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Hokie Hope sign at GMU.

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Group from GMU holding signs.

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October 16th, 2007 - Blacksburg mayor Ron Rordam speaks about his expectations of VT-Engage.

Photo courtesy of Kevin Cupp.

Original Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/planetblacksburg/1592611763/

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…

Saturday, April 21, 2007

"this is a lesson for all o. i think those American parents should learn a lesson or 2 from this. with the way their kids tease other people of different nationalities. i went to school abroad as well, and i can tell you…

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On Saturday, November 17, participants in the Hokies Thank The World event - most clad in orange and maroon - stand on lines marking the outline of a giant drillfield message reading "VT THANKS YOU". The War Memorial is visible in the center…

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Memorial to nine student victims from Virginia Tech's Department of Political Science and International Studies Program.

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A home-made armband I made for Orange and Maroon Effect (April 20, 2007)

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…

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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The line waiting to get into the convocation extended from Castle Coliseum to the Huckleberry Trial.

Original source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/wtrbyvt/464764863/

Photo Courtesy of Mark Ritchie

By: Shamus Williams


(April 16 -- 11:55 a.m.) I am on campus as we speak and am under lockdown in Shanks Hall, which is located on the opposite side of campus from the shootings. But it is still too close for comfort.

I was in class, working…

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Photo of a jacket depicting Hokie bird with tear that reads, "In Loving Memory never forget Our Fallen Hokies 4.16.07".


Photo by Roger Gupta

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Original Source:http://flickr.com/photos/spector1/2351524634/

April 16th, 2007

As one who worked with school districts across the country, I know the issue of school shootings is every school official's nightmare. The apparent random nature of all the shootings only makes the nightmare more fearful, for…

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The Spirit Rock at Liberty University in Lynchburg, VA. The rock was painted shortly after hearing about the tragedy, and the cups came from candle holders for a candlelight prayer vigil held for the friends and families of all of those…

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Daniel Perez's stone is marked by the flag from his home country.

Original source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/spector1/sets/72157600104116028/

Photo Courtesy of Roger Gupta

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To all of the fallen at Virginia Tech, rest in peace.

Taken at Michigan State University's candlelight vigil for the victims of the Virginia Tech massacre last week.

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Photo taken Wednesday, April 18. Provided…

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Being a student myself on a campus that is similar in size to the one of Virginia Tech, I have thought a lot about what happened there this Monday. I know that it could just as easily have happened at BYU, and I feel the pain of all those who were…

In Praise of Korean Apologies

By Yitzchok Adlerstein

Despite initial apprehensions, Korean-Americans were not victimized in reaction to the Virginia Tech massacre. But this tragedy seems to have brought out the best in most Americans. Koreans…

Virginia Tech's vigilant professor of English is a true leader

Philip French
Sunday April 22, 2007
The Observer

The following correction was printed in the Observer's For the record column, Sunday April 29 2007

In the article…
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