Blood soaked opportunities

I don't mean to purposely sound morbid with this title, but it just seems to come naturally in the wake of such events as those that took place this past weekend on Seton Hill University's (SHU) off-campus housing.

After reading the recent study on how the press covers school shootings, I've definitely had my eyes opened. I know as a student reporter that I was excited by the prospect of a hard-hitting news story to cover, but as a student I was also extremely sad that this tragedy happened in order to make such news.

I wanted to know everything that I possibly could concerning the shooting and was a little disappointed that SHU didn't release any hardcore facts until much later. However, I recognize the fact that SHU wanted to prevent panic and probably get all their ducks in a row before answering to the press. Unfortunately, that left unpleasant rumors to do that job. In the end, covering tragic events like these as a true reporter still takes a bit of learning to do on my part.

Bye bye.