Iraq victims must not be forgotten
description: By: John Tuzcu Posted: 4/24/07 In the week leading up to the Virginia Tech massacre where 32 people were senselessly killed, there also happened to be Iraqi people being massacred in the bloodbath of Iraq. Five hundred Iraqi men women and children that had nothing to do with the war were found dead in what is a "usual" seven days in the Iraq. These two narratives that both deeply implicate Americans leads us to ponder whose lives we choose to remember and of whose we are completely ignorant. Monday, April 9, 45 innocent Iraqis were killed, many of them found tortured and decapitated. Tuesday, 85 were found dead, half from U.S. attacks. Wednesday a teacher was found shot in the head, a mother and a son were killed on the way to school and a pile of unidentifiable bodies were discovered to make 42 in all. Thursday killed 50, including an explosion inside the "heavily-fortified" Green Zone. Friday, April 13, civilians were killed walking to mosque and a kid was blown up ... 70 more people, people just like you and me. Saturday brought 110 civilian deaths, 16 being blown up by a car bomb. Finally, Sunday, April 15, 100 civilians were murdered in and around Baghdad. This one week of tragedy in Iraq is sadly not an exception. There have been 600,000 civilian deaths since 2003, and 3,323 U.S. deaths (and counting). Despite this, when was the last time we saw a picture of an Iraqi kid on television or read their story in the newspaper? When was the last time we were forced to remember that Iraqis too have rich and important lives or were forced to come face to face with the carnage taking place at the hands of the U.S. occupation? Can you imagine invaders coming into the United States and precipitating massacres that kill 500 Americans a week? This bloody occupation has passed into its fifth year and it's getting increasingly bloodier. Almost half of all the civilian deaths have occurred in the last year of the war, as mortar attacks have quadrupled and bombs killing more t…
creator: John Tuzcu
publisher: The Miami Student
date: 2007-08-14
contributor: Sara Hood
rights: "Skotzko, Stacey Nicole" <skotzksn@muohio.edu>
language: eng

Recent Shooting at Virginia Tech: Looking Through Another Lens
description: By John Williams "A 1st Sergeant handed me an ammo box of 240 rounds: the blood-stained rounds that my best friend had been using when he was shot and killed in an ambush, on a patrol that he wasn't supposed to be on, one day after we were told we were going to be back home." -Toby Hartbarger, Army SPC For me, it was this story that my mind instantly recalled after I heard about the shootings in Virginia last week, for Virginia Tech leads U.S. civilian schools in sending officers to the U.S. Military. It was a terrible tragedy, and I had heard of similar events before, but my thoughts intensified because the killings hit so close to home. I realized then that so many people I know have experienced similar, instantaneously deep connections to other tragedies that have occurred in different ways across the globe. It is these lightning connections, these synapses firing without control, that I would like to address. The tragedy at Virginia Tech (VT) is not an isolated incident, or an anomaly. Though some argue that Cho was insane, and while I have no doubt this might be true, we as a society commit acts of similar insanity on a regular basis. We must take notice of the correlation between a guy like Cho and people like us. The articles I have read about Cho try so hard to push him away from what we are; he was a loner, crazy, friendless, different. We point at the connections between his plays and his actions and wonder why his actions weren't noticed, or prevented. But what if we turn the camera on ourselves? It is much harder to look at the things we do — the video-game realities we spend time in, the films we see and books we read that are bound with senseless killing and violence — and ask the same questions. There is a surge of inspection thrown onto this lone figure, Cho, yet we place hardly an ounce of introspection onto ourselves. I would love to believe that the VT shootings were an isolated incident, that they were an anomaly, that I do not live in a worl…
creator: John Williams
date: 2007-08-24
contributor: Sara AA Hood
language: eng

Faculty trained to refer students of concern to CAPS
description: By: Johnny Perez Posted: 4/18/07 As the campus of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute awoke to a changed world this morning, new developments emerged about the alleged gunman whose shooting spree claimed 33 lives, including his own. His name was Cho Seung-Hui, a 23-year-old senior at Virginia Tech who was majoring in English. And according to Carolyn Rude, the chairwoman of Virginia Tech's English department, some of Seung-Hui's schoolwork prompted officials to refer him to the university's counseling service - though the date and outcome of that action is not known. Though developments about Seung-Hui and his writing are only beginning to come to light, officials at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln say procedures are already in place that allow staff members to alert Counseling and Psychological Services about any concerns they may have regarding individual students. UNL began taking a closer look at how it handled potentially troubled students, staff or faculty members in 1992, after Arthur McElroy, a former graduate student, walked into Ferguson Hall and attempted to open fire on his classmates with a semi-automatic rifle. The weapon jammed and McElroy was institutionalized. UNL administrators acknowledged the need to do a better job of talking to each other when what CAPS director Bob Portnoy calls "students of concern" are noticed. Portnoy, who has worked at UNL since 1991, said campus-wide efforts from the CAPS office, University Police and the vice chancellor for student affairs have improved lines of communication, but every year concerns appear on his desk about questionable students. "I can't think of a semester where that hasn't happened," he said. "I'm fairly confident we've gotten at least one call every semester." What typically occurs, Portnoy said, is that an instructor will call a CAPS representative with, say, a disturbing essay. The staff member will forward the piece of material that has caused concern and will share his or her thoughts while ha…
creator: Johnny Perez
publisher: Daily Nebraskan
date: 2007-09-03
contributor: Sara AA Hood
rights: Josh Swartzlander <jdwriter19@yahoo.com>
language: eng

