Student Death

About a week ago a Stony Brook student was crossing the road near the south entrance of campus at 9:00 P.M. when he was suddenly struck and killed by three cars. The student was a male, 20 years of age, and was just beginning his college education after arriving in the United States from China. I could not believe that something like this could happen and feel sorry for the boy’s parents who have to fly in from China to bury their son. It always saddens me to read stories like these when an individual is killed at such an early age. I realize that the road is somewhat to blame for this student’s death. As we all know there are no streetlights on Nichols Road when there should be since it is a heavily trafficked road. I think the university kept this hush-hush in order to not cause any more controversy after having to shut down their other campuses. Shame on them.