The world watched in horror in April 2007 when Virginia Tech
student Seung-Hui Cho went on a killing rampage that resulted in
the deaths of thirty-two students and faculty members before he
ended his own life.
Former Virginia Tech English department chair and distinguished
professor Lucinda Roy saw the tragedy unfold on the TV screen in
her home and had a terrible realization. Cho was the student she
had struggled to get to know–the loner who found speech torturous.
After he had been formally asked to leave a poetry class in which
he had shared incendiary work that seemed directed at his
classmates and teacher, Roy began the difficult task of working
one-on-one with him in a poetry tutorial. During those months, a
year and a half before the massacre, Roy came to realize that Cho
was more than just a disgruntled young adult experimenting with
poetic license; he was, in her opinion, seriously depressed and in
urgent need of intervention.
But when Roy approached campus counseling as well as others in
the university about Cho, she was repeatedly told that they could
not intervene unless a student sought counseling voluntarily.
Eventually, Roy’s efforts to persuade Cho to seek help worked.
Unbelievably, on the three occasions he contacted the counseling
center staff, he did not receive a comprehensive evaluation by
them–a startling discovery Roy learned about after Cho’s death.
More revelations were to follow. After responding to questions from
the media and handing over information to law enforcement as
instructed by Virginia Tech, Roy was shunned by the administration.
Papers documenting Cho’s interactions with campus counseling were
lost. The university was suddenly on the defensive.
Was the university, in fact, partially responsible for the
tragedy because of the bureaucratic red tape involved in obtaining
assistance for students with mental illness, or was it just, like
many colleges, woefully underfunded and therefore underequipped to
respond to such cases? Who was Seung-Hui Cho? Was he fully
protected under the constitutional right to freedom of speech, or
did his writing and behavior present serious potential threats that
should have resulted in immediate intervention? How can we balance
students’ individual freedom with the need to protect the
community? These are the questions that have haunted Roy since that
terrible day.
No Right to Remain Silent is one teacher’s cri de coeur–her dire
warning that given the same situation today, two years later, the
ending would be no less terrifying and no less tragic.
From the Hardcover edition.
關於作者：
LUCINDA ROY is an Alumni Distinguished Professor at Virginia
Tech, where she has taught since 1985. Author of the novels Lady
Moses and The Hotel Alleluia and two poetry collections, she is the
recipient of numerous writing and teaching awards, including a
statewide Outstanding Faculty Award in 2005. From 2002—2006, she
served as chair of Virginia Tech’s Department of English.
目錄：
Prologue
PART ONE: HORROR STORY
1. April
2. A Boy Named Loser
3. Connecting the Dots
4. Prey
5. The Panel Review
PART TWO: BACKSTORY
6. The Setting
7. The First Amendment
8. Teachers and Students
9. Writers and Writing
10. Armed and Dangerous
PART THREE: DIALOGUE
11. Testimony
12. Translating Race
13. Parents and Cttildren
14. The Anniversary
Epilogue
End Words: A Sestina
Recommended Texts and Resources
Notes
Index
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