I Just Can Not Imagine

I just had a really great lunch with Natalie at Qdoba, but have unfortunately come back to the office to find out more about a horrible thing that has happened today. My heart goes out to the parents and friends of the students who were injured and killed today in the shooting at Virginia Tech. I did not imagine, when I was sitting outside Qdoba waiting for Natalie and overheard two paramedics walking back to their ambulance talking about the deadliest school shooting in American history that this was what they were talking about.

I just can not imagine, not as a student, not as a native Virginian, not as a university administrator... I just cannot. It's heartbreaking really. Thirty-two students gone because of someone's madness... how awful. And how this will affect college and university campuses across the nation I can only begin to list, issues of campus security, crisis management, and student grief and shock - what a nightmare. There is nothing you can do, sometimes - and that's the saddest part of all.