For the Hokies - ETSU event held in support of Virginia Tech
description: For the Hokies - ETSU event held in support of Virginia Tech (Picture Caption)- Bernadette Cash and Sara Shaffer sign a sheet that will be made into a quilt during the ETSU gathering in memory of the victims at Virginia Tech. (Ron Campbell / Johnson City Press) By Sam Watson Press Education Writer swatson@johnsoncitypress.com Buccaneer blue and gold gave way to Hokie maroon and orange Tuesday as East Tennessee State University sent messages of support to Virginia Tech in the wake of last week's massacre. Hundreds of students and employees gathered on ETSU's Borchuck Plaza for a noon service, many donning maroon and orange ribbons and signing banners in a show of solidarity for their peers in Blacksburg, Va. "We're just really reaching our hearts out to everyone over there at Virginia Tech," said Justin Mitchell, an ETSU junior from Memphis. "It's a really good healing exercise for us, as well, and all American college students across the United States." On April 16, Virginia Tech student Seung-Hui Cho killed 32 students and faculty members and injured several others in a rampage that sent a chill through college campuses across the country. The tragedy hit particularly close to home at ETSU, an institution located just 150 miles away from Blacksburg. Many students on the Johnson City campus have friends at Virginia Tech or other ties there, and ETSU employs several Virginia Tech alumni, including Mark Musick, holder of ETSU's Quillen Chair of Excellence in Teaching and Learning, who led Tuesday's service alongside ETSU President Paul Stanton. Also on the plaza Tuesday was Virginia Tech graduate Dr. Sally Lee, ETSU associate vice president for student affairs. "As an alum, I am appreciative of the response on behalf of my institution," Lee said as Virginia Tech symbols dangled from her ears. "The outpouring for Virginia Tech from other institutions has been amazing." As a student at Virginia Tech, Lee was a resident adviser in West Ambler Johnston Hall, the site wher…
creator: Johnson City Press, Ron Campbell and Sam Watson
date: 2007-04-25
contributor: Sara Shaffer
language: eng

WVU looks at safety plans
description: Issue Date:Wednesday April 18, 2007 Section: HeadLine News Section By Jon Offredo, Staff Writer What if it happened here? Would West Virginia University be prepared for a horrific incident such as the tragedy that occurred at Virginia Tech on Monday? The answer is yes, University officials say. "Blacksburg is a lot like Morgantown, and if it could happen there, it could happen anywhere," said West Virginia University spokeswoman Becky Loftstead. "In light of this, we are going to review the emergency plan and look at it intensely to make sure that all of our 'I's are dotted and 'T's are crossed to make sure any event like this is covered," Loftstead said. Prior to the massacre in Blacksburg, WVU officials were in the process of finding vendors to provide University-wide text messaging services in the event of an emergency, Loftstead said. Currently, the University would broadcast announcements on MIX and forward them to WVU.edu e-mail addresses as it does when canceling class during the winter. Officials were also looking into the idea of large messaging centers that would be visible in high traffic areas. Dr. Dan Della-Giustina, a WVU professor and expert in public safety, also suggested the implementation of a University-wide alarm system. "My thought is to develop an air raid-like signal, similar to the ones during World War II," Della-Giustina said. "It would sound a siren, when the students would hear this, regardless of where they were, they would know to stay put and be on lock down. Yet, despite new proposals, University officials have always had a plan for the instant disaster were to strike WVU. If WVU were faced with the same situation that arose in Blacksburg, students would be urged to remain where they were and focus on protecting themselves. In what Roberts called an active shooter situation, DPS members have been trained in a program called "Active Shooter," and a team is also trained in Rapid Response. To correspond with the DPS response, Morgantown…
creator: Jon Offredo
date: 2008-02-18
contributor: Kacey Beddoes
rights: Leann Ray <Leann.Ray@mail.wvu.edu>
language: eng

