tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36212542.post1885853155172650640..comments2024-03-09T03:20:20.004-05:00Comments on Tenured Radical: This Is What You Do: A Shooting On CampusTenured Radicalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05703980598547163290noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36212542.post-82013050638391862522009-05-07T14:13:00.000-05:002009-05-07T14:13:00.000-05:00This is unbearable. Love and strength to you and t...This is unbearable. Love and strength to you and to all.moriahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12390704103460109691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36212542.post-87597468450336085032009-05-07T10:57:00.000-05:002009-05-07T10:57:00.000-05:00I am so sorry for you and others at Wesleyan.I am so sorry for you and others at Wesleyan.The History Enthusiasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01920472487193649652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36212542.post-29456904591607081372009-05-07T10:50:00.000-05:002009-05-07T10:50:00.000-05:00This is such sad news. It is also frightening. I...This is such sad news. It is also frightening. I am very sorry and I send my support to those mourning and to those fearing.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14488547025891693815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36212542.post-91351781845885525262009-05-07T08:37:00.000-05:002009-05-07T08:37:00.000-05:00As a member of campus administration, we just watc...As a member of campus administration, we just watched "Shots Fired". As a parent, the students are very much like our children in many ways - I know many of us would protect them if at all possible. When they are hurt or killed, something inside of us dies as well. They say there is nothing worse than having to lose a child - the whole world grieves with the senseless act of this child's death. Eventually, you will resume your normal schedule but you will never forget. None of us can - each death leaves another scar. We learn to do the best we can for the living. Take advantage of the emotions running through you right now and do something positive that will snowball forward. Volunteer (www.voa.org), start a support group, sponsor a disadvantaged child (www.matanyashope.org), organize a charity walk in her name (www.cancer.org/stridesonline), sign up to be an organ donor, donate blood, DO SOMETHING POSITIVE!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36212542.post-3144850916818251392009-05-07T07:20:00.000-05:002009-05-07T07:20:00.000-05:00I'm so sorry to hear about this. My thoughts are w...I'm so sorry to hear about this. My thoughts are with your community during this difficult time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36212542.post-17041238622441851372009-05-07T05:52:00.000-05:002009-05-07T05:52:00.000-05:00I extend my sympathies as well. Take care.I extend my sympathies as well. Take care.Knitting Cliohttp://hmprescott.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36212542.post-31924401138263880022009-05-07T01:05:00.000-05:002009-05-07T01:05:00.000-05:00I just want to add my voice in sympathy with the s...I just want to add my voice in sympathy with the students and faculty at Zenith -- this is truly awful. I'm bracing for the "why did it happen" stories over the next week... as if anything could make this make some sort of rational sense.Notorious Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08700875559325201086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36212542.post-41864429643141316152009-05-07T00:13:00.000-05:002009-05-07T00:13:00.000-05:00There are no adequate words -- "I'm so sorry" seem...There are no adequate words -- "I'm so sorry" seems pretty lame. My thoughts are particularly with the students, particularly Johanna's friends, and with her family. And also with you all the Wesleyan community -- it's scary personally, but also the helplessness is, I think, particularly terrifying. And I just checked the Courant again, and they haven't caught him.<br /><br />My return to the traditional classroom has involved lots of things, but I hadn't thought of this one. I think I will check out my classrooms more next year. Our lights are all motion activated, so if you're very still they will go off. I doubt I'd be as calm as you were, but who knows? We surprise ourselves in time of crisis.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09716705206734059708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36212542.post-79400698083967558642009-05-06T23:31:00.000-05:002009-05-06T23:31:00.000-05:00I'm sorry. I'm glad that you're okay, that things...I'm sorry. I'm glad that you're okay, that things weren't worse. I've visited Zenith and know people there. I don't know what to say ...