Commensement of Classes at Virginia Tech

After the senseless massacre of 32 students last week at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia (http://www.vt.edu/), the campus is readying itself to start classes again come Monday. The shootin spree of gunman Seung-Hui Cho (23) is the deadliest in US history and the impact of the event has send shock waves accross the country.

Many other universities, including our own, has offered help. Around the clock news about Virginia Tech has been filling newsrooms and the airwaves this past week as America is trying to come to grips with this attrocity. There's many issues and more questions e.g. "Is any campus safe?" What if Al-Queda tries something similar? Why was the obviously sick Ho not detained in a mental institute? Should there be stricter gun control? Etc.

We've become quite calloused at hearing of deaths on the news. Seeing pics of the victims, they become real, instead of statistics -http://www.nytimes.com/ref/us/20070418_VICTIMS_GRAPHIC.html

(Pic: Thousands of students attend a candlelight vigil on the Virginia Tech campus, Tuesday, April 17th.)