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It always bothers me when a young person dies. We have lost two students at Iowa State and as the Editorial from the Iowa State Daily says: "two seems to be too large a number."

To say the least, it’s been a crazy 48-hours at Iowa State. Here at the Daily, the crazier things get, the busier we get. In fact, at the time of this writing there’s a flurry of activity in the newsroom.

Veishea, is a celebration. Unfortunately, there’s a lot of students and faculty who don’t feel much like celebrating.

In fact, it hardly seems worth using the word “celebration” this week.

We’re two students short: Travis James Good, senior in civil engineering, and Jonathan Francis Lacina, senior in graphic design. The former passed away late Tuesday evening. The latter’s body was discovered Wednesday evening.

Even with a student body of more than 27,000, two seems to be too large a number.

Read the entire article here.

I send my love and sympathy and prayers to the families and friends of these two boys. We do not understand why these things happen but they do. I attended two funerals this week, one was for a 97 year old Brother and the other was 80. Both had lived long and full lives. It does not seem fair that these two young men should be gone but that is the way of the world. I was with my mother when she died. One second she was alive and breathing and the next she was gone. The nurse who was with us looked at her and said "so peaceful." and it was. It seemed all right at her age of 85. But these are gone too soon. I will be thinking about them this week-end and their friends and families. I hope you will also.