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Professor who died in tragedy worked at UNC

Christopher James Bishop, known as Jamie in his five years at UNC, was killed Monday in the tragedy that left 33 dead on the campus of Virginia Tech. He was 35.

Bishop worked as an academic technology liaison at UNC from 2000 until 2005 with the…

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CULTURA DE VIOLENCIA EN ESTADOS UNIDOS Y EL SISTEMA CAPITALISTA

Publicado por Andercismo

Los Ãºltimos acontecimientos en Estados Unidos - desagrdables por supuesto - nos trae a tema la cuestion del Â¿por quÃ©?. Definitivamente en este paÃs existe una cultura que promueve la violencia pero quizÃ¡s el tema vaya…

Tags: armas, bush, capitalismo, violencia

CCC Hosts Vigil for V-Tech

MOURNING: At the official UC Irvine vigil for Virginia Tech administrators offered support to students.

By Anam Siddiq
Staff Writer

In a vigil hosted by the Cross Cultural Center and UC Irvine Student Affairs, candles were…

Tags: candlelight vigil, mourning, university of california - irvine, vigil

Inside Norris Hall

More than 20 news outlets toured the April 16 shootings site

By: Amy L. Kovac

(June 14) The cinderblock walls of Norris Hall's second-floor classrooms and hallway are covered with a new coat of cream-colored paint. The classrooms…

Tags: big lick u, media tour, norris hall, reopening

A day unlike any other at Virginia Tech

By: Amrita Raja

(April 16) "April is the cruelest month," wrote T.S. Eliot. He might have been right, I recall thinking, as I watched snow land on flashing police lights this morning.

There must have been a reason I flopped back onto my bed…

Tags: big lick u, student response, vt campus

Students wear support on their sleeves

By: Amanda Younger, Staff Writer
Posted: 4/23/07

Ardent UNC men's basketball fans stood aghast at a January defeat at the hands of Virginia Tech, cringing at the sight of any reminder of their Virginian foes.

But for one day, students…

Tags: orange and maroon, support, unc

A Difficult Time

I stopped watching all media on TV after Tuesday's convocation. I have not see the majority of the video played on NBC, but several of my VT alum friends told me about how disturbing it was. Personally, I think it would be too painful to…

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An abundance of warmth

Local knitters will gather Saturday to make blankets for the affected of April 16

By: Amanda Mullins

(June 15) When the owner of Mosaic, a local Blacksburg yarn store, first started talking about Hokie Healing, she probably wasn't…

Tags: big lick u, hokie healing project, knitting

Students Mourn Va. Shooting

By Amanda Erickson
PUBLISHED APRIL 16, 2007

Columbians across campus expressed shock and outrage over the violent rampage on Virginia Tech's campus that left at least 32 students dead yesterday, the deadliest shooting attack in the…

Tags: candlelight vigils, columbia, mourn, prayer services, sympathy

Social networking sites help students cope - 1000-plus online groups created after VA Tech massacre

Issue date: 4/19/07 Section: News
By Alyssa S. Navares
Ka Leo Managing Editor

More than 1,000 Facebook groups and MySpace pages started in response to Monday's deadly shooting, some supporting victims and others blaming 23-year-old gunman…

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UCLA Vigil

Photo by: Leigh Alvarez

Students comfort each other during yesterday's candlelight vigil held in memory of the victims of the Virginia Tech shooting.

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Support beyond words

UNC community feels connected to Va. Tech

Hokie maroon and orange dotted the solemn crowd Tuesday night as hundreds from the Carolina community turned out in support of their peers at Virginia Tech.

At a candlelight vigil organized by three UNC…

Tags: campus response, support, unc

Religious leaders defer in healing

Few mention Va. Tech during Sunday sermons

By: Allison Nichols, Assistant State & National Editor
Posted: 4/23/07

The Rev. Ruth Stevens, whose son graduated from Virginia Tech in 2004, was one of few ministers of Franklin Street churches to…

Tags: coping, religious response, unc

Well-wishers react to Va. shooting

By Allie Lowe, The Dartmouth Staff
April 17, 2007

Braving the rain and wind, approximately 100 members of the Dartmouth community gathered on Collis porch Monday night to recognize the individuals killed in that morning's shootings at…

Tags: dartmouth, vigil, well wishers

Un gÃ®nd pentru studenÅ£ii ÅŸi profesorii din Virginia

32 de colegi ai noÅŸtri, studenÅ£i ÅŸi profesori, au fost uciÅŸi Ã®ntr-o tragedie fÄƒrÄƒ sens care a zguduit America ÅŸi lumea Ã®ntreagÄƒ.

Noi, cei 37.000 de studenÅ£i ÅŸi profesori ai UniversitÄƒÅ£ii â€žAlexandru Ioan Cuza" din IaÅŸi,…

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