Two long sheets of paper hung on the walls of the Erb Memorial Union following the shooting at Umpqua Community College, about an hour south of Eugene. The pieces of paper were originally blank, with only the words “The UCC tragedy makes me feel…”

University President Michael J. Schill’s email to the campus community was also printed out and posted on the wall. It urges students affected by the tragedy to contact the Counseling and Testing Center.

Two sheets hang on the walls of the EMU with the words “The UCC tragedy makes me feel…” (Scott Greenstone / Emerald.) Photo credit: Scott Greenstone

“The UO is a community that takes care of one another,” Schill said in the email, originally sent four hours after the shooting on Thursday.

Here are a few of the notes left on those sheets of paper.

1. Some reactions were simple.

2. Some sentimental.

3. Others indignant.

4. One writer seemed to be re-traumatized, and is presumably a survivor of the Thurston High School shootings in 1998.

5. Some reactions were feeble.

6. Some showed school pride.

7. Some community members were feeling the ripple effect.

8. Some felt exposed.

9. Some were in agreement with President Barack Obama.

10. Some poignant.