On Campus of Virginia Tech, it's Business as Usual | redskinskillcowboys's Blog

Oct. 23rd, Blacksburg, VA

I spent the day in Blacksburg, Virginia, yesterday. Though the six month anniversary of the Viginia Tech Massacre had been held only seven days before, people on campus simply want to forget the incident and move on with their lives.

"There isn't any pall on campus," said Chris, a member of the Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity. "We're just trying to put that whole thing behind us...we want to forget all about that jerk (referring to shooter Seung-Hui Cho)."

One of his fraternity brothers also added, "We just had the six month anniversary, and there was a lot of stuff going on then, a lot of emotion on campus...other than that, it's business as usual."

Other people on campus expressed similar sentiments. One girl said that this school year was "no different" from the last...she has to complete her assignments, study for long hours, write research papers, and still find to time to go out and party with her friends.

When asked if there were any special hopes riding on the football team, I got a similar answer to the questions I asked above. "No," said Nelson, another Lambda Chi Alpha member. "Maybe if we make a bowl game, then yeah, somebody will mention something. But I remember during the first [football] game, a bunch of people were holding up signs and trying to start a 'We are Virginia Tech' chant, like 'We Are Marshall,' and people really didn't like it. Whenever we hold up those signs now, we always say 'Let's Go Hokies,' instead."

This Thursday, the Hokies take on BC on National TV.

Despite the words of the students, one cannot help but notice the memorial, pictured at the top, that stands on the Virginia Tech Drillfield, as students refer to it. The memorial, which is an interim memorial until the formal display is completed, is a reminder that no matter how hard they try and want to let the horror of April 16th fade away from memory, some pain takes longer than six months to heal.

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