There were three guys. There was a fight. There was also a gun.
Seems scary when you think about it, huh?
And truth be told, it is. I can’t think of anybody I know who would hear the terms “school” and “loaded weapon” and be all like, “Sweet, what kind?” (Well, there is this one guy I went to high school with named Jean-Claude, but never mind him).
Because after all, one would think that people typically view Fairfield University as this quiet, calm place where one could think, right?
And I’d imagine that, to many, the idea of three non-students from New Jersey (Lavon Cobourne, Kareem Boston and Warren Knight) entering campus on a bus that came from R-Bar in New Haven and getting involved in a fight – one of them, Cobourne, carrying a gun – is just downright disturbing.
Well, regardless of whether the answer is yes or no, it’s more than enough for the freshmen living in Regis Hall.
I’ve been walking around the spot where this altercation occurred, and let me tell you, people are scared.
These undergrads don’t like thinking about what could happen if these guys, or even their friends, come back to our campus.
I even heard an RA make a reference to Virginia Tech. He’s right, too; we were lucky the gun wasn’t used. And everyone in that hall has a point: What if this mess does make its way back here again?
We keep it together, that’s what.
Things rarely happen without a reason, unless of course that thing in question was stupid.
Stupid things happen all the time for no reason at all. I know that I’m not alone when I applaud the actions of the residents who confronted those three guys.
However, because one of the trio turned out to have had a gun on him, it was a fairly stupid thing to do, albeit probably necessary.
The best thing we can do right now is follow my own personal mantra: live and learn. We have most likely just experienced an isolated incident that ended well, and I’ve been given the impression that we’ll be better prepared if something like this happens again.
From here on in, I would think that students will probably lock their doors, remember the extension for Public Safety, be smart and be ready to kick some ass if push comes to shove, or alternatively, know how to get the hell out of Dodge.
The concept is not all too different from how many will also be continuing not to trust the Financial Aid office after the recent loan scandal, and more recently, the mass support for former Gonzaga Hall RA Laura DeFrancesco ’08, who was unjustly fired.
Bad stuff happens, but whatever doesn’t kill you just makes you stronger.
While I don’t think we’re going to see a situation like the one we just experienced anytime soon, until then, we just keep it together.
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