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Virginia Tech administrators sent several e-mails to Virginia Tech students in the wake of the shootings, but the first arrived at least two hours after the initial attack had occurred. At a news conference yesterday, Virginia Tech President Charles Steger defended his administration’s handling of the incident, saying officials thought the first shooting stemmed from a domestic dispute and mistakenly believed the gunman had fled the area. And, like students here and around the country, he struggled to grasp the gravity of the day’s events...
...Today the university was struck with a tragedy that we consider of monumental proportions,” Steger said. “The university is shocked and indeed horrified...
There will be time for discourse later. For now, a visibly shaken Charles Steger, president of Virginia Tech, can only say that he is “at a loss for words.” Senator John Warner (R-VA), exuding his usual gravitas, calls these crimes “senseless” and “incomprehensible.” Bush, always the ineffective orator, talks about the importance of keeping faith in “a loving God.” But in the face of such a pointless and cruel squandering of human life, his theodicy...
...Tuesday, President Bush and the First Lady attended a convocation in memory of the lost that was remarkably lively. Those in attendance gave university president Charles Steger an extended round of applause; Steger has come under fire for the university's decision not to do more to warn students early Monday that two students had been killed. Bush kept his remarks brief: "They were simply in the wrong place at the wrong time," he said of the dead...
...Today the university was struck with a tragedy that we consider of monumental proportions,” Steger said. “The university is shocked and indeed horrified...