"Students have also been handing out a flier that reads: "We are Hokie Nation and we need to mourn and heal. We need each other. The media has taken advantage of our situation and are exploiting us for their own sensationalism. We will not tolerate the abuse; we love our community far too much to stand for this any more.
"We, the students of Virginia Tech, are asserting ourselves. We are taking back our campus. All media, if they have any respect for Hokie Nation, will no longer attack our administration. They will no longer hound our students. Leave us to heal. Leave us to ourselves. Hokie Nation needs to be UNITED. Return our campus to us."
And further proof that getting the story is ultimate...
"But the media has not only complicated the healing process. The sheer size of its presence has taxed the college, campus administrators and the broader community. News and television crews have housed themselves in Blacksburg's hotels, making it difficult for those traveling to be with loved ones to find available space.
The parents of wounded student Kevin Sterne expressed gratitude to local people who opened their homes to them when there was no room at an inn Tuesday night because the media had booked all the rooms."
Nothing like being thoughtful and showing some consideration for family members.
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Just one more indictment of our over-sensationalized culture. So many things would heal better if we'd just not put it under a microscope and worry about it so much.
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