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The ideas and opinions of advertisements appearing in this Kristin Vorce Entertainment Editor publication are not necessarily those of The Review staff or the university. Enterprise News Editor Corinne Clemetsen, Andrea Ramsay Meghan Lobdell JJt Aprill7, 2007 3 Deadliest shooting in U.S. history affects college safety left in question _students, BY SARAH KENNEY & SARAH his 20s. It is unclear whether the gun­ available and that a memorial cere­ Nick Hammond said he has class in LIPMAN man was a student. Police confrrrned mony would be held today at 2 p.m. Norris Hall on Tuesdays and . r . ·". :'\ Senior News Reporter & the shooter committed suicide within President George . W. Bush Thursdays. National/State News Editor the building. addressed the nation at approximately "It bothers me that the shootings A Clp~er :Uook Editors Note: All data is accurate as of Flinchum said police had a pre­ 4:15p.m. yesterday, offering his con­ occurred in a building I go to so fre­ J. f 10:30 p.m. EST, Monday. liminary identification of the gunman dolences and prayers to the victims, quently," Hammond said. "It could A HISTO~Y OF""VlOLENCE More than 30 people are dead . 1;: from the Norris Hall shootings. He their families and the university com­ have happened anywhere, but it's a """'· . -,.~# and at least 15 are injured after the did not, however, confirm the shooter ·munity. building I'm normally in." • AqgU.~j,.l ~ 1966 deadliest mass shooting in U.S. histo­ was the same one from the incident "Schools should be places of University of Delaware junior Char!j:S ,.loseph Whitman, 25, ry occurred at Virgina Technical that occurred in West Ambler safety, sanctuary and learning," Bush Lauren. Malakoff, who is originally cl' . e~ihe University of Texas at Institute and State University in Johnston Hall. Two guns were recov- · said, according to The Washington from Richmond, Va., said a female · ~s 27-story tower and shot at Blacksburg, Va., yesterday morning. ered from the scene and are currently Post wire reports. "When that sanctu­ Tech student who went to her high 'sby ill the city and on the The shootings, which took place undergoing ballistics testing. ary is violated, the impact is felt in school was shot in the chest and was campus, after having killed his just four days before the eighth At approximately 9:30 a.m., uni­ every American classroom and in sent to the hospital. As of Monday mother and his wife the night anniversary of the shootings at versity officials sent an e-mail to stu­ every American community." • afternoon, Malakoff said the last she before. In all, Whitman killed 15 Columbine High School in Littleton, dents and employees alerting them of Tech freshman Jeff Drake stated heard was that the Tech student was people and wounded 31 others Colo., occurred in two different loca­ the first shooting. At that time, the in an e-mail message that what hap­ in surgery. before he was shot dead by Austin tions at the university, which has a second shooting was underway. pened at the university feels unreal. · "I put on CNN and I just got police. student body of approximately Twenty minutes later, at approximate­ • "I can't believe I just watched . chills," Malakoff said. "When I first 26,000. ly 9:50a.m., a second e-mail was sent President Bush address the nation saw it, they were saying only one stu­ • May4, 1970 The first shots were allegedly which recommended students stay about our school," Drake said. dent was dead and I was still scared." Four 'Kent State University stu­ fired at approximately 7:15 a.m. at indoors and away from windows He said he believed the universi­ Malakoff said two of her best dents were killed by the Ohio West Ambler Johnston Hall, a four­ because a gunman was on the loose. ty responded well. However, they friends attend Tech. National Guard and nine others story co-ed residence hall, resulting in Tech freshman Phillip Murillas should have taken the situation more "It's really hard to concentrate were wounded during a protest of the deaths of two students. said the first e-mail did not cause him seriously, especially since the Fall when you know your friends are the American invasion of At approximately 9:15 a.m., to question his safety. Semester began with an unrelated 'inside their apartments, not knowing Canihodia. there was a second shooting at Norris "It really hit me when my friend shooting carried out by an escaped really what to do," she said. Hall, the engineering science and read the second e-mail that said to convict. More recently, university University President David P. • April 20, 1999 mechanics building. At least 31 peo­ stay inside and away from windows," officials received several bomb Roselle stated in a message released Colombine High School students ple, including the gunman, died at this Murillas said. "Then he drew his threats last week on academic build­ on UDaily yesterday that counseling Eric Harris, 18, and Dylan Klebold, scene. blinds - that was really symbolic. It ings at Tech. is available for university students 17, killed 12 students and one In a televised press conference, showed me that at any moment we're "I'm definitely not going to who may be affected by the shoot­ teacher and injured 23 others in an Tech Police Chief Wendell Flinchum not really safe." transfer schools," Drake said. "I don't ings. hour-long rampage that culminated said preliminary police reports stated Tech President Charles W. know how I feel about my safety here "Our heartfelt sympathies are when they took their own lives. the lone shooter was found dead in Steger said ill a televised briefing that anymore though. The first day of with Virginia Tech, which has suf­ Norris Hall, where the doors of the officials and police initially believed school we had a shooting with the fered an unimaginable tragedy," • Sept. 13,2006 building were .chained from the the first shooting was an isolated escaped convict, William Morva, and Roselle said. "Many UD faculty, staff Kimveer Gill, 25, fired on inside. He carried no identification domestic incident and that the gun­ then there were numerous bomb and students have friends and col­ Montreal's Dawson College stu­ and was described as an Asian male in man had fled campus. At that time, threats the last few weeks. This really leagues in Blacksburg. They are in dents outside the entrance and the they saw no makes things difficult." our thoughts and prayers." inside the school's Atrium, killing need to dose Tech senior Greg Gannon said Freshman Corwin Wickersham one student and injuring 19 before the universi­ the campus is grief-stricken and in said he did not think shootings were a committing suicide. \ ty. shock over the shootings. danger at universities. A t "Usually this campus is always "You don't think of the~ being • Oct. 3, 2006 10:16 a.m., a busy with people out on the qua4," many 'trouble people' on college Carl Charles Roberts IV, 32, third e-mail Gannon said. "Today it's quieter than . campuses," he said. "It's hard to entered the one-room West Nickel was sent to usual- everyone's staying put." believe." Mines Amish School in Lancaster students and He said he was able to get in Junior Dan Urda said it most County, Pa., and shot 10 school­ faculty alert­ touch with many of his friends to succinctly.