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Monday, April 16, 2007 12:00 AM

University officials waited two hours to warn campus, students say

With at least 33 dead and 29 wounded, some ask why the campus wasn't shut down after an early-morning killing.
By Joe Eaton

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  • Tuesday, April 17, 2007 03:56 PM

    Utter Security Incompetence and Goodbye Nikki

    Can't believe people are defending the university on this. Two hours and the killer is on the loose?

    It will be fascinating to watch the bitter fight the university will wage to win the spin wars on this. My gut feeling is that they probably won't prevail, but we'll see.

    Also: I just lost all respect for Nikki Giovanni on this. She led a standing ovation for the university president. What a saddening spectacle of middle class conformity. And I just read her poem about this. It's crap. Can't she do better than lead a junior high style cheer about the school's mascot? You can't go through life with those kinds of second rate, naive values.

    —Anonymous

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