[사설] í•œêµ­ì¸ì„ ì˜¤ížˆë ¤ 위로하는 ë¯¸êµ­ì¸ë“¤
description: 미국 버지니아공대 참사 후 6ì¼ì´ 지났다. ì‹œê°„ì´ ìƒì²˜ë¥¼ ì¹˜ìœ 해 ë‚´ê³ 있다. ìŠ¬í””ì€ ì¹¨ì „ë¬¼ë¡œ ê°€ë¼ì•‰ê³ ë¹„ê·¹ì˜ 물잔 위로는 다시 í¬ë§ì´ ë– ì˜¤ë¥´ê³ 있다. ë¯¸êµ­ì¸ì˜ 성숙한 ì²˜ì‹ , ìŠ¬í””ì„ í•¨ê»˜í•˜ë ¤ëŠ” í•œêµ­ì¸, ë¹„ê·¹ì˜ ìž˜ëª»ëœ ì „ì´(è½‰ç§»)ë¥¼ ë§‰ìœ¼ë ¤ëŠ” ì„ 량한 ë…¸ë ¥ ë“±ì´ë‹¤. 대학 ìž”ë””ë°­ì— ë†“ì¸ ì¶”ëª¨ì„ 33ê°œì—ëŠ” ì¡°ìŠ¹í¬ë¥¼ 위한 ê²ƒë„ 있다. ë¯¸êµ­ì¸ì˜ íŽ¸ì§€ë“¤ì€ ì¡°ìŠ¹í¬ì˜ ì ˆë§ì  ìžíë¥¼ 안타까워하며 ì˜í˜¼ì˜ ì•ˆì‹ì„ ê¸°ì›í•˜ê³ 있다. ê´‘ëž€ì˜ ì‚´ì¸ê·¹ì„ ì €ì§€ë¥¸ ì´ì—ê²Œê¹Œì§€ ì´í•´ì™€ ê´€ìš©ì˜ ì†ê¸¸ì„ 내민 ê²ƒì´ë‹¤. 사태 ì§í›„ì—ëŠ” í•œêµ­ì¸ì— 대한 ì ëŒ€ì  행위가 ìžˆì„ì§€ 모른다는 ê±±ì •ì´ í•œêµ­ì¸ ì‚¬ì´ì—ì„œ 있었다. 그러나 ì‹¬ê°í•œ 사례는 나오지 않았다. ë¯¸êµ­ì¸ì€ ì˜¤ížˆë ¤ í•œêµ­ì¸ì˜ ì´ëŸ° ê±±ì •ì„ ê±±ì •í•´ 주었다. ë¯¸êµ­ì¸ë“¤ì€ ì‚¬ê±´ì´ ì¡°ìŠ¹í¬ì˜ ê°œì¸ì  í–‰ë™ì´ë‹ˆ í•œêµ­ì¸ì´ ì£„ì˜ì‹ì„ ëŠë‚„ 필요가 ì—†ë‹¤ê³ 위로했다. 그러나 í•œêµ­ì¸ì˜ ëŠë‚Œì€ ë‹¬ëžë‹¤. ë™ì–‘ì  연대 ì •ì„œê°€ 강한 í•œêµ­ì¸ì€ ì„œêµ¬ì  논리를 넘어 ë¯¸ì•ˆí•˜ê³ 가슴 아파했다. 시사주간지 íƒ€ìž„ì€ "í•œêµ­ì¸ë“¤ì´ 강한 ë¯¼ì¡±ì£¼ì˜ë¡œ ì§‘ë‹¨ì ì¸ ì£„ì˜ì‹ì„ ëŠë¼ê³ ìžˆë‹¤"ê³ ë¶„ì„í•˜ê¸°ë„ 했다. ë¯¸êµ­ì¸ì€ 그런 í•œêµ­ì¸ì˜ ë§ˆìŒì„ 놓치지 않았다. 미국 ì–¸ë¡ 과 대학당국.지역 주민 등 ë§Žì€ ë¯¸êµ­ì¸ì€ í•œêµ­ì¸ì˜ ì• ë„ì— ê°ì‚¬ë¥¼ ì „í–ˆë‹¤. í•œêµ­ì¸ì€ ë¯¸ì•ˆí•´í–ˆê³ ë¯¸êµ­ì¸ì€ ê°ì‚¬í–ˆë‹¤. 서로가 ì„œë¡œì—ê²Œ 필요한 ì—­í• ì„ 한 ê²ƒì´ë‹¤. 앞으로 ì „í˜€ 아무 ì¼ë„ ì¼ì–´ë‚˜ì§€ ì•Šìœ¼ë¦¬ë¼ëŠ” ë³´ìž¥ì€ 없다. ì¸ê°„ì´ê¸°ì—, ì¼ë¶€ ë¯¸êµ­ì¸ì—ê²ŒëŠ” ë‡Œë¦¬ì— 박힌 'ì¡°ìŠ¹í¬ ë™ì˜ìƒ' ì´ë¯¸ì§€ê°€ ìžì‹ ë“¤ë„ 모르게 í•œêµ­ì¸ì—ê²Œ ë¶€ì •ì 으로 ìž‘ìš©í• 는지 모른다. ì´ëŸ° ê³¼ì œë„ ì„œë¡œì˜ ì˜ì‹ì ì¸ ë…¸ë ¥ìœ¼ë¡œ 풀리기를 바란다. ë§Žì€ í•œêµ­ì¸ì—ê²Œ ë¯¸êµ­ì€ 단순한 ì™¸êµ­ì´ 아니다. 수백만 재미 í•œêµ­ì¸ì—ê²Œ ë¯¸êµ­ì€ ì œ2ì˜ ì¡°êµ­ì´ë©°, í•œêµ­ì— 있는 ê·¸ë“¤ì˜ ê°€ì¡±.ì¹œì§€ì—ê²ŒëŠ” ë™ë§¹êµ­ ì´ìƒì´ë‹¤. ì¡°ìŠ¹í¬ë¼ëŠ” ë¶ˆìŒí•œ ë„‹ì´ ì´ëŸ° í˜„…
creator: JoongAng Daily
date: 2007-10-22
contributor: Haeyong Chung
language: ko

