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The Tangled Thicket of Cho seung-hui, Don Imus, YouTube and American Idol
Cho seung-hui, the Rutgers University women's basketball team, the students and Virginia Tech all form a tangled thicket nourished by the American media, overgrown with too many words, too many pictures and too many answers to…
Tragedy at Virginia Tech
As I wrapped up my afternoon course today, my students informed me of the 31 deaths at Virginia Tech today. It was the first I heard of it and so I immediately looked to the news and am now glued to the press conference…
Tags: blog, commentary
Bowing Down to Our Own Violence
By Norman Solomon
Many days after the mass killings at Virginia Tech, grisly stories about the tragedy still dominated front pages and cable television. News of carnage on a vastly larger scale -- the war in Iraq -- ebbs…
Tags: commentary, iraq, media, violence, war
Message on Safety and Security
In the days following the Virginia Tech tragedy, our solidarity with and sympathy for the faculty, staff, students and families affected by the loss of lives on…
Campus mourns the lives that were lost
Faculty, staff and students from Hamline's various colleges were all present. Over 120 people were in…
Tags: hamline, minneapolis, minnesota, oracle, university
Virginia Tech, Imus and Curve Balls
By Carl Davidson
20 Apr 2007
The universe throws curve balls at us, now and then.
It seems to want to wake us up, and teach us lessons in impermanence and interconnectedness.
Take the killings at…
Tags: blog, cho, commentary, imus, media
Why Virginia Tech killings happened
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
Librescu Day
Online Journal Contributing Writer
Jun 8, 2007, 00:27
There isn't room enough on the calendar to honor every American hero, but Aug. 16, the birthday of one such hero, is a day teachers and others who cherish education…
Tags: censorship, commentary, education, freedom, history, librescu
US churches call for gun control following university shootings
By staff writers
17 Apr 2007
Expressing the sorrow of many Christians in the US at yesterday's killings in Virginia, the General Secretary of the National Council of Churches USA (NCC USA) has also renewed the NCC's call for…
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Moment of commemoration from the students and faculty of Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, Iasi, Romania…
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Moment of commemoration from the students and faculty of Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, Iasi, Romania…
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Moment of commemoration from the students and faculty of Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, Iasi, Romania…
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Moment of commemoration from the students and faculty of Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, Iasi, Romania…
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Moment of commemoration from the students and faculty of Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, Iasi, Romania…
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Moment of commemoration from the students and faculty of Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, Iasi, Romania…
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Moment of commemoration from the students and faculty of Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, Iasi, Romania…
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Moment of commemoration from the students and faculty of Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, Iasi, Romania…
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Moment of commemoration from the students and faculty of Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, Iasi, Romania…
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Moment of commemoration from the students and faculty of Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, Iasi, Romania…
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