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Local response to Virginia Tech shooting

By Jasmyn Belcher

Oswego, New York – The Virginia Tech shooting has local college officials responding.

SUNY Oswego President Deborah Stanley today offered prayers and sympathies to the Virginia Tech campus community. She said the shooting is a blow to all colleges and universities across the nation.

She also said Oswego State's Counseling Services Center stands ready to offer support to campus students...faculty and staff.

Syracuse University Chancellor Nancy Cantor also offered condolences.

SU has had its share of tragedy. in 1988 35 SU students died aboard Pan Am flight 103 which was downed by a terrorist bombing.

Yesterday's horrific events has SUNY Oswego officials reviewing their emergency response plans. WRVO's Jasmyn Belcher has more...