[사설] ë°˜ì‚¬íšŒì  ì •ì‹ ì§ˆí™˜ì´ ë¹šì€ 비극
description: 미국 버지니아공대 학살 ì‚¬ê±´ì˜ ë²”ì¸ ì¡°ìŠ¹í¬ê°€ 1차 범행 ì§í›„ 미국 ë°©ì†¡êµ­ì— ë¶€ìœ ì¸µì„ ì €ì£¼í•˜ê³ , 피로 ë³´ë³µí•˜ê² 다는 ë©”ëª¨.ë™ì˜ìƒ.ì‚¬ì§„ ë“±ì„ 보냈다. 그가 쓴 í¬ê³¡ ìž‘í’ˆì—ëŠ” ì²­ì†Œë…„ì´ ì•„ë²„ì§€.êµì‚¬ ë“±ì„ 변태.사탄으로 묘사하면서 ì£½ì´ê² 다는 ë§ì„ ë˜í’€ì´í•˜ëŠ” 등 ì‚¬íšŒì— 대한 ì¦ì˜¤ì‹¬ìœ¼ë¡œ ê°€ë“ 차 ìžˆì—ˆë‹¤ê³ 한다. ê·¸ì˜ 부모들조차 ì•„ë“¤ì˜ ë°˜ì‚¬íšŒì ì¸ ì„±ê²©ì„ 매우 ê±±ì •ìŠ¤ëŸ¬ì›Œí–ˆë‹¤ëŠ” ê²ƒì´ë‹¤. ê·¸ì˜ 범행 ë™ê¸°ì— ëŒ€í•´ì„ 미국 ê²½ì°°ì´ 조사 ì¤‘ì´ì§€ë§Œ ì •ì‹ 질환 ìˆ˜ì¤€ì˜ ë°˜ì‚¬íšŒì  ì„±ê²©ì— ì˜í•œ ê³„íš 범죄로 ë³´ì¸ë‹¤. 그는 ê³¼ê±°ì˜ ì´ê¸° 난사 사건 ë²”ì¸ë“¤ì„ ìˆœêµìžë¡œ ì§€ì¹­í–ˆì„ ì •ë„ë‹¤. ì •ì‹ ë³‘ì ì¸ ê·¸ì˜ ì„±ê²©ì„ 미국 ì´ë¯¼ 1.5ì„¸ëŒ€ì˜ 특징으로 ë¶€í’€ë ¤ì„ 안 ëœë‹¤. ì´ë²ˆ ì‚¬ê±´ì€ 극히 비뚤어진 ê³¼ëŒ€ë§ìƒìžê°€ ë²Œì¸ ì°¸ê·¹ì´ë‹¤. 어린 ì‹œì ˆ ë¯¸êµ­ì— 건너가 ê²½ì œ.ì‚¬íšŒ.ë¬¸í™”ì  ì—­ê²½ì„ 꿋꿋하게 ì´ê²¨ë‚´ê³ 잘 ì‚´ê³ 있는 ì´ë¯¼ 1.5세대는 숱하게 많다. ê·¸ë ‡ë‹¤ í•˜ë”ë¼ë„ ì´ë²ˆ ì‚¬ê±´ì´ ìš°ë¦¬ì—ê²Œ ë˜ì§€ëŠ” ì‹œì‚¬ì ì€ ë§Žë‹¤ê³ 본다. ì •ë„ ì°¨ì´ëŠ” ìžˆê² 지만 ì–´ëŠ ì‚¬íšŒì—ì„œë“ ì²­ì†Œë…„ë“¤ì˜ ë°˜ì‚¬íšŒì  ì„±ê²©ì— ì˜í•œ ì¼íƒˆí–‰ë™ì€ í•­ìƒ 있다. ê·¸ì˜ ë²”í–‰ì€ 사회, 특히 ë¶€ìœ ì¸µì— 대한 ì¦ì˜¤ì—ì„œ 출발했다. 빈부격차는 í•´ì†Œë¼ì•¼ 하지만 ë¶€ìœ ì¸µì— 대한 ì„ ë§ì€ ì„ ì˜ì˜ ê²½ìŸê³¼ ë°œì „ ë™ê¸°ê°€ ë 수 있다. 반면 ì¦ì˜¤ëŠ” 파괴를 낳는다. 우리 ì‚¬íšŒì—ì„œ ì •ì¹˜ì„¸ë ¥ë“¤ì´ ì¦ì˜¤ë¥¼ 부추긴 ì ì€ 없는지 반성해볼 필요가 있다. 조씨는 ì „íˆ¬.ì‚´ì¸ì„ ì¼ì‚¼ëŠ” ì¸í„°ë„· ê²Œìž„ì— ëª°ë‘í•´ 있었다. ì´ëŸ¬ë©´ ìƒëª… 존중 ì˜ì‹ì´ 약해지며, ì¶©ë™ì 으로 ì ê°œì‹¬ì„ ë³´ì¸ë‹¤ê³ 한다. 최근 ìš°ë¦¬ë‚˜ë¼ì—ì„œë„ ì²­ì†Œë…„ì˜ ë¹„ì •ìƒì ì¸ ì¼íƒˆí–‰ë™ì´ ë§Žì•„ì¡Œê³ , ë²”ì£„ì˜ì‹ë§ˆì € 낮아졌다. í­ë ¥ ì˜í™” ë“±ì„ 본뜬 ëª¨ë°©ë²”ì£„ë„ 종종 벌어진다. 사회는 ê°ˆìˆ˜ë¡ ê²½ìŸì´ ì¹˜ì—´í•´ì§€ê³ , ê°€ì •ì—ì„ 따뜻한 보살핌보다 ì„±ì ë§Œì„ 중시하는 부모가 늘면서 ì²­ì†Œë…„ë“¤ì˜ ì…
creator: JoongAng Daily
date: 2007-10-23
contributor: Haeyong Chung
language: ko

