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By Sarah Singer
Sun City Editor
Apr 18 2007

Cornell responds to recent tragedy at Virginia Tech

Yesterday, several university officials hosted a media call-in where they discussed safety and security on the Cornell campus in the aftermath of…

Publicado por Andercismo

Los últimos acontecimientos en Estados Unidos - desagrdables por supuesto - nos trae a tema la cuestion del ¿por qué?. Definitivamente en este país existe una cultura que promueve la violencia pero quizás el tema vaya…

Publicado por Koke Providencia
en 4/19/2007

Los cuatro millones de seguidores de la Asociación Nacional de Rifles o NRA, por sus siglas en inglés, son uno de los grupos de presión más exitosos de Estados Unidos. La organización posee todos…

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2007.04.17.
Crowd listening to the Convocation speakers

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Individuals have placed flowers and other items at the crime scene outside of Norris Hall.

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The crime scene near Norris Hall is filled with a police presence.

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Photo Courtesy of Mark Ritchie

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Students build and decorate kites during the "Remembering Through Art Creation" event in Squires Student Center on April 16, 2008, A Day of Remembrance. An instruction sheet for the event explained:

"Create-a-Kite!
Unfurl your kite and decorate…

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By Marissa Camilon
Staff Writer

Amidst the midterms, papers and parties, college students can find it hard to believe that just a 20-minute period can actually make our lives stress-free and easier. This was the message that was…

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Close-up of origami cranes in a box on the first floor of Squires Student Center. A sign on an adjacent display case reads "please feel free to take as many as you want." Many thousands of cranes were folded and contributed after the events of April…

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Memorial stone of Jocelyne Couture-Nowak on 4/16/08.

Photo by Brian Sewell.

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By Lisa Kunkel
Statesman Staff Reporter


Horrific school shootings such as the Virginia Tech massacre leave people wondering what can possibly drive an individual to such extreme measures.

Seung-Hui Cho took the lives of 33 people including…

Issue date: 4/18/07 Section: News
Matthew K. Ing
Ka Leo Editor in Chief

Two days ago, the University of Hawai'i at Manoa, to many students, felt like a relatively safe academic environment. But after Monday's massacre at Virginia…

In brief
By: Trevor Davis | News Reporter
Issue date: 4/18/07 Section: News

The University Counseling Center is available free of charge for students suffering from stress or trauma related to Monday's Virginia Tech shooting in which a…

Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2007 13:34:30 -0400
From: Virginia.Tech.news@vt.edu
To: Multiple recipients
Subject: Counseling and Support Information for Students and Employees

August 17, 2007

Counselors from Cook Counseling Center and ValueOptions…

By: Victoria Demaria
Posted: 4/26/07

More than a week after the worst shootings in U.S. history happened on the Virginia Tech campus, the Boston City Council decided yesterday to plan a future meeting to discuss emergency procedures at…

By: Eugene Wang
Posted: 4/20/07
Executive Vice President Tallman Trask spoke about Duke's emergency response system and Jo Rae Wright, dean of the Graduate School, reported on the future of the school at the Academic Council's meeting…

Nafeesah Abdullah
May 06, 2007

In light of recent events this just gets added to the list of school shootings that have taken place over the last 5+ years and what seems to be motive is identical the perpetrators are young white males under the…

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The Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets stand in front of the memorial bowing their heads in memory of the victims of the campus shootings.

Photo courtesy of Ivan V. Morozov

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The line waiting to get into the convocation extended past Lane Stadium.

Photo Courtesy of Patrick Donohoe

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

Photo Courtesy of Patrick Donohoe
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