Observations from the Drillfield
Posted Apr16, 2008 at 03:13 PM
Drillfield observations between 2:30 and 3
Most of the dozens of officers from various police agencies, including state troopers, on duty Wednesday morning have departed. In fact, only one remained. A Virginia State Trooper sitting inside his patrol car near the Drillfield, barely watching the students. In fact, one campus officer, who stood on the steps on Burruss Hall, said she wasn’t patrolling the Drillfield at all. But she had just come outside her office for a breath of air.
Kite-flyers and bubble-blowers have joined the Frisbee and football crowd playing on either side of a tent set up to provide emotional counseling. The sign outside the tent that said “No Media” hardly seemed necessary. Not only were there no candidates for counseling, but the workers had moved their folding chairs outside to take some sun.
As calm prevailed on the Drillfield, there was at least one activity that was not in evidence. No books or apparent studying on this day, when classes were suspending.
-- Rob Johnson
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