[Not everyone is sold on crisis consultants. Linda Gray, assistant vice president and director of news and information at the University of Central Florida in Orlando, says that] to a certain extent, the worse the crisis, the closer to home you should deal with it. ... You ought to be dealing with the crisis, not explaining things to somebody else. |
[While promoting the DVD earlier this week,] Dallas ... the crescendo happened. It?s when everybody ... in fact, men ... started watching, because men didn?t historically watch soap operas. |
Almost everybody involved in the day-to-day concerns back then had been at the university for years. The only new person was Dr. Lombardi. He was incredibly compassionate . . . and eminently believable as a dad and as a higher-eduction administrator. |
As I went around the side, the dog came running at me and threw me off guard. Luckily I just bought a new weed eater and it's the kind you don't have to tap. I turned it on and it scared the dog. I kept it on and kept shoving it at the dog. |
At the time, it was deemed probably the worst crisis to hit a college campus in modern times. There had been murders and shootings on campuses before, but in most of those cases the perpetrators were immediately known. This was a situation where five bodies were found over a three-day period . . . and Danny Rolling was not charged for almost a year. |
By the time I got the cat and dog, I couldn't see a thing. |
I want them to have experiences and let them see that there's more to life than what's around the corner. |
If he hadn't gotten those young women it would have been someone else. |
If I hadn't continued working for a university, I might not think about it every day. |
It was about family, albeit dysfunctional. But it was about family, and I think that?s what draws people in ? the interrelationships, you know, everyone living under one roof ... It was this dynamic, a really charismatic family that moved into everyone else?s home. |
Rumors were flying like crazy. |
The fact that a year passed before the murderer was arrested or indicted, there was this sort of doom hanging over our heads. No one knew who it was or if he'd be back. |
We are reading Dr. Seuss books, watching some of his videos, and listening to his books on tape. |
We learned that no place is safe, ... Gainesville had not had that kind of dreadful experience before, and I think that's why it hit so hard. It was an end of an innocence for the community. |
We want them to have exposure to females who have a career and a family. We want to let them know that you don't have to choose one or the other. |