2008 Woodie Awards
View this section's front page!"Better safe than sorry." Sadly, those words didn't cross the minds of administrators at Virginia Tech on Monday morning after the shooting deaths of two students at about 7:15 a.m. A few hours later, what followed was a terrible, but perhaps preventable, series of events that became fodder for newscasts and ended with the deaths of 31 others, the shooter included, bringing the total number of dead to 33.
Finally, it's over. After five years of hard work and juggling two majors with extracurricular activities, I will get to walk across the stage this May. Now, most Rocket seniors get all reflective when they write their goodbye columns, citing all the wonderful experiences they've had and friends they've made.
Kurt Vonnegut died on April 11 at the age of 84. The man was an incredible writer who helped me find my own writing style when I was in high school. Although I never became a novelist, his influence still appears in my writing every once and awhile. He's also one of the few authors that helps me justify jumping from random topic to random topic when I write.
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