Shooting near UC Santa Barbara, 7 Dead

[AGDee]

I figured they would be his roommates. He definitely tried to follow his plan for the Day of Retribution. Stab the roommates, attack the Alpha Phi house, kill people with his car and commit suicide. Thank goodness those women at Alpha Phi didn't answer the door. From UCSBs calendar, the academic year ended May 21. I presume the house may have closed for the summer? If so, the delays in his plan probably saved a lot of women's lives.

[BlueOwl]

I haven't double checked this, but I believe that UCSB is one of the UC campuses that operates on the quarter system. If so, the spring quarter is not completed yet. They would have another week or two of classes, then final exams. However, being that it was the start of a long weekend, a lot of students may have gone home as the majority of students at UCSB are California residents. The Alpha Phi house may have been on the empty side that evening. Either way, thank God no one opened that door.

This whole story has me reeling. The selfie videos are chilling. I can't watch them any more.

[SoCalGirl]

Originally Posted by AGDee

I figured they would be his roommates. He definitely tried to follow his plan for the Day of Retribution. Stab the roommates, attack the Alpha Phi house, kill people with his car and commit suicide. Thank goodness those women at Alpha Phi didn't answer the door. From UCSBs calendar, the academic year ended May 21. I presume the house may have closed for the summer? If so, the delays in his plan probably saved a lot of women's lives.

Originally Posted by BlueOwl

I haven't double checked this, but I believe that UCSB is one of the UC campuses that operates on the quarter system. If so, the spring quarter is not completed yet. They would have another week or two of classes, then final exams. However, being that it was the start of a long weekend, a lot of students may have gone home as the majority of students at UCSB are California residents. The Alpha Phi house may have been on the empty side that evening. Either way, thank God no one opened that door.

This whole story has me reeling. The selfie videos are chilling. I can't watch them any more.

Yeah, they don't end until mid June. https://registrar.sa.ucsb.edu/cal2014.aspx

[AGDee]

I don't know what I was looking at, but I thought what I looked at said finals ended May 21. Maybe I was looking at the middle column and my head translated March into May.

[AZTheta]

Today's issue of the UCSB newspaper contains several articles about the response from the University and Isla Vista community, as well as some information about some of the victims. Classes tomorrow (Tuesday) have been cancelled and there will be another memorial at Harder Stadium.

Personally, I would like to focus on the victims and the survivors, and not on the shooter. He's getting the lion's share of the attention.

[BAckbOwlsgIrl]

After reading the perpetrator's manifesto, he mentions that he had been outside of the Alpha Phi house.
How often was he there and for how long?
He does not say. That is what is disturbing.
If someone is parked outside of the house, I would hope that something would be said.

I remember a while ago a poster came on here stating that he was going to be a guard a sorority house. If that is the case, I would like hear his experiences.

My heart goes out to all of those affected.

[aephi alum]

I don't have the words.