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Wooden horse
Close-up of wood horse.
Messages of support from New River Community College students written on a wood horse. This gift from the Knights to the Hokies was carved with a chain saw by a visiting artist.
Messages of support from New River Community College students written on a wood horse. This gift from the Knights to the Hokies was carved with a chain saw by a visiting artist.
Wooden horse
Close-up of wood horse.
Messages of support from New River Community College students written on a wood horse. This gift from the Knights to the Hokies was carved with a chain saw by a visiting artist.
Messages of support from New River Community College students written on a wood horse. This gift from the Knights to the Hokies was carved with a chain saw by a visiting artist.
Wooden horse
Messages of support from New River Community College students written on a wood horse. This gift from the Knights to the Hokies was carved with a chain saw by a visiting artist.
Wide View of Intermediate Memorial Construction
View of the drillfield, intermediate memorial construction, and Burruss Hall from the War Memorial. Photo taken July 6, 2007.
Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0.
Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0.
Wide View of Dedication Ceremony
Wide view of crowd, tent, and speakers' stage at the dedication ceremony for the intermediate memorial. The War Memorial, which was another popular spot for spectators, is on the far left. Photo taken August 19, 2007.
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Licensed under Creative…
Why Virginia Tech killings happened
EDITORIAL
Published Apr 17, 2007 11:36 PM
Yet another rampage has occurred at a school, this time leaving 33 people dead at Virginia Tech—the worst such incident ever at a U.S. college campus.
The news media seem stunned and surprised, yet…
Published Apr 17, 2007 11:36 PM
Yet another rampage has occurred at a school, this time leaving 33 people dead at Virginia Tech—the worst such incident ever at a U.S. college campus.
The news media seem stunned and surprised, yet…
Tags: capitalism, editorial, violence, war
Why I Participated in the One Day Blog Silence
I chose to participate in the One Day Blog Silence. There are much worse, but less publicized violence and prejudice daily, so I have spent the one day blog silence in honor of all victims of injustice around the world. The silence day was started to…
Tags: blog, one day blog silence
White memorial
Memorial stone of Nicole Regina White taken on 4/16/08.
Photo by Brian Sewell.
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Photo by Brian Sewell.
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Original Source:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/briansewell/2419169347/in/set-72157604577382666/
Tags: anniversary, memorial, stone, white
White Balloons for Each Victim
A ceremony held on the first day of class after the tragedy in which one balloon is released for each victim.
Original source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/kevincupp/470150265/in/photostream/
Photo Courtesy of Kevin Cupp
Original source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/kevincupp/470150265/in/photostream/
Photo Courtesy of Kevin Cupp
Tags: ballon, bell rings, drill field, memorial
Where Is God When It Hurts?
A sermon given on the Virginia Tech campus two weeks after the shootings.
Philip Yancey | posted 6/06/2007 05:31PM
We gather here still trying to make sense of what happened in Blacksburg, still trying to process the unprocessable. We come…
Philip Yancey | posted 6/06/2007 05:31PM
We gather here still trying to make sense of what happened in Blacksburg, still trying to process the unprocessable. We come…
Tags: christian, christianity, sermon
Where do we go now?
Sometimes I can be really eloquent. Giving a toast at a wedding, a briefing at work; I can really hit the post. I've been wanting to write about how I feel here for two days. But I haven't, stopped by disbelief, the taxes I couldn't bring…
Tags: blogs, international studies, alumni, blog
When tragedy is for sale, it isn’t tragic enough
Issue Date:Tuesday April 17, 2007
Section: Editorial Section
Ry Rivard, City Editor
By the end of the Monday it was obvious that the media had begun selling the day's horrors at Virginia Tech. No matter the gravity or magnitude of a…
Section: Editorial Section
Ry Rivard, City Editor
By the end of the Monday it was obvious that the media had begun selling the day's horrors at Virginia Tech. No matter the gravity or magnitude of a…
Tags: commentators, concealed handgun laws, drama, media, politics, wvu
What's "Korean" got to do with it?
by J Lee | April 19, 2007
When I was growing up in the 80s, it often seemed that the world was holding its breath, keeping its fingers crossed to prevent some sort of nuclear disaster. The apocalypse that I imagined then had to do with the world…
When I was growing up in the 80s, it often seemed that the world was holding its breath, keeping its fingers crossed to prevent some sort of nuclear disaster. The apocalypse that I imagined then had to do with the world…
What went wrong at Blacksburg?
By: Jason Javie
Posted: 4/20/07
The Virginia Tech tragedy will continue to resonate for some time to come, and rightly so. Many questions surrounding last Monday's events are yet to be answered, and must be in order for the grieving victims…
Posted: 4/20/07
The Virginia Tech tragedy will continue to resonate for some time to come, and rightly so. Many questions surrounding last Monday's events are yet to be answered, and must be in order for the grieving victims…
What We Can Learn From Virginia Tech
By Dr. Thomas Parham
In the wake of the tragic events that occurred at Virginia Tech University, many in our community will be forced to wrestle with and confront some tough questions and concerns. Our hearts and prayers go out to the victims…
In the wake of the tragic events that occurred at Virginia Tech University, many in our community will be forced to wrestle with and confront some tough questions and concerns. Our hearts and prayers go out to the victims…
What May Come: Asian Americans and the Virginia Tech Shootings
By Tamara K. Nopper | 04.19.2007
April 17, 2007
Like many, I was glued to the television news yesterday, keeping updated about the horrific shootings at Virginia Tech University. I was trying to deal with my own disgust and sadness, especially…
April 17, 2007
Like many, I was glued to the television news yesterday, keeping updated about the horrific shootings at Virginia Tech University. I was trying to deal with my own disgust and sadness, especially…