Good reasons to be rational

College students from the quake-afflicted areas should stay at campus instead of blindly rushing home to rescue their families and countrymen, says an article in Oriental Morning Post. The following is an excerpt:

"I bought a flight ticket. I will go to Mianyang first, then to Beichuan, with a tent I have already prepared," said a college student in Shanghai, whose hometown is Beichuan. Starting from the afternoon of May 12, he kept contacting his family in Beichuan, but failed. He made a decision rightaway and told his teachers in the college that he wanted to go home and see his family and serve as a volunteer.

This student is not alone. Many other students are undergoing the same suffering. The quake-hit areas are their hometowns where they have their childhood memories and dearest families.