Letters to the Editor
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heartbreak & soulsearching
The shooting at VT brings horror and heartbreak to nearly everyone. Knowing and loving alumni of Virginia Tech I have, like many in our nation, been mesmerized by the news coverage. I have found myself with tears and goosebumps often.
At the same time, while media speak in superlatives, I think as a historian of the Sand Creek Massacre of 1864 when U.S. military killed dozens of women and children. Nearly every day Iraqis experience similar numbers of dead.
We as a nation, while grieving, must not let this experience cause us to abhor aliens or Asians.
We must not exacerbate this; we must instead let it make us more appreciative of our opportunities. We must learn from our pain and make our world a better place in memory of
those we lost April 16, 2007 in the idyllic town of Blacksburg.