TL20070417-01 "April 17, 2007 Now on TheTowerlight.com: Read continuing updates about the mass shootings and comment on our message board... Published by and for the students of Towson and Baltimore -- twice-weekly SPECIAL EDITION Tuesday www.thetowerlight.com SHOCK A day of horror TU students mourn; vigil on Tues. 33 DEAD AT VIRGINIA TECH REACTION AT VIRGINIA TECH The Towerlight Patrick Smith/The Towerlight Carmen Shui was one of 20 TU students at a prayer vigil held Monday after the shootings at Virginia Tech. Brian Stelter Editor in Chief The news of mass shootings at Virginia Tech roiled Towson�s campus Monday, stunning students, who wor-ried about their friends and wondered how safe they are in residence halls and classrooms. Students reacted in a variety of ways. In the Towson Center, a moment of silence was held at the beginning of Greek Sing. In the University Union, members of Campus Crusade for Christ held a prayer vigil. Meanwhile, a �Vigil for Virginia Tech� was being planned for Tuesday at 5 p.m. in University Union Chesapeake I. �I think it�s just amazing how many students feel a connection to Virginia Tech,� associate vice president for campus life Teri Hall said. �Everyone has friends who go to school there. And even if you don�t, you can imag-ine how it would shake us to have something like that happen on our campus. It�s just a very sad day.� Students can also express their emotions by writing messages to Va. Tech students. Starting Tuesday morning, �we�re going to have a big signing wall in the See VIGIL, page 7 Virginia Tech students recount their experiences, feelings after shootings Krysten Appelbaum Senior Editor Shock and horror are emotions on the minds of Virginia Tech stu-dents, after 32 people were killed and 15 others wounded on the university�s campus Monday. �I am shocked and horrified with the shooting that took place on campus today,� Va. Tech fresh-man Deaven DeMarco said. Initial police reports say a gun-man killed two people in West Ambler Johnston Hall, a co-ed dor-mitory, at about 7:15 a.m. They said a gunman then killed 30 more people about two hours later in Norris Hall, and then turned the gun on himself. It was the deadli-est mass shooting in American history. �All of my friends and I are com-pletely in shock.� Va. Tech fresh-man Natalie Fuentes said. �There just are no other words.� Students said the feelings on campus were a mix of anger, fright, relief, sadness, and disbelief as more facts emerged and they awaited news of the fate of their friends. �I�m very thankful that everyone close to me at VT is safe and not hurt. It�s still very disturbing. I can�t believe someone would just walk around with guns, shooting up classrooms,� Va. Tech junior Drew Faunsnacht said. Va. Tech junior Harrison Fowler was supposed to be in class in Norris Hall but had decided to sleep in. �I feel relieved that I did not go. It�s hard to believe that I was supposed to be there with my class-mates,� Fowler said. �As of right now, I have not been able to get in touch with any of my classmates. The class is only about 20 people. I do not know if they were injured or if they are being questioned by the authorities.� Va. Tech alum and Web site developer for planetblacksburg. com Andrew Mager said he was still in shock after receiving infor-mation of the death of his friend Ryan Clark. �I heard he was shot, and I heard he was in the hospital, but he was just confirmed dead. That hit me pretty hard,� Mager said. �When I heard at 9 a.m. that my friend Ryan Clark had been shot in the leg and was in the hospital, the Virginia Tech shooting had a personal place in my heart. When I found out that he had not made it this evening, it was a reality to me,� Mager posted on his blog. See STUDENT, page 2 "