TRAGEDY AT VIRGINIA TECH
description: Deadliest shooting spree in U.S. history claims 33 victims Jordan Dods and Courtney Kessler, Cavalier Daily Associate Editors "Horror, disbelief and profound sorrow" was how Virginia Tech President Charles Steger described the Blacksburg community's reaction to what is the deadliest shooting incident in the nation's history. The school now faces what Steger called a "long and difficult road" to recovery after two shootings yesterday morning resulted in at least 33 fatalities, including that of a gunman, and about 30 injuries. The first shooting occurred at about 7:15 a.m. on the fourth floor of West Ambler Johnston dormitory, resulting in two confirmed deaths. One of the victims has now been identified as one of the dorm's resident advisors. Virginia Tech Police Chief Wendell Flinchum cited evidence that a domestic dispute led to the first shooting. As of press time, police had questioned a person of interest who knew one victim and was potentially involved in the first shooting; however, police had not taken the individual into custody. After the first incident, Virginia Tech officials issued two e-mails informing students that there had been a shooting. The first e-mail was sent at 9:26 a.m. and stated that a shooting incident had occurred at West Ambler Johnston. The second e-mail followed at 9:50 a.m. and alerted the community that there was a gunman loose on the campus. Students and faculty were urged to remain inside and away from windows. As these e-mails were sent, the second shooting began in Norris Hall, ultimately leaving at least 31 dead, including the gunman. Virginia Tech sophomores Trey Perkins and Derek O'Dell said in a televised interview with Brian Williams the shooter entered their German class, shot their professor and opened fire on students. Perkins, one of the few students not shot, said the shooter fired for about a minute and a half as students used desks to shield themselves from the fire. O'Dell, who was shot in the arm, described the shoo…
creator: Jordan Dods and Courtney Kessler
publisher: The Cavalier Daily
date: 2007-07-31
contributor: Sara Hood
rights: Meggie Bonner <meggiebonner@gmail.com>
language: eng

Virginia Tech students react
description: In wake of tragedy, students reflect on shootings that rocked community, describe "fearful environment" Jordan Dods and Courtney Kessler, Cavalier Daily Associate Editors Only in her worst nightmares could Nicole Shyti have anticipated the carnage transpiring as she slept on the fifth floor of West Ambler Johnston dormitory yesterday morning. One floor beneath her, two Virginia Tech students had been murdered by a gunman who was still at large. It wasn't until 9:30 a.m., when a friend called her to make sure she was safe, that she learned about the killings. Shyti said she heard the sounds of siren after siren outside her dorm room. It was at that point, she said, that she knew something serious had happened. "I saw people running across the lawn outside, and it was just a lot of commotion," Shyti said. The shootings, which eventually left 33 dead, instantly transformed the Virginia Tech campus into a worldwide epicenter of tragedy and confusion. The campus was left nearly deserted as the university went on lockdown. An impromptu vigil on the Drill Field yesterday evening captured the intensity of emotion. Students locked arms -- some crying -- still waiting to find out whether friends had made it out alive. Virginia Tech student George Lane-Roberts said the rapid escalation of casualties left him "dumbfounded and shocked." As students spent the day within the familiar walls of their dorms, press outlets from around the world descended on Blacksburg to report the greatest tragedy to hit an American college campus. That blanket of media coverage provided many Tech students, hunkered around televisions, with their primary window into the events of the day. Tech student Joseph Chapman said he first found out about the shootings on TV before reading official e-mails from the university. Some have criticized Tech's response to the initial shooting as too little too late, saying that an earlier lockdown of campus could have prevented 30 deaths. The initial e-mail from the…
creator: Jordan Dods and Courtney Kessler
publisher: The Cavalier Daily
date: 2007-07-31
contributor: Sara Hood
rights: Meggie Bonner <meggiebonner@gmail.com>
language: eng

Virginia Tech: un análisis ideoléxico de una tragedia
description: Publicado por Jorge Majfud viernes, abril 20, 2007 La mayoría de las medicinas que se venden en forma de píldoras, recubren una determinada droga, químico o compuesto con una capa de color atractivo y gusto dulce. En español, la sabiduría popular usa esta particularidad para construir una metáfora: "tragarse la píldora" tiene una connotación negativa y expresa la acción de consumir una cosa con la forma o el gusto de otra. Es decir, creer o aceptar una verdad como hecho incuestionable sin ser conscientes de las verdaderas implicaciones. En la tradición literaria, este fenómeno epistemológico se entendía con la metáfora del caballo de Troya, también usado hoy en día para designar virus informáticos. Un ideoléxico puede entenderse como una pastilla que el discurso hegemónico prescribe e impone con seductora violencia. Por ejemplo, el ideoléxico libertad viene recubierto de una plétora de lugares comunes y dulcemente positivos (la libertad, como precepto universal lo es). Sin embargo, dentro de este recubrimiento dulce y brillante se esconden las verdaderas razones de las acciones: la dominación, la opresión, la violencia de los intereses sectarios, etc. El recubrimiento dulce y brillante anula la percepción se sus opuestos: el contenido amargo y opaco. La tarea del crítico consiste en romper la envoltura, en des-cubrir, en des-velar el contenido de la píldora, del ideoléxico. Claro que esta tarea tiene resultados amargos, como el centro de la píldora. Los adictos a una droga no renunciarán a ella sólo porque alguien descubra las graves implicaciones de su confort momentáneo. De hecho, se resistirán a esta operación de exposición. Analicemos un ideoléxico común en el discurso dominante del capitalismo tardío: la responsabilidad personal. De entrada vemos que su cobertura es del todo dulce y brillante. ¿Quién sería capaz de discutir el valor de la responsabilidad de cada individuo? Un posible cuestionamiento sería rápidamente an…
creator: Jorge Majfud
date: 2007-08-06
contributor: Elva Orozco
rights: Creative Commons Reconocimiento-NoComercial-CompartirIgual 2.5 España
language: spa

