I am in shock still. The emotions are so raw. I just feel violated, devastated, and prideful all at once. I grew up a Hokie and I have lived in Blacksburg since high school. I love my hometown. I always have...long before this. I could have chosen to go to a different school but there was no whereI wanted to be besides Blacksburg, VA. There were better graduate schools for my degree and I had the grades and scores to get into them, but I couldn't leave Virginia Tech. I have always referred to Blacksburg as being like Disney World...the happiest place on Earth and as you can see from the pride of the rest of the Hokie community, I am not the only person who thinks that.

This one person shattered our worlds....but he is not going to change this school and town. Without a thought, the entire Hokie community banded together on Monday....never pointed fingers....never blamed Steger or the rest of the administration....there never was a backlash against the Korean community. All there was were tears, hugs and at times even a few cheers. I don't have words for this event...nothing really explains how this has affected me and the rest of our community.

It has been devastating beyond belief but we need to start the healing process. The media needs to stop over analyzing everything and being so involved in this event. Blacksburg and the Virginia Tech campus need to have time to itself, outside of the media spotlight, so that it can start to move forward and start to heal.

At Virginia Tech you ALWAYS get asked the question: What is a Hokie?