Here I go, attempting to summarize the events leading up to and including the murder of Levi Butler, on Monday March 1st. I was in class Monday, March 1st, Education For Enlightenment, we had just meditated, and were watching a Maharishi Tape. In other words, I was asleep. I awoke to "Son of a Bitch!" and turned around to see that Schuvender (Schube) had John Killian in a headlock, and appeared to be punching him in the face. Later it became clear that Schuvender was actually attempting to stab Killian in the face with a pen, in fact, it was Killian’s own pen. Killian managed to interject his hand quickly enough to deflect the weapon, and as a result, was hit in the cheek, in a would that would require 7 stitches. Akbar quickly pulled them apart, and Killian was bleeding from the face. Professor Boothby and Professor Jones escorted the two out. Eventually Killian came back, to get his stuff. According to everyone around, including Killian, there was no provocation for the attack whatsoever. We were quick to dismiss Schube’s action as some kind of massive stress release, as such an action seemed totally out of character for him, especially considering that on the previous Friday, he was the voice of reason coming between William Kern and Gregory Dawson, after an extremely minor incident almost sparked a more than minor bout of violence. Also, most of us didn’t realize there was a weapon involved, as it looked like a massive emotional outburst leading to emotional unstressing via punching John in the face. Supposedly fist fights have broken out in the Dome before, due to massive stress release, and we quite simply refused to admit to ourselves that it could have been something worse, like attempted murder. After the Killian Incident, rumors started arising that Schube was at least mildly Schizophrenic, and that he had been abused by his father, and that he had been in and out of mental institutions in the past. This is unconfirmed. Supposedly, Schube spent the rest of the evening being “Baby-Sat” by Joel Wysong, the Dean of Men, at his home. This is probably the location where Schube acquired the knife. Levi and I chilled out after class. Will Kern, Aurel Christ, Andy Needham, Levi, and I gathered in Kern’s room, and discussed what had happened in class that afternoon. (Will Kern and I were both in that class) We discussed, of all things, just what we would have done if we were in John Killian’s position. After that, Levi and I watched Naruto, a Japanese Anime about Ninjas. We went to program. I got out of program earlier than he did, as he was snoozing. I went to Ana Purna, got my food, sat around with Kern, Andy, Aurel, Vikram, and Schube. and a bunch of other guys. Levi came in later, and sat at the table behind me. We were talking, laughing, generally having a good time. I mentioned to Schube that fistfights had broken out in dome before, that one person had even been knocked unconscious in a fight over a simple square of foam. At this, Schube completely zoned out. He then left the table, and we heard swearing behind us. I don’t remember the exact words. It was something along the lines of "What the fuck did you just say to me?" "What the hell is going on?" I saw Levi stand up, his shirt looked like something had been spilled on it. Schube seemed to punch him, And then I saw Schube pull away from Levi, pull his hand back, and Akbar grabbed Schube’s wrist from behind, and wrenched it behind his back Somewhere in here, the knife was dropped. Levi was clutching his chest, and looked shocked. There was chatter, screams, and generally "He stabbed him!" Joel Wysong apprehended Schube. Akbar picked up the knife off the ground, and put it on the table. There was blood on the table too. Levi turned purple, then collapsed into someone’s arms. Lyric called 911. There was general commotion and panic, then I ran out to Highway 1, and re-directed the ambulance (Which had just made a wrong turn) to Ana Purna. The cops were already there, and Kern says he saw them cuff Schube and remove him from the premises. Inside, The paramedics rushed in, and hooked Levi up to a respirator. There was more general commotion, and he was taken to the Hospital. Levi was pronounced dead at 8:30 PM at Jefferson County Hospital. The stabbing, like the assault on Killian, was completely unprovoked. It seems that Schube approached Levi from behind, stabbed him at least twice while he was sitting down, and then again after he had stood up. This is a picture of the knife. http://pieceofsite.seniorbrown.com/files/forums/Knife.JPG Everyone had a clear view of it, it was on the table (Akbar had picked it up off the floor) next to a few drops of blood. Apparently the tip had broken off at some point in the stabbing. Coverage of the event on local media: http://www.kcrg.com/ http://www.ffledger.com/ This is what I could find on Sem via the Internet. http://216.239.37.104/search?q=cache:BBfs7ZtXRHwJ:news.thetriangle.org/2002/11/15/assault.html+Shuvender+Sem&hl=en&ie=UTF-8 Transcribed in case that link doesn’t work: Student arrested for assault, intimidation A Drexel student was charged with aggravated assault and ethnic intimidation, as well as other charges, for an attack on a 23-year-old Indian man outside the University City Sheraton Hotel at 3456 Chestnut St. Nov. 10. The incident was first reported in the Nov. 12 issue of the Philadelphia Daily News ("Indian man attacked in University City"). According to the article, Patrick McCall, a 20-year-old student majoring in business administration, allegedly yelled, "You Indians killed my friend" during the 11:54 p.m. attack on the man, Shuvender Sem. McCall allegedly punched Sem in the face repeatedly and slammed his head against a concrete flower pot, according to University of Pennsylvania Police Deputy Chief of Operations Michael Fink. Sem was taken to the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania where he was treated for his injuries and released. McCall fled the scene and was arrested about a block away, Fink said. He was also charged with reckless endangerment of another person’s life and simple assault. McCall was inebriated at the time of the incident, Fink added. He said the attack was a random act, and that there was no known tie between the actor and the victim. McCall was released after he met 10 percent of his $3,000 bail, the Daily News reported. The incident is under further investigation by the Southwest Detective Division of the Philadelphia Police.