Virginia Tech: El profesor que se convirtió en héroe
description: Publicado por Jose Kaulen C April 18, 2007, 10:03 PM La de a continuación, es una historia emocionante, llena de sentido y digna de admiración por parte de todos nosotros. In Memoriam Liviu Librescu. Liviu Librescu, un profesor de 76 años y muy respetado ingeniero aeronáutico que enseñó en Virginia Tech por 20 años, salvó la vida de varios estudiantes bloqueando la puerta de su sala de clases antes de que fuera muerto a balazos en la masacre, de acuerdo a los e-mails enviados por los alumnos a su señora. "Mi padre bloqueó la puerta con su cuerpo y les dijo a sus alumnos que escaparan" ha dicho su hijo, Joe Librescu, en una entrevista telefónica desde su casa en las afueras de Tel Aviv. Agregó además que los "estudiantes comenzaron a abrir las ventanas y a saltar hacia afuera". En el campus, los estudiantes hablan sobre el arrojo de Librescu: "Él debiera ser reconocido como un héroe" dice el estudiante de Virginia Tech Philip Huffstetler además de sentir "que están en una gran deuda con su familia por el resto de nuestras vidas". "Él es la razón de que el estudiante (Seung-Hui) no entrara y matara a más gente; obviamente es un héroe", dice Asal Arad, otro estudiante. Librescu supo de una vida difícil desde que era niño. Cuando Rumania se unió a las fuerzas nazis en la Segunda Guerra Mundial, primero fue internado en un campo de trabajos forzados en Transnistria y luego deportado junto a su familia y miles de otros judíos al ghetto central de Focsani. De acuerdo a un informe recopilado por el gobierno de Rumania en el 2004, entre 280 y 380 mil judíos fueron asesinados por el régimen rumano-nazi durante la guerra. Como un exitoso ingeniero durante el gobierno de postguerra comunista, Librescu encontró trabajo en la agencia aeroespacial de Rumania, pero su carrera fue interrumpida en los 70's porque rechazó prestar juramento de obediencia al régimen y finalmente fue despedido cuando pidió autorización para irse a Israel. De acuerdo con su…
creator: Jose Kaulen C
date: 2007-07-20
contributor: Elva Orozco
rights: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported
language: spa

Virginia Tech: Los hechos a centímetros de distancia
description: Publicado por Jose Kaulen C. 19th Abril 2007 Collin Goddard estuvo a centímetros de Cho Seung-Hui durante la masacre del lunes, y escuchó cómo el asesino terminaba con su vida después de haber matado a 30 personas, dice su madre. Después de que las balas fueron disparadas a su alrededor dentro de la sala de Norris Hall, Goddard, un estudiante de 21 años de Estudios Internacionales, jugó con la muerte tal como Cho, dice su madre, Ann Goddard. Esto lo contaba mientras su hijo herido estaba en una cirugía. La terrible experiencia de Goddard comenzó durante su clase de Francés, cuando él y sus compañeros escucharon los disparos desde la entrada. La profesora Jocelyne Couture-Nowak dijo a sus alumnos que llamaran al 911, solo segundos antes de que Cho entrara a la sala y comenzara con la balacera, hiriendo a Goddard en la pierna. "Cho primero fue a través de la primera fila y comenzó a disparar aleatoriamente" dijo. Cho abandonó la sala y regresó momentos después. Colin estaba tendido en el piso de la sala, enfrentándose a la muerte cuando "Él giró la cabeza y vió los zapatos del atacante viniendo hacia su cuerpo". "El atacante estuvo parado junto a él", dice la madre. "Él estaba totalmente asustado de morir", dice, "mantuvo la inteligencia en todo momento, pero estaba muy asustado de morir". El atacante disparó otra vez contra Colin, alcanzádolo en el hombro y en una nalga. Después caminó hacia el frente de la sala, explica Ann. Dos disparos fueron seguidos de silencio. La policía rompió ese silencio gritando "shooter down!, black tag!" ha dicho Goddard, lo que aparentemente son códigos policiales indicando muertes en el lugar. Los policías revisaron los cuerpos en la sala de clases. Couture-Nowak no sobrevivió. Mientras los cirujanos trabajan para curar a su hijo, Goddard dice que ella nunca hubiera querido que la tragedia hubiera sucedido en un momento "de definición en la vida de mi hijo", refiriéndose al último semestre en la carre…
creator: Jose Kaulen C.
date: 2007-08-09
contributor: Elva Orozco
rights: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported
language: spa

