Loneliness and belonging: A reflection on the meanings and values of social networks in the wake of the Virginia Tech shootings.

affected and unaffected or close and distant. Sadly, these events happened to all of us, no matter how close one was to the victims, how many classes one had in Norris Hall, if one was on campus when the shootings occurred or how well one knew Cho. Tuesday afternoon I watched the Convocation from the grass in Lane Stadium. By Wednesday I felt well enough to return to campus for a few min-utes to see how colleagues from my graduate pro-gram were coping. Our student office was empty. On Sunday my wife and I returned to reclaim cam-pus for ourselves. We walked the Drill Field, looked at Norris Hall and the fence being built around its perimeter, and watched undergrads return to their dorm rooms in West Ambler Johnston. Our walk