MICHELE NORRIS, Host: Our co-host Melissa Block has been in Blacksburg since Monday. She went to the center of campus today, and she has these reflections on how the community has pulled together.</s>Unidentified Woman: We promised them all our candles.</s>MELISSA BLOCK, Host: A couple of days ago across this field where I am now, I talked to two seniors, Robert Standing(ph) and Will Huggins(ph). They were passing by Norris Hall. That's where the mass shootings took place.</s>MICHELE NORRIS, Host: I'd like to think that we're a close-knit family around here, and I really think everybody associated with the school, all the Hokies around the world, will come up and definitely raise up and get together and, you know, make some kind of positive come out of this.</s>MICHELE NORRIS, Host: You can't forget about it. I think that's the worst thing that you can do is forget about it. I mean, these people basically died for nothing if you do. But you do have to move on. Keep it with you and do the best you can to honor them, I guess.</s>MELISSA BLOCK, Host: Tomorrow has been informally declared Orange and Maroon Effect Day. People around the country are asked to wear the Virginia Tech colors to show support for this school and this town. I'm Melissa Block on the campus of Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia.
This has been a trying week for the residents of Blacksburg, Va., and the campus of Virginia Tech. People around the country are asked to wear Virginia Tech's colors of orange and maroon Friday. Melissa Block has been in Blacksburg all week and sends an audio postcard. Students set up impromptu memorials on the Virginia Tech campus. 