I usually keep things more light-hearted around here. The only “current events” I mention usually come from the “Odd News” section.

But I can’t ignore the tragedy at Virginia Tech yesterday.

Headlines all over the country describe a “Rampage” and a “Massacre.“

But the VT campus newspaper reports “Heartache.”

To the thousands of students living on campus, what was once a safe haven will never feel the same again. Especially to those directly affected, their lives are changed forever.

For everyone all over the world reeling from the news, it is another unfathomable, terrible event we are forced to wrap our minds around.

Why did this have to happen? What would possess a man to kill senselessly?

As the events unfold, we can only hope for some explanation. Some way rationalize the horror.

But there may not be an answer.

I hope the survivors can recover some semblance of their former lives. I hope the campus can recover and feel like home again.

And I hope we never become desensitized to violence.