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Last night I was studying for my [aeroelasticity](http://kzo.net/log/aeroelasticity) test. I mentioned to my roommates that I needed a miracle. One of them suggested praying. After all that always works. God will swoop down and intervene.

Strangely though, someone died at RPI today causing the entire campus to shut down. Everyone was kicked out of classes. Tests were interrupted midpoint; students and faculty were told to go home. My test is postponed until Monday. Not really the kind of miracle I was looking for.

Rumor is that there was a gun involved. Someone else said there was a swat team running through the Low Building. The news says it’s a suspected a homicide or possibly self inflicted. Either way it’s pretty sad. There’s a local news article [here](http://www.capitalnews9.com/content/top_stories/default.asp?ArID=208371).

*update*

from Shirley Ann Jackson

>[...] Based on the results of the police investigation, and the
results from the medical examiner, the death of the individual found in
the Low Center for Industrial Innovation (CII) has been ruled a suicide.
The victim has been identified by the police as Anson J. Tripp, a member
of the Rensselaer class of 2000. According to Registrar records, he was
not a currently enrolled Rensselaer student.

>Earlier, when the circumstances were unclear, we cancelled classes and
closed the campus in an abundance of caution. The Troy police
investigators have completed a sweep of the Low Center, and other campus
buildings have been secured by Rensselaer Public Safety.

>[...]

>I thank all members of the Rensselaer family for your patience and
cooperation in very trying circumstances for all. I know this has been
a difficult time for our community, and especially for the family and
friends of Anson Tripp. On behalf of the Rensselaer community, I extend
our deepest sympathy to them.

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