HokieGirl07

Not OP but I was also on campus and a few weeks from graduation as well that time. The campus shut down for a week and we all went home and when we came back it was sad but we all bonded. However, I will never forget my annoyance with all the PRESS that was on campus for weeks harassing students to do interviews for them etc. They definitely didn't make things comfortable for a lot of students.

I completely agree! I remember talking to victims families and they were so upset at how the president handled the situation and said campus should have been immediately shut down after the first shooting. I will say, I was a graduate hall director at the time and recall seeing on a list cho was registered to stay in the dorm for graduation so if he hadn't done it on that day,he may be done worse later too.

I was definitely one of those people who just took the grade I had because I worked in the dorms and wanted to be of support as much as I could there. But I know several in my masters classes who continued on with classes because for them it was a sense of normalcy. It was very interesting how everyone dealt with the trauma so differently.

Wow! I was also there that day. I was a graduate hall director at the dorm next to West AJ where the first shooting was and one of our RAs was killed. My masters's graduation was 3 weeks away and it was the most depressing graduation with all the posthumous degrees. I know victims' families who were upset at how the President handled the incident for not cancelling classes after the first shooting happened and they had no suspect in hand. What do you think about the university's decision to not let him go? Also - I can't believe it's been ten years.! That day haunted me for so many years. I was able to visit campus a few years ago again and they've made permanent memorials that are really great.

Not OP but a question a lot of us asked afterwards. I was a hall director in the dorm next to Emily Hilscher and Ryan Clark (Ryan was an RA in my team). I can't believe they didn't even shut down classes. Cho had a full 45 minutes to walk PAST the dorm I was in, go to Main Street to mail his videos to NBC, then walk across the drillfield to Norris. I thought it was total irresponsibility of the school and I know families of the victims wanted the president to step down.