"This is supposed to be a happy day, but we're angry, " said Michaelis Angelous, a 26-year-old bank worker.

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"This is absolutely not a Valentine's Day event it is not about the happy couple, " says Erin McGrane of Kansas City.

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"Today is the last day of finals, and this should be a happy day on campus, but it's not, " said Hofstra freshman Scott Aharoni of Great Neck, as he passed through the area rife with yellow crime-scene tape Friday.

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