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Campus reflects on shooting's anniversary [10.28.03]
Nursing student Sheila Contapay-Tabilin was in the middle of taking a midterm Oct. 28, 2002, when a loud pounding interrupted her concentration.
Little did she know that what she thought was construction noise was actually the sound of her fellow nursing students fleeing for their lives.
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Campus heightens awareness [10.28.03]
At any moment Saundra Taylor will get a call notifying her that there has been a disaster.
"No one knows when it will be," said Taylor, senior vice president of campus life and chair of the Campus Emergency Response Team.
Fortunately, in this case it is just a drill. At some point this semester the Tucson Police Department, in conjunction with UAPD, will stage a mock disaster. It could be anything: an explosion, a bio-terrorism attack, a shooting.
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Nursing college run draws hundreds, raises thousands [10.27.03]
More than 700 people gathered outside the College of Nursing yesterday morning to walk or run in memory of three instructors who were killed by a disgruntled student last year.
The 5K Memorial Walk/Run, held to celebrate the lives of Cheryl M. McGaffic, Barbara S. Monroe and Robin E. Rogers, raised nearly $33,000 for the Nursing Faculty Memorial Scholarship Endowment.
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Nursing college to remember professors [10.24.03]
For one day next week, nursing studies will cease, doors will close, and hearts will open, as students, faculty and staff remember an event that shook their lives one year ago.
On Oct. 28, 2002, Barbara S. Monroe, Robin E. Rogers and Cheryl M. McGaffic were gunned down by Robert S. Flores Jr. in the College of Nursing before he killed himself.
"We will never forget these women," said Ki Moore, chair of the faculty for the College of Nursing.
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