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University of Idaho holds a vigil for 4 students stabbed to death last month

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The attacked happened in an off-campus house. Police have not yet identified a suspect and that has cast a shadow over the campus.

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Last night, the University of Idaho held a vigil for the four students who were stabbed to death in an off-campus house on November 13. Police have yet to identify a suspect, and that is casting a shadow over the campus. NPR's Martin Kaste reports from Moscow, Idaho.

MARTIN KASTE, BYLINE²: Usually this would be an intense time of year here, a time for exams and final semester projects. But this week, things are quiet because after Thanksgiving, many of the 9,000 students enrolled³ here just didn't come back. Freshman⁴ Mysti Gardner is one of those who did.

MYSTI GARDNER: I kind of came back because I didn't want my friends to feel alone because a few of my friends were here by themselves because their parents made them come back.

KASTE: But she says school is hardly back to normal.

GARDNER: Some of my classes were either canceled altogether or put on Zoom⁵ or made completely optional, and I don't even have finals in most of my classes because of what's happened.

KASTE: What's happened is the gruesome middle-of-the-night murders of Xana Kernodle, Ethan Chapin, Kaylee Goncalves and Madison Mogen and the fact that police have, quote, "no named suspects" despite massive help from the FBI and state police. They've tried to reassure⁶ students and the surrounding community, but they've also been very selective about what information they release. This is Moscow Police Captain Roger Lanier being pressed on that question at the most recent news conference.

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ROGER LANIER: We told the public very clearly from the beginning that we believe it was a targeted attack. I mean, to be honest, you're going to have to trust us on that at this point because we're not going to release why we think that.

KASTE: As the police continue to withhold⁷ details to protect their investigation⁸, the professors are trying to help their students finish the semester.

CAITLIN CIESLIK-MISKIMEN: All right. So just giving those folks online a couple of minutes to have their audio connected.

KASTE: Assistant Professor Caitlin Cieslik-Miskimen is starting her media history class with four students present. Usually there'd be 25. More students are logging in remotely, using the system that was set up during the pandemic. After the murders, the University of Idaho told professors to be flexible with students.

CIESLIK-MISKIMEN: It's really hard to figure out how much to push them to power through.

KASTE: Cieslik-Miskimen says she wants to give students room to grieve or find comfort with family while still finding a way to finish academic projects. She says what's distracting the students isn't so much a sense of fear for their personal safety.

CIESLIK-MISKIMEN: It's less the fear and the - more it's just not knowing really anything. It's not knowing if this was targeted. It's not knowing when we're going to know more.

KASTE: Students are also getting fed up with the curiosity of the outside world. It's been more than two weeks since the incident, and there are still reporters prowling the campus.

TAYSIA MENDENHALL: Yeah, I was a little bit understanding at first. And then it started to become frustrating⁹. Now it's, like, straight aggravating¹⁰ because it - like, leave us alone a little bit.

KASTE: Junior Taysia Mendenhall says what's really wearing her down are all the amateur sleuths on the internet, on places like Instagram and Reddit, who think they can solve this case from afar, often by taking aim at potential suspects.

MENDENHALL: Harassing¹¹, like, the roommates of the victims and, like, anyone that they think could be involved. And it's like, you don't know anything. You're not from here. Why are you so invested in this? I don't appreciate it.

KASTE: The online sleuthing has been so intense the police have had to deny many of the theories, which they say are, quote, "stoking community fears."

UNIDENTIFIED CHOIR¹²: (Singing) ...Speak for me. Let them speak for me.

KASTE: At last night's campus vigil, livestreamed around the region, there was a similar sentiment expressed during the closing prayer.

UNIDENTIFIED PERSON: We pray for clarity in the midst of our uncertainty¹³. Guard our hearts and minds from speculation¹⁴ and rumor¹⁵. That someday we may have some answers.

KASTE: Martin Kaste, NPR News, Moscow, Idaho.

