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you probably had a moment of solidarity and then it just left your mind. We should be disgusted, but it happens so often we just shrug and move on. Death and murder like this is no longer something that stops the nation. We watch it in movies, play these video games, we see it every single day. By the time a person turns 18, they have already
Ohlone students said they were saddened by the mass shooting at a community college in Oregon last week. They said it made them wary of a similar incident here, although they added that they feel safe in Fremont. “I was a little shocked,” student Jason Bi said. “Why is this still happening?” The gunman killed nine and wounded nine before killing himself Oct. 1 at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Ore. “My first thought was worrying, but then I tried to cheer myself up,” student Duy Huynh said. Students said they are aware of the possibility of a similar incident here, although they think the campus has a safe environment. “I don’t think that it would happen here, because I feel like in our area it’s pretty safe,” student Sadelfina Favni said. “That’s why I don’t really get worried that much.” Student Rushee Posadas agreed, saying Fremont is a safe city. “Out of all the places I’ve lived in, Fremont is the place I really like – less crime,” student Rushee Posadas said. But “I think we should be aware.” College President Gari Browning expressed her
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We’re a generation desensitized to violence COMMENTARY SAM CAMPBELL Opinions editor This past week in Oregon, at least nine people were killed and many others injured in a shooting at a smalltown community college. As expected, it quickly became all that was talked about. Everyone had an opinion; everyone had some type of
advice on how to prevent things like this from happening. All our responses came so easily, and without a second thought. “I’ve been thinking a lot about this school shooting and it’s making me sick. I’m angry because when I (along with many others) heard about this, I was not angry. I was not sad. I was completely dismissive. It’s become so common in our society to hear about mass shootings
that now it’s just like hearing about a random car accident. Why did we let it get this bad? What will it take for us to see SOMETHING needs to be done. The brutal murder of children? Nope. That already happened. What have we done?” This is a post I made to Facebook the day after this shooting. Many of you, upon seeing this, are thinking that you felt mad, you felt sad, you weren’t dismissive. But really,
!"#$%&'()*+&%)(,'()-&((')$.'/01)$-'0//&1)2%3'1#0((4$-5 SAM CAMPBELL Opinions editor STEP Up Ohlone, in conjunction with the Student Health Center, ran a student mental health survey last semester to assess how we fare here on campus. The results indicated that the No. 1 factor affecting academic performance, with 34 percent of students reporting it, was stress. Work follows close behind at 24 percent, and “54 percent of students reported academics as a traumatic or very difficult things to handle within the
last 12 months.“ A shocking 6.9 percent of students have intentionally hurt themselves. 9.2 percent of students have considered suicide and 2.9 percent have actually attempted suicide. The survey, given to 607 students over a two-week period in March, included 66 questions on topics ranging from drugs and alcohol to mental health and impediments to academic performance. Organized by the American College Health Association, the National College Health Assessment has collected data on nearly
1.3 million students at nearly 700 colleges and universities since 2000. STEP Up Ohlone is the college’s campaign to promote student mental health, prevent suicide and reduce stigma and discrimination. The group organizes a series of events throughout the school year, including the “Out of the Darkness” walk to raise awareness about suicide prevention, and today’s National Depression Screening Day event on the Fremont and Newark campuses. Continued on Page 2
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