Kennison State University

Represented indirectly through named victims, student-heroes, and the President's description of events rather than by a university spokesman in this scene.

The university is depicted as a victimized institution lacking agency in the immediate moment; it is placed under the moral authority and protective narrative of the federal leadership.

The university's tragedy forces national political leaders to address campus safety and communal grief, potentially shaping policy priorities and public expectations for institutional support.

Implied crisis management and mourning within the university: immediate emergency response, care for survivors, and dealing with public scrutiny and needs of bereaved families.

Represented indirectly through the President’s naming of victims and the narrative details about students and staff who died or acted heroically.

Here the university occupies the role of a powerless victim to national tragedy; the administration exercises moral and political authority in response, offering consolation and the promise of action.

The university’s tragedy forces national political speech and frames administration action; it strengthens calls for policy and resource responses while humanizing abstract political stakes.

Implied grieving and trauma within the campus community; potential internal pressure to seek answers and support from government and media, though not explored in the scene.

Through references to the pipe-bombing, the memorial invitation, and the President's planned attendance.

A victimized institution whose needs and grief constrain political maneuvering; commands moral rather than political authority in this context.

Forces the administration to prioritize commemoration and investigation over raw political advantage.

Stressed leadership coordinating with federal authorities and the President's office under difficult circumstances.

Referenced through intelligence links and Bartlet's invocation of the dead students to morally ground his position.

A victim institution whose tragedy pressures the Presidency to prioritize security response and moral retribution over process.

The university's tragedy supplies the moral impetus and public expectation that constrains legalistic caution and fuels executive resolve.

Not present in-scene; functions externally as a source of moral pressure on decision-makers.

Mentioned by Bartlet as the site of the atrocity that underwrites the administration's stress and urgency.

Serves as moral leverage in the political argument, amplifying pressure on the Presidency to act decisively.

Demonstrates how public tragedies compress time for policy deliberation and justify exceptional measures under the guise of national security.

Not an active bureaucracy in the scene; used symbolically by staff and the President.