WHO-TV, IA
04-17-07
ISU Reacts to Virginia Tech Shootings
April 17, 2007--Virginia Tech is about the same size as Iowa State University in
town a little smaller than Ames. Both are typically quiet and peaceful campuses,
which is why the news had such a huge impact on students at ISU.
For one ISU professor, the news was especially difficult to hear. He earned his
PhD at Virginia Tech. His sister and brother-in-law still work there. "My first news
of it was that they were OK, which is better than seeing it on the news and
wondering. But I still have friends that I hope are OK and imagine are," says Dr.
Jared Danielson.
As for students, they were disturbed that something so tragic could happen on a
campus much like their own. "I don't think anybody is worried about anything like
that happening here, but then again, they probably weren't either," says Blake
Myers, a freshman.
Campus security and Ames police say they are as prepared as they can be for a
situation like the tragedy in Virginia, but they say, it is impossible to predict.