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There are times when the three hour time difference between the East and West coasts is significant in ways one could never imagine. On April 16, this time difference meant that when I arrived at work at 8:00 am the events at Virginia Tech had…

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Tech students are happy with proposed design

By: Bryan Schamus

(June 7) Virginia Tech released its plans today for an intermediate memorial for the victims of the April 16 shootings, one day after announcing that Norris Hall, the site of 31 of…

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A student perspective

By: Bryan Schamus


(June 6) I will admit that I once uttered the statement, "There is no way any student should have to walk through that building again."

Norris Hall being "that building" - the site on campus at…

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Un roman admirat in toata lumea

Liviu Librescu, profesorul de eroism

A supravietuit Holocaustului si comunismului, dar l-a ucis un student. Presa internationala scrie pe larg despre profesorul israelian de origine romana Liviu Librescu, care a…

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Sunday, April 22nd, 2007

At the risk of overanalyzing the events surrounding the shootings at Virginia Tech last week, I would like to offer one last set of observations. In my previous posts, I've acknowledged that certainly, there are many…

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Thursday, April 19th, 2007

Following up on my last post about Seung Hui Cho, the Virginia Tech gunman, the evidence that’s coming out seems to suggest that among other things, he felt ridiculed for his social class background (at least in…

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Tuesday, April 17th, 2007

By now, I’m sure everybody has heard of the tragedy that took place yesterday, Monday April 16, at Virginia Tech University. Words cannot adequately convey the profound shock and sadness that I feel about this…

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From the May 2007 Print Edition

Respectfully observing tragedy is never easy. Tempering a respect for the deceased and their families with a desire to draw upon lessons from the tragedy to prevent future occurrences is touchy. Indeed, allegations…

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Room 206 by Cameron Girard.wma
To Students, Faculty, Staff and Friends at VTU:

On April 16th 2007, a day before my 16th birthday, a tragedy that you know all too well struck your campus, your city, and the entire United States. I received our local paper and couldn't…

By Can Tran April 16, 2008

April 16, 2008, marks the one year anniversary of the Virginia Tech massacre as Korean student Cho Seung-hui in a fit of madness and depression went on a shooting rampage as he took the lives of thirty-two students…

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[Philosophical Musing on Media Culture]

By Carl Davidson

20 Apr 2007

The universe throws curve balls at us, now and then.

It seems to want to wake us up, and teach us lessons in impermanence and interconnectedness.

Take the killings at…

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Creado por Carlos Albaladejo
18 de Abril del 2007 10:44 am

Es la frase más repetida en las últimas horas en el sector educativo norteamericano. La triste noticia de la matanza provocada por un estudiante asiático en la universidad de…

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Por Carlos Alberto Montaner
1 de mayo de 2007

Cuando Seung-Hui Cho fue a entrar pistola en mano en la clase de aeronáutica para asesinar a sus condiscípulos en Virginia Tech, el profesor Liviu Librescu, un anciano de 76 años, menudo de cuerpo…

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Reconstitution based on accounts of survivors of the Virginia Tech College shooting rampage, where 32 people were massacred by a gunman.

(SECOND UPDATE - April 18)

More accurate depiction based on photos taken by the…

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Ask yourself...

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Original submitted to deviantart.com on April 20, 2007: http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/53664372/

Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5.

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Experimental black and white comics on Cho Seung Hui, the Virginia Tech gunman.

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Original submitted to deviantart.com on April 23, 2007: http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/53830744/

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Experimental black and white comics on Cho Seung Hui, the Virginia Tech gunman.

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Original submitted to deviantart.com on April 24, 2007: http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/53908783/

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Experimental black and white comics on Cho Seung Hui, the Virginia Tech gunman.

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Original submitted to deviantart.com on April 28, 2007: http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/54219309/

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