In response to the overwhelming tragedy of the Virginia Tech massacre, Jenelle Lockard's somber letter about the 1996 Penn State shootings raises a valid question.

Why has everyone forgotten? Simple -- the Penn State shootings happened before Internet overanalysis, political pundits exploiting the tragedy and oversaturation of 24-hour news channels.

There was no smoking gun Web site publishing Jillian Robbins' school papers, no Nancy Grace show analyzing the "mind of a killer," no blogs, no Facebook, no MySpace, no Columbine, no 9/11. But 10 years later, I can't walk on the HUB lawn without remembering the shootings, the stories my friends living in South Halls told about their neighbors, how scared we were that day that someone we knew might have been hurt and how disturbing it is that today so few people even heard of the incident.

That said, I don't know which is more insulting to people's memories: the media oversaturation of a terrible tragedy, or allowing it to be quietly but completely forgotten. Jenelle, please be assured that our thoughts remain with friends and families of those affected in the Penn State shootings, as will our thoughts for the friends and family of the people slain senselessly at Virginia Tech.