Penn State students dress up as dead Virginia Tech students
Via Drudge Report, a few students at Penn State decided to dress themselves up for a party as dead Virginia Tech students.
Images of them that showed up on Facebook:
One student in the photos attempting to defend himself:
“The thing is, everybody’s making a big stink about Virginia Tech. Virginia Tech was 32 deaths out of the 26 thousand that happen in America everyday,” he said. “That’s the problem with college students. They all live in an ivory tower of privilege. They don’t understand, when it all boils down to it, it’s someone wearing a costume.”
From the Daily Collegian:
University spokesman Bill Mahon, who released a statement to the Blacksburg, Va. campus, said he was shocked by the pictures.
“I certainly find it appalling, as most Penn Staters would find it appalling,” he said. He said he believes it happened “off campus, in a private party.”
And here’s the WSLS news report on the photos. (They opted to not show the photos.):
I’ve heard of poor judgment before, especially in college and on Facebook, but this pretty much takes the cake. Congratulations to those in the photos who wanted to get “shock value” from their costumes. You got it, and probably a lot more than you bargained for.
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