Violence Hits Homes

Frostburg State is all too familiar with tragedy. On the morning of November 6, 2011 another life was taken far too early outside of 169 maple. A night that many will always remember. FSU seems to be gripped by death with constant reminders of our mortality. After previous tragedies, students should understand how violence solves nothing. In the past three years this campus has lost two students to random acts of violence, changing many lives forever.

These acts of violence are not isolated to only Frostburg State. Two months ago, a similar event occurred at Bowie State. Lives being taken away from young college students are occurring way too often. When will the past teach use a lesson? Or are we doomed to repeat history’s mistakes? Carter Burwell once said that “death is always around the corner, but often our society gives it ordinate help.”