1 transcript   

n.抄本，誊本，副本，肄业证书

参考例句：

• A transcript of the tapes was presented as evidence in court.一份录音带的文字本作为证据被呈交法庭。
• They wouldn't let me have a transcript of the interview.他们拒绝给我一份采访的文字整理稿。

2 byline   

n.署名；v.署名

参考例句：

• His byline was absent as well.他的署名也不见了。
• We wish to thank the author of this article which carries no byline.我们要感谢这篇文章的那位没有署名的作者。

3 enrolled   

adj.入学登记了的v.[亦作enrol]( enroll的过去式和过去分词 )；登记，招收，使入伍（或入会、入学等），参加，成为成员；记入名册；卷起，包起

参考例句：

• They have been studying hard from the moment they enrolled. 从入学时起，他们就一直努力学习。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He enrolled with an employment agency for a teaching position. 他在职业介绍所登了记以谋求一个教师的职位。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 freshman   

n.大学一年级学生(可兼指男女)

参考例句：

• Jack decided to live in during his freshman year at college.杰克决定大一时住校。
• He is a freshman in the show business.他在演艺界是一名新手。

5 zoom   

n.急速上升；v.突然扩大，急速上升

参考例句：

• The airplane's zoom carried it above the clouds.飞机的陡直上升使它飞到云层之上。
• I live near an airport and the zoom of passing planes can be heard night and day.我住在一个飞机场附近，昼夜都能听到飞机飞过的嗡嗡声。

6 reassure   

v.使放心，使消除疑虑

参考例句：

• This seemed to reassure him and he continued more confidently.这似乎使他放心一点，于是他更有信心地继续说了下去。
• The airline tried to reassure the customers that the planes were safe.航空公司尽力让乘客相信飞机是安全的。

7 withhold   

v.拒绝，不给；使停止，阻挡

参考例句：

• It was unscrupulous of their lawyer to withhold evidence.他们的律师隐瞒证据是不道德的。
• I couldn't withhold giving some loose to my indignation.我忍不住要发泄一点我的愤怒。

8 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

9 frustrating   

adj.产生挫折的，使人沮丧的，令人泄气的v.使不成功( frustrate的现在分词 )；挫败；使受挫折；令人沮丧

参考例句：

• It's frustrating to have to wait so long. 要等这么长时间，真令人懊恼。
• It was a demeaning and ultimately frustrating experience. 那是一次有失颜面并且令人沮丧至极的经历。 来自《简明英汉词典》

10 aggravating   

adj.恼人的，讨厌的

参考例句：

• How aggravating to be interrupted! 被打扰，多令人生气呀！
• Diesel exhaust is particularly aggravating to many susceptible individuals. 许多体质敏感的人尤其反感柴油废气。

11 harassing   

v.侵扰，骚扰( harass的现在分词 )；不断攻击（敌人）

参考例句：

• The court ordered him to stop harassing his ex-wife. 法庭命令他不得再骚扰前妻。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• It was too close to be merely harassing fire. 打得这么近，不能完全是扰乱射击。 来自辞典例句

12 choir   

n.唱诗班，唱诗班的席位，合唱团，舞蹈团；v.合唱

参考例句：

• The choir sang the words out with great vigor.合唱团以极大的热情唱出了歌词。
• The church choir is singing tonight.今晚教堂歌唱队要唱诗。

13 uncertainty   

n.易变，靠不住，不确知，不确定的事物

参考例句：

• Her comments will add to the uncertainty of the situation.她的批评将会使局势更加不稳定。
• After six weeks of uncertainty,the strain was beginning to take its toll.6个星期的忐忑不安后，压力开始产生影响了。

14 speculation   

n.思索，沉思；猜测；投机

参考例句：

• Her mind is occupied with speculation.她的头脑忙于思考。
• There is widespread speculation that he is going to resign.人们普遍推测他要辞职。

15 rumor   

n.谣言，谣传，传说

参考例句：

• The rumor has been traced back to a bad man.那谣言经追查是个坏人造的。
• The rumor has taken air.谣言流传开了。