Virginia Tech Tragedy and Andrews University Irony

As we grieve with the nation over the senseless killings at Virginia Tech, one question always comes to mind, ‘What could have been done to prevent this?’ The fact remains, that hind sight is always 20/20. Regardless of what we say there is no way that a large university campus can be totally secured from such incidents occurring. That is unless we build a high wall all around the campus and only have one entry gate similar to the security check points in airport terminals. This is impossible. This could have happened at any school. In fact we at Andrews University have had our own scare, ironically on the same day, at about the same time, a professor in the Adventist Theological Seminary was assaulted by a student how was attempting to take his life! Fortunately, help arrived in time and the professor did not suffer any major physical injuries. Who is to blame? Where do we point the finger? The fact is it starts with you and me. We are to look out for our friends and find out how they are doing, if they need help. This is not something that can be solved with tougher laws or restrictions. The healing starts with community building.