Browse Items · The April 16 Archive

Looking Forward

By David J. Skorton
May 2 2007

I had intended this final column of the academic year to be one mainly of gratitude to my colleagues at The Cornell Daily Sun and to readers of the newspaper for permitting me this space and for the tremendously…

Tags: campus security, cornell, mental health

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Appalachian State University senior psychology
major Virginia C. Bates places a flower at the end of the candle light vigil held Wednesday April 18 in rememberance of the Virginia Tech
tragedy victims.

Tags: appalachian state, asu, memorial, vigil

Virginia Tech Vigil on Castle Point

The flag at Castle Point flows in the wind as students stand in memory of the dead at Virginia Tech.

Original source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bytenik/470838112/

Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.0

Tags: candlelight vigil, castle point, vigil

Virginia Tech Vigil on Castle Point II

Briana Gilmartin helps a fellow student light a candle in remembrance of the dead at Virginia Tech.

Original source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bytenik/470855687/

Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.0

Tags: candlelight vigil, castle point, vigil

State looks to review

Will examine campus security

By: David Reynolds, Staff Writer
Posted: 4/20/07

In the aftermath of the Virginia Tech tragedy, school systems across the country are discussing new security measures to ensure that such a harrowing event never…

Tags: campus security, state safety review, unc

Guest Editorial: Stricter gun-control laws will only lead to more danger

By: David Smith / Junior horticulture major
Posted: 4/23/07
Naturally, with the recent atrocity that occurred in Virginia at a college campus not unlike ours, there has been talk of tighter gun control and even outright bans to stop such incidents…

Tags: university of nebraska

LETTER: VT editorial, NBC wrong

Issue date: 4/20/07
Section: Opinion

The Daily Free Press's editorial sounded like it was taken straight from the NBC anchor's monologue, complete with the required clichÃ©s of "difficult decision" and "responsibility to tell the story,"…

Tags: media criticism, media response, boston university

Students Hold Vigil for Va. Tech Victims

By David Xia
PUBLISHED APRIL 18, 2007

Approximately 300 students, faculty, and administrators gathered together at the sundial last night for a candlelight vigil held in memory of the 32 victims of the Virginia Tech shootings.

University…

Tags: candlelight vigil, columbia

Students mourn, talk about safety after Va. Tech shootings

By Dawn Witlin/Chronicle Staff
Cambridge Chronicle
Thu Apr 19, 2007, 01:30 PM EDT

Cambridge -

While some MIT students mourned the victims of the Virginia Tech shootings at a Wednesday prayer service, others reflected upon campus safety.

A…

Tags: cambridge, massachusetts, safety

'Nightmare of Nightmares'

Virginia Tech's Korean Christians wrestle with the aftermath of a massacre.

Deann Alford | posted 6/06/2007 08:02AM

The alert that two students had been shot on campus blipped into Jong Nam Lee's e-mail inbox around 9:30 that fateful…

Tags: baptist, christian, christianity, korean, korean american, korean christian

Asking Why

Christian fellowship helps survivors of the Virginia Tech shootings deal with larger issues.

Deann Alford in Blacksburg, Virginia | posted 4/23/2007 09:50AM

Four former Columbine students worshiped with Virginia Tech's New Life Christian…

Tags: christian, christianity, fellowship, nlcf

US college shooting 'could happen in UK'

Debbie Andalo
Tuesday April 17, 2007
EducationGuardian.co.uk

The mass shooting at Virginia Tech University could easily happen on a UK campus, an academic and former vice-president of a US institution warned today.
Prof Geoffrey Alderman,…

Tags: campus, could, shooting, uk

United we will heal

I'm writing simply to thank the UM community for its compassion in its response to the tragedy at Virginia Tech. I joined the UM faculty as a lecturer in the English department this year, but I originally hail from the Southwestern Virginia area;…

Tags: letter to the editor, support, university of miami

VT Wallpaper

I decided to try my hand at making a high-res desktop wallpaper with a nice VT logo since i couldn't seem to find anything close to what I wanted.

It's made for widescreen, but if you set it to "center" it should look great on any…

Tags: logo, wallpaper