Just found out about this...

[tschuler]

I know I haven't been watching as much news lately but I must say, I'm very suprised this is the first time I'd heard about this.

http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0,21598,24951560-950,00.html

I checked in the news archives on google and there was suprisingly little in the way of articles when this actually happened. I'm amazed that it wasn't

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[tschuler]

Yeah. And unfortunately, it's not a situation where calling the cops is going to do much for the victim. It's times like this where I wish there was one student in there that was packing heat. The headline might have been: "Woman in critical condition after assault with a knife"

What gets me even more is that the reports are coming out that everybody basically bolted from the cafeteria. Even if nobody is armed, it's hard to think that a large group of people would just turn away and let that happen. I don't think I could live with myself if I walked away but, then again, I've never been in that situation.

[aureali]

One of the employees ducked behind the counter, and made one of the 911 calls.

EDIT:
There were a number of articles that I found on it, most of which were US-based. Granted the fact that it didn't get *any* media attention at the time still says a lot.

Keep in mind that these were students...they're still studying to think for themselves and aren't qualified yet to do so without a professor's (or the appropriate TA's) approval.