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36212542.post-46385514572217037602009-05-06T21:49:00.000-05:002009-05-06T21:49:00.000-05:00As a Wes parent and aunt, I would like to thank yo...As a Wes parent and aunt, I would like to thank you for your blog post. My son wanted to get in his car and come home. I told him to follow the advisory and not leave his room. The kids know who the shooter is. Word is it is another Wes student and the victim's ex-boyfriend. How are these kids going to sleep tonight? How can they possibly prepare for finals?Andrea Goldmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16880824954753914808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36212542.post-88014233101598529512009-05-06T21:06:00.000-05:002009-05-06T21:06:00.000-05:00I grieve for this woman's family. I can't imagine...I grieve for this woman's family. I can't imagine what they're going through. What a tragic waste of a promising young life. <br /><br />She apparently is from Fort Collins or Timnath. The local news here in Colorado is all over this now. I'll keep an eye on the local news here and post updates as I find them,<br /><br />http://www.denverpost.com/ci_12310499<br /><br />http://www.coloradoan.com/article/20090506/UPDATES01/90506028historiannhttp://historiann.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36212542.post-3372937081460696802009-05-06T20:33:00.000-05:002009-05-06T20:33:00.000-05:00That is horrible, just effing horrible. I'm so sor...That is horrible, just effing horrible. I'm so sorry you had to go through that, and for that poor young woman and her family and friends and everyone else affected by this.Clio Bluestockinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14285486658334618048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36212542.post-14071674335138922222009-05-06T20:32:00.000-05:002009-05-06T20:32:00.000-05:00I'm shocked, sad, angry, and fearful all rolled in...I'm shocked, sad, angry, and fearful all rolled into one. Damn. Just. Damn.Diggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14851524413793098615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36212542.post-61936995843890269462009-05-06T19:36:00.000-05:002009-05-06T19:36:00.000-05:00Oh my god. I just got an email from Michael Roth ...Oh my god. I just got an email from Michael Roth and came here. <br />Like Squadratomagico, I felt the need to connect. This is horrible.Plain(s)feministhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15056404699624958898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36212542.post-23672546514048298502009-05-06T19:10:00.000-05:002009-05-06T19:10:00.000-05:00I am so extremely sorry to hear about the death of...I am so extremely sorry to hear about the death of your student and the wounding of another student. This is a terrible violation, a truly tormenting situation for everyone in your community, and for you. Our hearts go out to you, and you will be in our thoughts. (We because I mean my wife and myself.)Elizabeth Tallenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18438617069551833001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36212542.post-67974990666754988652009-05-06T18:23:00.000-05:002009-05-06T18:23:00.000-05:00I always wonder what I would do. Last year we had...I always wonder what I would do. Last year we had a scare--not even a real shooter, just someone who looked like he had a gun--and the campus locked down. I wasn't there, and I was so relieved. This doesn't random but that doesn't make it any les horrifying.Libbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09406720496767981522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36212542.post-39470940859031530932009-05-06T18:22:00.000-05:002009-05-06T18:22:00.000-05:00This news is so sad to hear, for your entire commu...This news is so sad to hear, for your entire community and for the girl's family and friends.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13658961567501794718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36212542.post-91020203424216002492009-05-06T18:21:00.000-05:002009-05-06T18:21:00.000-05:00I'm so sorry, TR. Thinking of you and everyone at ...I'm so sorry, TR. Thinking of you and everyone at Zenith.Flaviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17832765671541392835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36212542.post-44971217555132545652009-05-06T18:18:00.000-05:002009-05-06T18:18:00.000-05:00And yeah, I did wonder what I would do. Wet my pan...And yeah, I did wonder what I would do. Wet my pants, probably. <br /><br />But I discuss with my classes now at the beginning of each semester what we will do if the sirens sound: We turn off the lights, lock the doors, move to the side of the class that's hardest to see from outside, and hunker down behind the furniture. We pretend not to be there, and we wait. <br /><br />We do this right after my washing-hands-during-flu-season lecture. <br /><br />Crazy world we live in.<br /><br />I am so sorry about your student.(Yes, I know she wasn't yours, exactly, but they all are in some sense, aren't they?)Virginia S. Wood, Psy.D., Instructorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04482719649602902058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36212542.post-28178451776791282022009-05-06T17:56:00.000-05:002009-05-06T17:56:00.000-05:00I have nothing in particular to say: there are no ...I have nothing in particular to say: there are no words. As a Zenith alum, however, I just wanted to connect anyway.squadratomagicohttp://squadratomagico.netnoreply@blogger.com