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What a difficult call for campus administrators and students. How do you prepare for the unthinkable? Unfortunately, even if campus administrators would have sent out e-mails or cell phone messages to students, the tragedy still would have unfolded. As the mother of a college student that attends a college with a campus about as large as Virginia Tech in upstate NY, my daughter's daily routine rarely starts with her checking her e-mails. And if she had scheduled classes, her cell phone would have been on pulse and ignored while she was in class. Her boyfriend on the other hand never answers his cell phone and rarely reads e-mails unless he anticipates something from one of his professors.
Unfortunately, the blame game will make its rounds when in fact it is literally impossible to prepare for and avoid an ambush attack. When the dust settles and the fear begins to ebb, the situation will be reviewed with clear eyes and the students of Virginia Tech will decide to move forwar while putting the past behind as they try to grieve silently out of the glare of the media lights.
