As you may have heard on your news channels Sunday and Monday last week there was a shooting off campus at an unsanctioned frat house in the early morning hours of 2/6/2011. Many students were wounded, one was critical, and another was killed. His name was Jamail Johnson and he was a business major here at YSU with one semester left to graduation.
For the last week I was trying to formulate my thoughts on this event to write in my blog. But all my words couldn't cover all that I was feeling. I've felt a lot of loss in m life and most of the time I just automatically turn to indifference. As I let myself drift into indifference I found that I could not.
Jamail was 25, very close to my age, probably desiring graduation as much as I do right now. Perhaps feeling similar about school. I know I've signed him into Lyden a few times before. He seemed like he was a happy guy, a nice guy, someone I'd be grateful to be friends with.
This past week, and the events inside of it, has made me become overly introspective about my own life. I keep finding myself zoning out and feeling lost in regard to my own direction.
Whenever I hear of a death of a stranger it makes me feel like I've some how missed out on that person. Especially a needless death caused by someone else. Not knowing Jamail is very sad to me. Even if I only knew him as a passerby, as someone I waved to when I saw them, at least I would know them.
Another thing that bothers me: A lot of news stories say this was a school shooting, that it happened in a class, they are wrong.
It was at a private house, with drunk students, and two people showed up with guns. There was a fight. This is what happens everywhere. Youngstown is not to blame for what happened. Youngstown has little to no crime compared to some 'good' university cities like Ohio State and Yale.
ppl r stupid :(
ReplyDeletei'm glad you don't feel indifference.
it's a good thing.