Are you a Hokie
description: I never really thought of myself as a Hokie. I came to VT to learn engineering and science. I have never been to a game nor participated in any student activities. I have always thought of myself as a student here to learn, not a Hokie. Tragedy struck and I asked myself, like all did, what can I do? I found myself walking through campus, like I have done so many times before. This time it was different. I was not in a hurry to get to class and there was no commotion ringing off the building walls from fellow students. It was quite unlike any night at VT I had ever experienced. I was handed a candle and I walked out onto the Drillfield. I lit my candle and a tidal wave of previously unknown Hokie pride came over me as I heard students chant "Let's Go....HOKIES!" I was a Hokie. I did not know any of our fellow fallen Hokies, but I am not ashamed to say I loved them and nor should you. And when you walk the Hokie walk and feel as though something is different, do not ask yourself, "Is it just me?" We are all one body, one soul, one Hokie, even when we do not know it.
creator: Joseph Guirreri
date: 2007-04-28
contributor: Joseph Guirreri
language: eng

Of Shooters and Schools
description: Why must we pay the price For others sins and vice? As I lay dying here, I cry. I wonder, Why, why, why? ~Joseph M. Skipsey, April 23rd, 2007 Of Shooters and Schools Can video games make kids more violent? A new study employing state-of-the-art brain-scanning technology says that the answer may be yes. Researchers at the Indiana University School of Medicine say that brain scans of kids who played a violent video game showed an increase in emotional arousal - and a corresponding decrease of activity in brain areas involved in self-control, inhibition and attention. Does this mean that your teenager will feel an uncontrollable urge to go on a shooting rampage after playing "Call of Duty?" -Excerpt Taken from the MSNBC On the Level article, "Does game violence make teens aggressive?" It's the same tired old stories, over and over. These are but entertainment, without meaning. So, they make you more violent? No, I believe the article is suggesting that playing violent video games simply makes you more more "emotionally aroused." You can't blame games, the ESRB was put there for a reason. If you're unaware that video games are under a strict ratings system, you don't deserve to speak on such an issue. Movies don't have anything on the incredible vista of the ESRB. You can't find a medium of entertainment with a more defined set of guidelines than the ESRB, and the ratings are there for a reason, and deserve enforcement. Pardon me, but just because you can scan and find emotional arousal, does that mean positive emotion? Negative emotion? Neutral emotion? What exactly does this arousal mean? Until it can be discerned, all these statements are inaccurate. You need to prove then, that emotion is the link. Or, is it? After all, these killers are described as being cold and emotionless, right? What makes people do the violent acts in the first place? So far, most of these cases have shown mental illness, rage/anger issues, hate, race, and of course, suffering. Where are the …
creator: Joseph M. Skipsey
date: 2007-05-24
contributor: Brent Jesiek
rights: Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5
language: eng

Chabad Responds to Tragedy With Mitzvah Drive: "Hearts to Hokies" Campaign to Begin Friday
description: Joshua Runyan Chabad.edu As a university and nation began the transition from shock to mourning one day after the deadliest shooting attack in American history, the network of more than 100 campus Chabad Houses declared a "Week of Goodness and Kindness" as a way to honor the memory of the slain. The goal of the effort, according to organizers, is simple: to translate the pain of grief into the healing of positive action. Beginning this Friday, Chabad on Campus representatives will be handing out "Hearts to Hokies" pledge cards at the campuses they serve. Students will be encouraged to pledge a good deed in the merit of those lost; the collected cards will be presented later to the students of Virginia Tech. Students and others can also complete an online "pledge card" at www.Hearts2Hokies.com. "This tragedy hits uniquely close to home for college students across America," stated Rabbi Yossy Gordon, executive director for the New York-based Chabad on Campus International Foundation. "Our campaign provides a tangible way to react in a substantive manner. It reminds that grief can be channeled into positive action, and highlights the concept that many small acts add up in a meaningful way." According to Gordon, "we look to our traditions for solace and direction. We recognize the essential human need to do something, to make something good result from tragedy, to attempt to somehow bring balance into the world by increasing in 'senseless' acts of goodness and kindness." In the immediate aftermath of an apparent rampage by a Virginia Tech student, two Chabad-Lubavitch emissaries from elsewhere in the state - Rabbi Yossel Kranz, executive director of the Richmond, Va.-based Chabad of the Virginias and Rabbi Shlomo Mayer from the Chabad House at the University of Virginia - traveled to the site of the attacks to assist with the needs of the students and faculty. And as Mayer and Kranz were busy on Tuesday coordinating the care of a victim's body in accordance with Jewish …
creator: Joshua Runyan
date: 2007-07-02
contributor: Brent Jesiek
rights: Sholom Charytan (SCharytan@Chabad.edu)
language: eng

https://april16archive.org/index.php/items/show/131
description: I want to express my deepest condolences to all the families and friends of the victims from this tragedy. I will keep you all in my prayers.
creator: Juana Diaz
date: 2007-05-07
contributor: Juana Diaz
language: eng

