1) Veik rode to school with Harris, worked with him in video class, and reportedly seemed to idolize him.


2) On 4/20, he was the author of the "Thought of the Day".


3) In Fall 1999, he was removed from CHS for making comments which were construed to be a possible threat of a repeat of 4/20.

So Veik was behind that creepy "Today is not going to be a good day."/"I bet you wish you weren't here today" message?

Lord Carpainter wrote:

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So Veik was behind that creepy "Today is not going to be a good day."/"I bet you wish you weren't here today" message?

His is the second to last interview in the 11K. According to him, he is the one who physically typed the message in the computer. His story is that another
student came up with "Quit your bitching" as the TOTD but that Veik censored it and came up with a new one himself, something to the effect of
"You wish you weren't here today" because it was nice weather. However, there are conflicting reports on what the "Thought" actually
was.

One would have thought that Viek wounld have been really looked at more than he was.... People saw him, he changed the message, but no for some reason he was a suspect like many others.....A VERY SHORT TIME. The investigation seemed to center around Dylan and ERic. Seem like they forgot to keep searching for others. They had the dead Eric and Dylan, Mark Manus and Phil Duran in a neat little box with a ribbon around it. Did they care if Mark and Phil knew...NO. Did they arrest Robyn, she bought the gun, NO did they check on students who dad was LE or teachers in the school NO THEY LOOKED INTO THEM!!!! THEY HAD THEIR CASE TIED UP SO WHY ROCK THE BOAT. Columbine is really lucky that someone who knew about all this did not come back and finish the job. I worried about that an entire year after Columbine. Eric and Dylan were not the only ones who knew.

Veik took video production class with Harris and Klebold, and helped them on some of their videos, though he was not a part of the trenchcoat mafia. For some reason he kept getting into trouble after 4/20--

(10925)
On 5-11-99 1205 I was contacted by Inv. Don Estep who had information a student at Chatfield High School may have in his possession enough gasoline and flares to blow up Chatfield High School. The student identified was Eric Veik, Inv. Estep told me he was contacted by Lt. Dennis Potter who spoke with the mother of John Ungerland who had a conversation with Eric the day before about being able to blow up Chatfield High School. ....
[Comment-- Veik was investigated for this incident but was not arrested]

10-20-99
http://www.apfn.org/apfn/Columbine2.htm
About half way down the lengthy essay is this quote:
On October 20th a 17-year old Columbine High student, Eric Veik, was arrested and jailed (with bond set at an astronomical $500,000) on the night of October 19th on charges of "inciting destruction of life or property, and theft for allegedly stealing a school microphone". Officials were given word of the student's plans, which included a diagram of the school and other writings, by a fellow student who had heard him say he would "finish the job" in the wake of the April 20th tragedy by initiating another shooting.

Yeah, I recall the second incident that you stated...
Jeff

"He said something recently about how he craves attention, that he'd do pretty much anything to get attention,'' said Mike Casey, a classmate who has worked with the suspect on the school play. "I said, "Not what Eric and Dylan did,' and he kind of laughed and that was the end of that.''
[...]
The allegations stemmed in part from a 12-page diary, reportedly found among his possessions at school, that contains threats of violence.
[...]
Friends say the teen was reported to school authorities last year, after Columbine students had resumed classes at nearby Chatfield High School. They say he made some inappropriate remarks about the massacre that were overheard, prompting the district to suggest he not return for the rest of the year.

http://web.archive.org/web/200008190940 ... t1022a.htm

Some parents had been notified of the arrest Tuesday evening. "He didn't seem like a kid that would do anything dangerous," said fellow student Jeffrey DiManna, 18, who was in the video class last year with the boy.
DiManna said the teen spent a lot of time with Harris and Klebold.
"They sat at the same table in class," he said. "They were always together."
The boy is scheduled to return to court Friday. He was held in the Jefferson County jail before a judge Wednesday ordered him moved to a youth detention center.
The boy's family declined to comment. He is under a suicide watch, county officials said.
Jefferson County sheriff's officials said the boy told another student he would "finish the job started by Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold."

http://web.archive.org/web/200008191531 ... olu1.shtml

Evan, Thanks you just answered many question I have had about him....ANYTHING FOT ATTENTION. I just wanted to know that one because I had a feeling a long time ago and I may have even posted my thoughts on CRTF, not sure.
I have always thought that maybe someone wanted attention and thought that they would get attention and never have to fire a weapon. My opinion, at first Eric and Dylan THOUGHT the school was not stupid, thought they would be stopped and then make a stand on Columbine and their NO Bullies. I think, others went in maybe just to be part of the NEWS HEADLINES. Who would have ever thought that that many bombs could be placed in a school and NOT ONE PERSON would Question WHAT The Burtaine tanks were doing there.... EXCUSE ME. I HAVE NEVER BELIEVED ERIC AND DYLAN PLACED ALL thEN BOMBS IN thE SCHOOL AND NOT ONE PERSON SAW THEM PLACED THERE OR QUESTIONED WHY THEY ARE THERE. Something is wrong there....WHAT I can only guess at this point.
People started dying and the thrill seekers bailed.
Now, Evan you answered my question about Eric Veik. Hummmm now, I can go back and take a closer look knowing another part of his personality. THANKS!