Last week, an employee at the University of Huntsville Alabama shot and killed three people on the UAH campus.

It is not yet known why this happened, but what is known is that three of our colleagues are no longer with us. Regardless of the circumstances, the reason, or the details, this is a sad time, as it always is when events of this nature occur.

On behalf of the students at Metro State, I wish to offer my deepest condolences and sincerest regrets to the UAH community and I ask my fellow students, as well as the larger college community to keep the families of the victims in your hearts and prayers this week.

In this time of pain, I hope that we all might take a moment to consider how you speak and act toward each other. Consider, the next time you are agitated, whether you need to make that biting remark. Consider, the next time someone cuts you off on the highway, whether you need to respond in kind. The spread of anger and violence never leads to anywhere good or productive and there are few situations, if any, that cannot be handled better without it.

Please be good to each other, and treasure those close to you. You never know what could happen.

Andrew Bateman, President, Student Government Assembly

Metropolitan State College of Denver