Kalamazoo students killed
By Lisa Singhania
The Associated Press
KALAMAZOO, Mich.— A
Kalamazoo College junior killed
his ex-girlfriend and then himself
in his dorm room Monday with a
shotgun he bought around the
time the couple broke up.
Kalamazoo Department of Pub
lic Safety Capt. Jerome Bryant said
it appeared feat Neenef Odah, 20,
of Seattle, shot Margaret Wardle,
19, of Plainwell, Mich., twice be
foreturning the gun on himself.
The students started dating last
year, but broke up about a month
ago, college president James Jones
Jr. said. Soon after that, Odah
bought the gun he used Monday,
Bryant said.
The shootings followed a late
night argument, Jones said. Cam
pus security discovered the bod
ies about 12:15 a.m. in Odah’s
first-floor dorm room in DeWaters
Residence Hall, a three-story brick
building that houses about 110
students.
Jones said he didn’t know of any
violent history between the pair,
or of a similar shooting in the
school’s 166-year history. Police
said no restraining or personal
protection orders had been taken
out against Odah, and he had no
criminal record.
“Could anything have been
done to prevent this? As I walked
around campus, I’ve tried to an
swer that. I don’t know how you
rout out this^ plague of violence,
which seems to have descended
on the most powerful society in
the world,” Jones said Monday.
Odah appeared happy Saturday
night, the last time Kirsten Fritch
saw him , barely 24 hours before
the apparent murder-suicide.
“He danced with me at home
coming. He was smiling. Every
thing seemed fine,” said Fritch,
19, of Kalamazoo.
Students at the private, west
Michigan liberal arts college
clutched tissue boxes and each
other as they gathered in the
school’s chapel and lawn to
grieve. At a noontime meeting,
Jones told them not to “second
guess” whether the shootings
could have been prevented, saying
some tragedies defy explanation.
On this picturesque, leaf-cov
ered campus of less than 1,400 stu
dents, many knew at least one of
the victims, if only by sight. War
dle was a golfer described as
friendly and outgoing.
Fritch remembered Odah as a
quiet individual who always said
hello but was shy. She said her
dance with Odah on Saturday ap
peared ordinary.
Her friend Andrea Bartuski, 20,
of La Crosse, Wis., said both vic
tims appeared to be happy when
they dated last year.
Ms. Bartuski said she had a hard
time believing Odah would be ca
pable of such violence, adding, “I
just don’t want him to be remem
bered for this.”
Chris Wilson, 19, a sophomore
from Kalamazoo, said he was good
friends with Odah last year and of
ten saw him and Wardle together.
He said they had their quarrels,
like any other couple. “But when
he would get upset, he would just
not talk to her,” Wilson said.
“They may have had their shout
ing matches, but I never saw vio
lence.”
All classes were canceled Mon
day and two grief sessions were
held.
“I don’t think this is something
that could’ve been prevented,”
said Bryant. “We believe (Odah)
was not handling the break-up
very well and attempts to put the
relationship back together had
failed.”
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Before the Greatful Bread
opened last year, Lohr worked for
22 years as the chef and produc
tion manager for the EMU,
preparing food for catering orders
and other events. He also current
ly teaches a cooking class in the
Lane Community College culi
nary program.
The performance summary
was compiled by looking at the
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said. Some of the results were
based on direct customer input.
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University Housing is considering the feasibility of building
apartment housing for single graduate students.
Single graduate students are invited to an open forum to
provide your ideas and input. The forum will be held:
Wednesday, October 20 at 5:30 PM.
in the EMU Maple noom
We will present some opinions that have been successful elsewhere,
invite your ideas, and ask you to complete a brief survey. We will also
provide you an opportunity for future input if we should go forward
with the project. The entire meeting should take less than an hour with
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