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Balloon memorial at GMU.

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Thursday, April 19th, 2007

While we spent the last two weeks railing at each other about racial insults, sexist jokes, hip hop music, apologies that won't fly, and weighty matters related to the First Amendment, a deranged college student sat…

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By Anita Pere
Staff writer

Baylor alumnus David Paul Cunningham, who in May threatened to destroy various buildings on Baylor's main campus, received three years of probation Thursday in a U.S. district court.

According to his attorney,…

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Aug. 20, 2007
By Claire St. Amant

City editor


In Texas, it isn't surprising to see cowboy hats, belt buckles and boots glistening under the sun. But there's one piece missing from the cowboy ensemble when Texans mosey on over to…

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Aug. 20, 2007

Anytime a tragedy occurs we ask ourselves how it could have happened and how it can be prevented from ever happening again. So in the aftermath of the Virginia Tech massacre, gun rights advocates began calling for the repealing of…

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April 25, 2007
By BRIAN BATEMAN

Until last Monday, the only things I knew about Virginia Tech University were that it was located in Virginia and the school colors -- orange and maroon -- were ugly.

Maybe that's because they are the colors…

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April 24, 2007
By KATY MATLOCK
Contributor
Before April 16, the topic of stress at Baylor University could have provoked yawns in its predictability.

With final exams, social pressures and looming career goals as the ingredients, stress was an…

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April 17, 2007
By IDA JAMSHIDI
Reporter
Government officials are calling it the deadliest rampage in the history of the United States.

Virginia Tech University was the site of a mass shooting Monday, leaving at least 33 people dead, including…

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DAY OF THE DEAD ALTAR TO HONOR VIRGINIA TECH SHOOTING VICTIMS

A Day of the Dead shrine honoring the victims of the April 16 shootings at Virginia Tech will be on display at the Vision…

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by Ruben Maqueda

Like every other American, I was shocked and horrified by the shootings that took place at Virginia Tech. I thought of the students and so many young, promising lives suddenly cut short. I thought of the professors who sacrificed…

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Aug. 28, 2007

The article "Students fight for guns on campus" by Claire St. Amant was amazing. I feel she showed the views of both sides without offending either.

With that said, I noticed the editorial "Gun groups gone wrong."

This…

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By Mark Owczarski

BLACKSBURG, Va., February 1, 2008 -- Virginia Tech's University Libraries is working with the university community and is guided by consultants from the Library of Congress to establish the archives for materials related to…

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In the Aug. 26 Roanoke Times, reporter Duncan Adams had a news story that succinctly wrapped up what we knew about Seung-Hui Cho at that point, before the Virginia Tech Independent Review Panel released its final report. The article, "There was…

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As a medieval historian, one rarely feels that his expertise can shed some light on a current debate. But I teach at Virginia Tech.

Now that the semester is over and there is time to reflect, I have been struck by how "medieval" the events of this…

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4·16 총격 사건이 발생했던 미국 버지니아공대 노리스홀 바로 옆 본관 건물에서 지난 5일 로렌스 힝커(Hincker) 부총장보를 만났다. 힝커 부총장보는 "분명한 것은 4·16 사건이 한국과는 아무런…

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2007 사건 그 후 美 버지니아 공대 총기난사
"8개월 지났지만 아직 못 잊어"

버지니아 공대생 가슴 속 상처는 그대로
총격현장 노리스홀엔 '안전주의' 벽보... 교실은 잠겨
학교,…

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A Facebook message I received on April 18th from a girl with my same name who attends school in California:

Dear Aislynn,

This may be a lame attempt to bridge some sort of metaphysical gap with a complete stranger, but here goes.

I am a…

美대사관 앞 추모 촛불 집회
18일 오후 서울 종로구 주한 미국대사관 앞에서 미 버지니아공대 총기 난사 희생자들을 추모하는 촛불집회가 열렸다. 50명의 참가자가 버지니아공대를…

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미국 최악의 총기 참사의 용의자가 한국교포 학생인 조승희(23) 씨로 밝혀지면서 인터넷에서 희생자들을 추도하는 물결이 퍼지고 있다.

참사가 벌어진 지 하루가 18일 일부 네티즌들을…

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버지니아공대 학생회는 18일 한국의 노무현(盧武鉉) 대통령과 주미 한국 대사관이 버지니아 총격 참사 이후 즉각적인 관심과 애도를 표명한 데 대해 감사의 뜻을 표했다.

이 대학…

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