"You can say that it's 'normalized' and maybe we do become numb a little bit. But these kind of events can never be 'normal.' I mean they can't be...When you see one like San Bernardino, you go back to Roseburg...It just makes it where one event makes the Roseburg event flare up. These kind of things don't ever go away." — Mary Treece, Roseburg resident
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!["I didn't agree with [President Obama coming to Roseburg]. I think that was ridiculous. It's great that he came for the families, but at the same time the wrong way to go about things. There was so much hurt from the families that it was the wrong time for him to come." — Nicole Philips, Roseburg resident](https://opb-opb-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/ZNXRW3DUBZFJZL6TBM4VZ6XRAE.jpg?auth=bad58fea41304355d6b8e628eeb847c6f94754ffeaecaeef72fa2adbcd553b31&width=150)
!["I had just boarded a bus — I was headed for Portland because we're moving up there — and the bus driver announced over the intercom that there was a shooting at UCC. Everybody just [let out a sad moan]. Then we got really quiet. It was about an hour before anybody even said anything again. It was just complete silence." — Janet Kathleen Wiliams, Roseburg resident](https://opb-opb-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/4G6JBY3MMRGPDDPCGS6UOBRJZU.jpg?auth=ee9af7aacd71a756f601ef8d5c8600b11c54bfe9b4a1d06feeac9a8b014beb15&width=150)
It's been two months since the Southern Oregon city of Roseburg joined a growing list of places such as Sandy Hook, Aurora, Colorado Springs, and San Bernardino, where mass shootings have claimed multiple lives and shattered a community's sense of safety. The shooting on Oct. 1 at Umpqua Community College (UCC) left 10 people dead, including the shooter, and nine more wounded.
We traveled to Roseburg this week to hear from UCC students and community members about how they are healing, what they're still struggling with, and where they've seen resilience in the aftermath of this trauma.
GUESTS:
- Rita Cavin: Interim president of Umpqua Community College
- Hannah Miles: First year student at Umpqua Community College
- Joshua Friedlein: Second year student and vice president of Associated Students of Umpqua Community College
- Chris Boice: Douglas County Commissioner
- Jeff Ackerman: Editor and Publisher of the News-Review
