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A pile of mementos in front of construction fencing at the intermediate memorial site. At the time of this photo, staff members and volunteers were cleaning up the site, moving some items to storage and others to the newly completed center of the…

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Bags of plastic flowers sit on a walkway at the new intermediate memorial. Hokie stones for Nicole White, Daniel O'Neil, and Seung-Hui Cho (unmarked) are visible to the right. At the time of this this photo, staff members and volunteers were…

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After April 16, plastic daisies have regularly been laid down at various places on the drillfield in the shape of the VT logo, near the temporary memorial in front of Burruss Hall. This photo was taken on Thursday, June 14.

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View of the intermediate memorial in front of Burruss Hall. At the time of this photo, volunteers were cleaning up the site, moving some mementos to storage and others to the newly completed center of the memorial. Other parts of the memorial space…

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View of the drillfield, intermediate memorial construction, and Burruss Hall from the War Memorial. Photo taken July 6, 2007.

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Photo: INA / Andy Princz

Liviu Librescu's wife Marilena is comforted by their son Arie, while son Joe stands to the left, at Librescu's April 20 funeral in Israel. Librescu's body was buried at the Kfar Nachman cemetery of the central…

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Liviu Librescu's sons Arie and Joe at their father's funeral, which was held in Israel on Friday, April 20. The funeral was attended by some 500 friends, family members, foreign diplomats and others who came to the…

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The body of Liviu Librescu, wrapped in a white and black prayer shawl according to Jewish tradition, shown prior to his April 20 funeral in Israel. Librescu will be buried at the Kfar Nachman cemetery of the central Israel…

By Joel Leyden
Israel News Agency

Jerusalem ----April 21...... "Daddy, tell me the story again," said the 6-year-old girl. "Tell me how he saved the big children."

It had been hours earlier in this pristine, palm tree lined Ra'anana…

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People came to the Squire Student Center with flowers and balloons to mourn for the victims on April 19.

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Pictures of the victims in April 16 were posted in the Squire Student Center.

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Part of the memorials were displayed in the Squire Student Center. Numerous universities expressed their sadness and concerns to Virginia Tech.

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The memorials for Professor Kevin Granata were put in front of the Burrus Hall

By Joel Leyden
Israel News Agency

Jerusalem ----April 19...... In a remarkable act of sacrifice and bravery, a 75-year-old Israel professor and Holocaust survivor was murdered in the massacre at Virginia Tech on Holocaust Memorial Day, Monday…

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…

Leader
Sunday April 22, 2007
The Observer

Julia Pryde is not a household name. She was a 23-year-old graduate biology student who wanted to encourage recycling at the cafeteria at Virginia Tech University. Her face is not as universally known…

Paul Harris in Blacksburg
Sunday April 22, 2007
The Observer

America began to bury its dead yesterday from the Virginia Tech massacre that cost 33 lives - the worst mass-shooting in the country's modern history.
Three funerals of students…

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Suzanne Goldenberg in Washington
Saturday April 21, 2007
The Guardian

Americans united in a collective day of mourning for the victims of the campus massacre yesterday, with church services and vigils from Capitol Hill to…
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