The morning after he went on a rampage on the Virginia Tech campus, taking 33 lives including his own, Cho Seung-Hui's identity was revealed to the press, which then scrambled to find information about him. In the ensuing media frenzy, the words "killer" and "shooter" were flashed repeatedly across TV screens around the country, followed rapidly by the words "South Korean" and "immigrant."

Even though it was made clear that Seung-Hui was a legal immigrant, it's understandable why UI students of Korean descent may have felt uncomfortable.

"I'm not going to lie, I really felt bad that he was Korean," said Michael Lee, the vice president of the Korean Undergraduate Student Association, who gained U.S. citizenship three years ago. "I was watching CNN all day, and they kept mentioning how he was an immigrant, and it was just really awkward." [Link]