University of Arkansas Fayetteville - Razorback Yearbook (Fayetteville, AR)

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Faculty members exit the second floor of Kimpel Hall, the building where the shooting took place on the first day of classes. -photo by David Yerby LOCKE SHOOTING CampUS life) 9

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First day of school brings hardship to UA Campus J ohn R. Locke, compara¬ tive literature program director, and James Easton Kelly, a non-degree graduate student, died Monday, August 28, 2000 from an apparent murder-suicide in Locke ' s office in Kimpel Hall Room 231, according to UA Chancellor John A. White. Police Capt. Brad Bruns said witnesses heard three gunshots and after investigating, police found four empty casings in a .38-caliber pistol found on the floor between the two bodies in the office. Rolinda Corbit, a junior majoring in history and classical studies, was one of the students in the hallway on the second floor who heard the three gunshots. Capt. Bruns arrived only in time to hear one shot of the shots. Bruns reported however that the first officers on the scene did communicate with someone in the office, and the officers talked to only one per¬ son. I heard a person say he needed help and was hurt, Corbit said. She said the first officer on the scene talked to the guy in the room. The officer said, hello, are you hurt? Corbit said. Yes I am, was the reply from within the office, she said. Locke, 67, was an associate professor of English and head of the comparative literature program. Locke was scheduled to retire in January, Randall Woods, Dean of the Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences, said. White said Kelly, 37, from Marianna, Ark., came to the UA in 1990 and was dismissed from his doctoral program the week before the shootings occurred. And because Locke was on the committee that dis¬ missed Kelly, some believe that this was his motivation for killing Locke. -story by Curtis McClane Members of the SWAT team enter Kimpel Hall to assess the situation. Classes were canceled for the remainder of the day because of the tragedy. -photo by Gerard Davenport 8 (campus life • locke shooting

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Head Coach Houston Nutt watches the Razorback defense during the Georgia game. The loss against the Bulldogs was Nutt’s first home defeat since coming to Arkansas in 1998. -photo by Maria Ioup A sea of Razorback fans call the Hogs at the 2000 home opener against the Alabama Crimson Tide. The Hogs defeat over Alabama was the first game ever projected on the newly-added SMARTVISION video display. -photo by Maria Ioup NALD W. REYNOLDS RAZOR T.O.L. 2 QUARTER 2 TOGO BALL ON 10 20 -ijp i Southwestern Belt 1 1 i io (campus life the stadium