Posted on 04/17/2007 12:41:47 PM PDT by Rutles4Ever
Her smile shines out of the pictures posted on the Facebook website under the title of “Why Emily Hilscher was cooler than me”.
The girl who is believed to have obsessed the Virginia Tech killer, Cho Seung-Hui - and may have been his first victim - had a lot of friends. More than 200 had posted tributes on the website today.
Ella Miller, an old class mate, wrote: “I remember her untieing my shoes with a fork, when we played in the woods around her house in the club house, going to the beach with her and her family. Spending the night at her house and staying up late playing cards, her teaching me how to play the saxaphone, summer crab feasts, swimming in the river, jumping on trampolines in the rain, backstreet boys concert, her putting worms on her nose lol...and it wasn’t just her personality - she was gorgeous!!”
Photographs on the same website show a pretty young woman, preparing for a toga party, going on an 8th grade field trip, and arriving at her high school prom. Described as a straight “A” student, Ms Hilscher, 18, spent most of her free time horse riding and hoped to become a vet.
”I’m interested in pretty much everything,” she wrote on her MySpace page, in which she refers to herself as “The Pixie”.
She added: “My friends are what keeps me smiling. I’m into snowboard, riding and music. Give me something I can bang my head to or dance like crazy, and I’m all over it.”
Ms Hilscher had met a new boyfriend, about whom she gushed about on her page. “I live, love and get booted but eventually that will change...I now have a wonderful guy who is hopefully going to change all of that.” College friends said her new boyfriend had just dropped her off before the massacre.
Ms Hilscher, a first year student who was studying animal and poultry sciences and equine science, was the next-door neighbour of Ryan Clark, a residential adviser at the dormitory where the shooting started.
It is believed that a morning argument in the dormitory at the Virginia Tech campus led Cho to kill the teenager and Mr Clark who had attempted to come to her aid.
Her grandmother, Merle Hilscher, 71, described the tight bond Emily had with big sister Erica, 21, who attended a nearby university. “They were very close all their lives,” she said.
“Now one of them is ended, but we have to carry on.”
On her Facebook tribute page today, Cody Yager wrote: “Emily was one of my first friends here at [Virginia] Tech. How could such a beautiful soul be removed from our lives?”
Will Sonnett from Rappahannock County High School in rural Virginia, said: “Emily Hilscher was cooler than me because she could make friends with a glance and a smile. She never hesitated to make someone, anyone feel at home with kindness and an open mind. Thanks for being awesome to lame little 8th graders, and for making stupid computer classes unforgettable.”
“New boyfriend” I thought Cho was the “Old” boyfriend which is why all of this took place.
3. & 4. That’s what is the world wide news, right?
Nope. I've not seen a single article in any responsible news source that alleged a relationship between the girl and her RA. I did see some initial, speculatory articles yesterday that didn't yet know the identity of the victims, but those cannot be relied upon.
Please read this thread before you ask me more questions.
Yeah, I know. I find that very bizarre and very disgusting.
that’s what it sounds like to me. She was nice to him because she was nice to everybody, and he took it the wrong way.
Based on what has been reported up to this point this guy was waving a red flag that he was "OFF". Setting fires, stalking, his maniacal, raving english papers which were enough for his teacher to send him for counseling. I just don't see why the so called counselors didn't do something.
Also, I don't think anyone with a green card should be able to buy a gun of any kind. JMO
Thanks AC for posting this thread, poor young girl.......prayers for her family.
I’m ignoring him, since I’m leaving right now for work.
Some of us here on FR actually have a life!
Vison is the love-triangle theorist.
THe old b/f was being interrogated when the 2nd shooting occurred. Cho was never her b/f. Cho was a loner with no friends and only spoke to his room mate to give one word answers. Here's a sample of his work as an English major. Does the vic sound like she'd be attracted to a guy that never says anything, just stalks, and whose mind is as disturbing and deep as his writings?
This is not something developed on this thread. IT IS INTERNATIONAL NEWS!
Good post, you nailed it. ^_^ Now, let's unhijack this thread...
Rubbish!
I say we re-think education. :-)
No apology. You have yet to demonstrate an article that suggests that Emily Hilscher and Ryan Clark had a relationship.
Find one today. Not yesterday. No one's names were being released until this morning.
LOL, well then I invite you to give me an example.
You’re very strange.
It’s a theory that everybody but you and the eurotrash have abondoned. Stop being a eurotrash, join the rest of the Americans who have realized that it’s a stupid theory.
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