goal is to give everyone an outlet," said The students, members of William and Mary's stu¬ McCown.
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