World conflicts test our true resilience

It seemed like every time I turned around last week my cell phone was blowing up with text messages from my oldest daughter relying yet another crisis going on in the world.
A couple of key events across the world are proving to be real life-changing situations. 
First it was the on-going turmoil at the University of Missouri at Columbia where my daughter is in her third year of attending the journalism school. For those not familiar, there has been significant racial unrest on campus for the past few weeks. 
There have been protests across campus upset about the administration’s handling of racial bias and hostility towards people of color. Heightened awareness was shed on the topic when a student went on a hunger strike demanding that the university’s president resign. There had even been a threatened boycott by the football team. 
Tensions seething at the school culminated with the resignations of the president as well as the chancellor. All of the drama has unfolded on national news throughout most of the week.
In amongst all the chaos last week, several of my daughter’s classes were cancelled mid-week because of “rumors” of a shooting that was going to take place on campus. Fortunately, there was no shooting, but the emotional scars of racial tensions continue to linger.