Yesterday, as I sat with my friends awaiting our next final, the world was crashing around the students at an Oregon high school. A gunman entered the school shortly after 8 am and shot and killed a fellow classmate, before being shot himself.
This was so sobering to me, as I know those students were doing the same as I was; preparing for finals. Looking forward to their summer break and all the fun they will have. Sadly that dream ended for two of the students who will never graduate from high school to sit in a university like I am. And the other students in that school will have the shooting haunting them, having them ask "why?"
I am humbled by what has happened, being very thankful for the safety of my own brother who just recently graduated high school, and for the safety of my friends and I as we sat, joking about classes and eating lunch, as this horrific event was taking place.
Please keep Oregon in your thoughts and prayers today, and the city comes to grip with what has happened.
-Lauren Steele
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