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The week after the tragedy,people got together to mourn for the victims around the drillfield.

Por Andrea Hopkins
23.04.2007 - 23:01h

BLACKSBURG, Virginia (Reuters) - Los estudiantes de la universidad de Virginia Tech, portando 33 banderas blancas que representaban a las víctimas y al responsable del tiroteo más trágico de la historia…

Publicado por Carmen Moreno Martín
Miércoles, 18 de Abril de 2007 11:28

En la universidad de Virginia Tech -clicad aquí- se vivieron momentos en los que el sin sentido y el pánico fueron los únicos rectores de las conductas. Treinta y dos…

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Memorial stone of Matthew Joseph La Porte on 4/16/08.

Photo by Brian Sewell.

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Creado por Ignacio Duelo
24 de Abril del 2007, 7:26 PM

La reciente desgracia en el Virginia Tech, de los Estados Unidos, dejó mucho para analizar.

Lo que cabe aquí, como reflexión, es el papel activo de los tres polos de la crisis -el…

Traducción libre. Original en francés
Publicado el 22 de Abril, 2007

El miércoles pasado se publicó en Le Monde una interesante entrevista realizada a Pap Ndiaye, historiador en la Ecole des hautes études en sciences sociales, donde habla…

By Kang Hyun-kyung
Staff Reporter

The latest Virginia massacre has shown that Koreans and Americans tend to handle cases of violence differently.

Many Koreans have shown a collective guilt after the killer was found to be of Korean descent.…

By: Adam Templeton
Posted: 4/26/07
The recent shootings at Virginia Tech have caused many to worry about a backlash against South Korean students.

However, Korean students at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln say acts of discrimination have not…

By: Martha Kim
Issue date: 4/24/07
Section: Letters to the Editor


To the editor:

As a Korean-American, I am appalled at the media's focus on the fact that the Virginia Tech killer was a "resident alien" from South Korea, even though he…

Korean Students in US Nervous Over Rumor

By Kim Yoo-chul
Staff Reporter

Tensions have risen in Korean communities in Virginia as rumors and allegations of Koreans being attacked spread.

Even a U.S. university sent a letter of assurance…

By Ilya Blanter
Princetonian Senior Writer

After the gunman in Monday's Virginia Tech massacre was identified as being of Korean origin by several news networks, members of Princeton's Korean community voiced apprehension over…

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Feeling guilty for sharing the Virginia Tech gunman's ethnicity will do more harm than good

By Lina Chung
Friday, April 20, 2007

After Monday's Virginia Tech tragedy, shock reverberated among the Korean American community - the…

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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One of the items on display at the Alumni Center Art Exhibit. On 4/16/08, as part of the Day of Remembrance observance, the Holtzman Alumni Center Museum displayed examples of art, crafts, quilts, and other memorabilia contributed since April 16,…

By: Hae Min Sung, Contributing Writer
Posted: 4/24/07
There was a Virginia Tech Massacre. Everyone was horrified. The killer committed suicide in the end, but he had already killed 32 people. Whenever I turned on the television, I saw the…

News Brief

By staff writers
21 Apr 2007

Korean and American Korean church leaders are calling for "healing, reconciliation and peace" amid concerns that the Virginia Tech shootings by a South Korean native could lead to a backlash against…

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This Kokeshi doll in Hokie colors was sent from a school in Yokosuka, Japan. Kokeshi dolls are traditionally given to children when they visit foreign lands. This one was sent in memory of the innocence lost in the tragedy.

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Create-a-Kite was one of the "Remembering Through Art Creation" activities on 4/16/08.

A sign for the activity said,

"Unfurl your kite and decorate with images of hope and love, words of peace, strength and comfort. Take your kite outside and…

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One of the kites made on 4/16/08 as part of the "Remembering Through Art Creation" activities.

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Items left at the memorial plaque of Kevin Granata on the drillfield. Photo taken on 4-27-07.

Photo by Teri H. Hoover.
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