How do you think Virginia Tech’s coming school year will be affected by this year’s tragic shootings?

VT has said that their application rates were unaffected by the shootings, and their enrollment exceeded expectations.

As far as a negative stigma, the school escaped without one and actually got the chance to show off its sense of community. Since I attend the school VT views as its biggest rival, believe me I would be aware of any impending negative stigma. VT’s recieved nothing but support from the other VA schools and from the nation at large.

Edit: Because their admissions cycle hadn’t finished until a month or two after the shootings. People still had plenty of time to withdraw their applications if they so chose. Since they didn’t at a time when people would be the most panicked about the shootings, that bodes well for the school.

First let me say that their are 15,000 students at that particular university, 4,000 in the dorm, and 11,000 who reside off campus. Virginia Tech yesterday had a Press conference on Fox News, and one of the Authorities (there were 3), and I don’t know his title said that they do have a security system, through email, and other technical means. However the time that the incidents occurred, was in the A.M. when the students were commuting. When they did arrive they felt that it was best to lock down when they did arrive. Truthfully at the time of the news conference they were still doing the investigation of the witnesses, and they did not have all the answers yet. That said, I believe they should have metal detectors as they do at the airports, and I.D. cards (ones that can not be counterfeited), as they are planning to do with Passports in the United States. Secondly when an incident does occur they should have a loud siren like they do in Israel, and other countries during war time alerting people to go into their shelters. That wll alert the ones who are commuting. For the ones that dorm they should have a PA system installed. These are the only measures that I can think of, aside from strickter gun control laws. Truth to tell, it is unfortunate but whatever measures are installed it seems that when a deranged person, or a terrotist is determined to harm people unfortunately they always find a way to work around any security system that is installed. It is like a no win situation, but we have to do what we have to do no matter what. G-d should help those families, to be able to overcome the tragedy of losing a chlld.

I don’t really think it will have any effect at all because the media has done such an outstanding job of sering the human conscious, where tragedy is concerned.

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