Too-familiar buildings on the news
It's chilly to see the breaking headlines about the shooting at Virginia Tech, already being billed as the "deadliest campus shooting in American history." This has been the site of two recent FGC Gatherings and the campus' unique architecture is instantly recognizable for those of us who have spent a cumulative two weeks on the campus. How horrible, how sad and tragic.
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Yes, I had the same thoughts; it's not as abstract to me as it might have otherwise been; the campus was home, for a week not long ago . . . .
@Paul: I looked at the campus map and the site of the first shooting, West Ambler Johnson Hall, is adjacent to the cafeteria we used (Dietrick Hall) and on the field where that intergenerational yarn-in-the-trees event happened. The Norris Hall site of the second shooting is adjacent to the building we used for plenaries. It does feel less abstract... Reading the reports it looks like quite a scary scene. It's already been upgraded to worst mass shooting or some such. What motivates this kind of madness?