Yesterday, during a noon news conference, a reporter asked Virginia Tech President Charles Steger and the Blacksburg Police Chief if they were at all emotionally affected by the shooting tragedy that occurred yesterday morning. I can understand the point of his question. I’m afraid the whole time I watched Charles Steger I thought the man was trying to surpress a grin. I tried to dismiss it as an unintented reaction to all the attention from all the media, but I’m sorry to say it looked more like he was basking in the attention this brought to him.
Not only did his administration and the police department most likely fumble the response and investigation at the initial shooting (from what we know at this point). But his attitude could potentially fuel the outrage that is building in those who feel the second series of deaths could have been prevented.
Virginia Tech would do well to find themselves another spokesperson/PR Rep immediately to handle this issue. A few more days of Charles Seger on camera could be enough to fuel lawsuits from many directions against the Virginia Tech.