1 20 1 Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Kacey Beddoes Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Kristin Francoz and Lydia Ross Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2008-02-17 Description An account of the resource PUBLISHED APRIL 17, 2007 Students Abroad Need Answers and Assurance, Not Silence To the Editor: We are two Columbia College students, currently studying abroad in Paris at Reid Hall. We just found out this afternoon, after a random discussion with British strangers, about the tragedy that took place yesterday at Virginia Tech. They described this event as "the biggest tragedy to happen to the United States since 9/11," and we still have yet to receive any sort of notice or e-mail from the Columbia administration in response to yesterday&#39;s horror. One of our friends, also a student at Columbia and currently living on campus, still did not know about the events. She was sitting in Butler Library completely clueless. We feel it is the responsibility of the University administration to make a public response to an event of this magnitude, and especially one that hits so close to home with college students and our concept of university safety. Our aforementioned friend said, "I&#39;m afraid this could happen at Columbia." We must take great care to do everything in our power to prevent this tragedy from repeating itself. A first step toward an informed discussion is a simple e-mail. Kristin Francoz and Lydia Ross, CC &#39;08 April 17, 2007 -- Original Source: Columbia Spectator <a href="http://www.columbiaspectator.com/node/24894">http://www.columbiaspectator.com/node/24894</a> Language A language of the resource eng Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Tom Faure (tomfaure@gmail.com) Title A name given to the resource Letter to the Editor columbia public response students abroad university administration