Just three days before the Green Arch’s Fall wave of articles hit the web, three students at the Universi- ty of Virginia were shot and killed after arriving back to campus from a class trip. The gunman was a fellow student on the trip, who kept to himself while the class watched a play and later went out for Ethiopian food. Christopher Darnell Jones Jr.

opened fire on a charter bus as his class returned to campus on Sunday November 3. The former UVA football player targeted three other players whom he killed, while two others were left wounded.

Tragedies like these sound all too familiar these days. It seems that over the course of a few weeks, the news cycle is inevitably punctuated by stories of shootings in schools, gro- cery stores, and even on the roads.

Loose restrictions on obtaining a gun makes fatal shootings unnecessarily commonplace. To this end, until the regulations on guns can be strength- ened, cautionary measures seem to be exceedingly necessary.

These measures include regula- tions on campus safety. For Arch- mere students, the recent tragedy frames tightening of identification expectations in a whole new light. Anthony Liu ‘23 says, “I appreciate

that Archmere has a wonderful ID system that will help keep Archmere students safe on campus.”

Looking to the future, should tragedies like these continue, security restrictions will continue to be tight- ened. While sometimes inconve- nient, students should continue to value and abide by security regula- tions and should acknowledge their necessity in the society in which we currently live.