Robert Stewart Flores Jr. listed numerous grievances against the College of Nursing, from the way professors treated him to problems with administrators, in a 22-page letter he sent to the Arizona Daily Star to explain why he killed three nursing professors and himself Monday.

In the letter, titled "Communication From the Dead," Flores wrote that he was behind on bills and child support, never had time to socialize and rather than selling what he had, he would end his life now.

"Greetings from the dead," the letter began. "You have received this letter after a rather horrendous event."

Flores complained about the perceived lack of caring he experienced in the College of Nursing, specifically mentioning two of his victims, Robin Rogers and Barbara Monroe, as well as a member of the nursing college who was not harmed, assistant dean of academic affairs Pam Reed.

Flores wrote that Rogers confronted him with statements documenting complaints from hospital staff about Flores being disrespectful and rude in the job he held as part of his nursing degree.

He added that he began to explain to Rogers that, aside from one complaint, he didn't understand what prompted the complaints.

"Ms. Rogers cut me off and stated that it didn't matter what I did as the statements in themselves showed a trend and that she was failing me in clinicals," he wrote.

Monroe also gave Flores a failing grade, saying that he was unsafe, which made it impossible for him to pay his student loans or renew his nursing license, he said.

"Ms. Monroe stated that ÎIt doesn't matter,'" he wrote. "The worse insult arrived when she stated I was unsafe. That was the biggest insult."

Students who were in the room when Flores shot Monroe remember Flores saying to Monroe, "Well, it does matter to me," before he shot her to death.

Despite the critical, accusatory tone permeating Flores' letter, students and faculty in the College of Nursing have talked about what seems like a completely different college.

"The support of the College of Nursing is amazing," said Kate Birmingham, 1997 graduate of the College of Nursing and UA medical student. "I haven't heard of anything like (what was described in the letter)."

"All I can say is my own department," said research technician Connie Gard. "My own department seems to be caring."

Families of victims Monroe and Rogers accepted copies of the Flores package Tuesday night after hearing about it from the Star. Cheryl McGaffic's family chose not to accept the material.

Students and faculty varied in feelings and reactions about the letter that was posted online yesterday.

"I think it was horribly inappropriate," studio arts freshman Aisling Force said. "We've already had enough of this."