December 9, 2007 @ 3:38 pm
Two Penn State students dressed for Halloween as Virginia Tech shooting victims. The following is a letter to the editor of the Daily Collegian by a friend and student affairs colleague.
Tags: ethics, Higher Education, penn state, student affairs, virginia techWaking up the morning of Friday, December 07, 2007 - the anniversary of bombings at Pearl Harbor - I read the Collegian cover story “Va. Tech Mockery Incites Anger.” As someone who studies ethics, which is deep consideration of how we human beings treat one another, I wondered “is this kind of mockery pathological?” and yet wonder if it’s too convenient to dismiss the choices involved as the acts of those with mental illness.

