Bullying Victims -- the Effects Last Into College: Students, faculty, and staff at Virginia Tech experienced an end to the silence and peace that was common in the school following a shooting incident. Virginia Tech Massacre, as it's commonly known, occurred when 32 students and faculty died at the hands of a student gunman in April 16, 2007. While the incident will always be part of Virginia Tech's experience, it will not be a definitive experience since the surrounding community assembled together after the shooting to mourn and rebuild. However, the shooting resulted in numerous concerns regarding the actual impact of bullying on student victims. These concerns were the basis of a research conducted by Frank Adams and Gloria Lawrence....

According to previous studies by these authors, bullying has significant long-lasting effects on the victim and the bully. Moreover, victims of bullying in higher institutions of learning reported histories of being bullied during their school years.
The authors focused on examining whether bullying victims continue to exhibit the impacts of their experiences after enrolling in an institution of higher learning. The research was carried out on a sample of 269 undergraduate students consisting of 176 females and 93 males from all college levels aged between 19 and 23 years, 24 and 29 years, and over 30 years. The findings of this study indicated that bullying in high school continues into higher learning institutions. Victims…