Saint Gertrude High School, Richmond, VA, Summer Alumnae News
description: Dear Saint Gertrude Family, When I was asked to write a letter on behalf of our alumnae sisters at Virginia Tech, emotions at every level filled my heart and mind. There are no words to describe the events of April 16th nor are there appropriate words to share how your support helped each of us to deal in our own way with the days that followed. I speak for all of us when I say that the outpouring of love and concern was undeniably the strength behind our personal ways of coping and our ability to remain strong for all who needed us then and for all who need us now. The spirit of St. Gertrude High School emerged at a level that was both unbelievable and phenomenal ... the photo taken in the gymnasium is just one example; your e-mails, cards, and calls were yet another. The insert below was taken from a note that I had sent to family and friends in the early days, which continues to best describe the feelings that we faced and ultimately had to accept in the aftermath: "For those of you who watched the convocation on TV, it was perhaps your first "real" emotional connection to the tragedy of seeing your beloved alma mater in pieces. You were able to sit amongst your Virginia Tech family and feel the personal impact that this devastation created, while celebrating together in the true spirit of Ut Prosim. For those of you who did not go to Virginia Tech and may never have really thought too much about it prior to Monday, you can now call yourselves Hokies for you have shared with us and were able to feel the pain and strength of our ---your--- Hokie Nation. I was merely a symbol of the love that you feel for Virginia Tech and your deep emotions for our shared loss. Seeing me, someone you have a bond with, on national television allowed you to grieve at another level, one that I know many of us unconsciously resisted for that would mean admitting what had happened was for real. It was." Yes, it was definitely real. That reality grew even stronger when it was discovered…
creator: Judi Lynch
date: 2007-08-10
contributor: Judi Lynch
language: eng

https://april16archive.org/index.php/items/show/104
description: Those were the first things that went through my mind when the local television stations began showing footage at Virginia Tech. I work with crime victims on a daily basis, but this felt different. My first thought was "How can I help?". I am certified through NOVA in crisis response so I immediately e-mailed Virginia's team leader in Richmond. We spoke that day and it was determined several victim advocates would be on stand-by in the event VT needed assistance. I then received another call Tuesday night "Can you be at Virginia Tech by noon tomorrow?" Absolutely. My co-worker and I arrived in Blacksburg around 10:00 a.m. and what we saw was overwhelming. The media and satellite trucks, the Virginia State Troopers....people were everywhere in the Conference Center. A group of victim advocates set up in the Family Assistance Center, then we broke into groups of two to handle different needs. Susan and I were sent to McCoy's Funeral Home to meet with family members of the deceased and to assist them in completing forms for the Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund. It was such an emotional time for everyone involved. The overwhelming grief and sadness in their eyes was almost too much to bear and we almost felt helpless. What do you say to a parent who has lost their beautiful daughter, who had so much promise in life, in such a tragic and senseless way? We met with Austin Cloyd's parents, who were such wonderful parents. You could tell there was so much love in their family and their hearts were broken. Austin was what I would describe as the perfect daughter. She was going to make a difference in this world. She had a purpose. After meeting her parents, Susan and I both felt like we knew Austin. We attended her funeral that was sad, but also uplifting. Many, many friends and family members spoke about Austin and what a great person she was and the fun times they had with her. We came away from that funeral with mixed feelings. Sadness and happiness, in an odd way. In …
creator: Judy Gillispie
date: 2007-05-03
contributor: Judy Gillispie
language: eng

One more rampage, same weapon of choice
description: By Judy Polumbaum Updated: 2007-04-19 07:10 Details of the shootings on the Virginia Tech campus on Monday have unfolded to confirm that the gunman was a US resident originally from South Korea. He is Cho Seung-hui, who killed 32 people and then himself in the worst campus carnage in US history. Cho, a senior English major at the university who had come to the US at the age of 8, went about his murders methodically. Doors of one building where he opened fire on classes had been chained from the inside. Two hours earlier, a young woman and a resident hall assistant had been shot at a dormitory, a presumably related incident that police at first interpreted as a domestic dispute. Their assumption led to the calamitous delay in alerting the campus and community to the threat. The Virginia shooting inevitably brings back memories of a gunman's rampage one drizzly November afternoon more than 15 years ago on the campus of the University of Iowa, where I teach. The killer at Iowa was Lu Gang, a Chinese doctoral student in physics and astronomy. On November 1, 1991, just up the hill from my office, Lu shot to death one fellow Chinese, three professors and an administrator, and critically wounded an undergraduate student, leaving her a paraplegic, before killing himself. Undoubtedly, as more becomes known about the Virginia Tech shooter and his circumstances, people will reflect on what produced the sort of nihilistic rage that could lead someone to commit mass murder. Such rumination, among both Americans and Chinese, ensued after the Lu Gang shootings. Most of us on the Iowa campus, and US observers generally, viewed Lu Gang's crimes primarily as the actions of a deranged individual. In China, by contrast, people sought broader social explanations. A prolonged discussion carried out in the pages of the Beijing Youth News raised a variety of notions, including that Lu Gang's generation lacked good values due to defective early schooling during the "cultural revolution". A …
creator: Judy Polumbaum
date: 2007-07-24
contributor: Na Mi
language: eng

https://april16archive.org/index.php/items/show/1490
description: Taken in Mclean, VA at Tyson's Corner Mall.
creator: Julia Nguyen
date: 2007-11-06
contributor: Julia Nguyen
language: eng