At 2:42 P.M. on Wednesday, I received a one-line e-mail from a friend telling me that a girl had been shot at Wesleyan University, from which we both graduated last spring.

• 在周三下午的2点42分，我收到了一封来自我朋友的电子邮件，他告诉我一位卫斯理岩大学的女孩被射杀了，我们去年春天刚刚从那里毕业。