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Chabad Responds to Tragedy With Mitzvah Drive: "Hearts to Hokies" Campaign to Begin Friday
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…
Reflections on Virginia Tech
Apr 17 2007
John Manetta Once Told Me
In early modern Europe the infant mortality rate was astronomical. Crude medical practices led to a high casualty rate for mother and child alike. In many cases, new mothers would be…
Tags: cornell, gun control, media
'We Are One': C.U. Community Reflects on Va. Tech Tragedy
Sun Staff Writer
Apr 20 2007
Students, faculty, staff and members of the Ithaca community gathered in Sage Chapel yesterday afternoon to remember and reflect on the recent tragedy at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State…
Collection of Prayer & Encouragement
This is image of a collection of personal notes of prayer and…
Tags: memorial service, notes, prayer, southern california
Der Täter hatte zwei Stunden Zeit für sein Todeswerk
Bei dem Massaker an der Universität in Blacksburg im Bundesstaat Virginia sind noch viele Fragen offen - unter anderem das Motiv des Amokläufers
WASHINGTON taz Fast wirkte es gespenstisch, wie routiniert die US-amerikanische…
Tags: blacksburg, campus, motiv, professoren
Beihilfe zum Amoklauf
Der tödliche Amoklauf auf dem Campus der US-Hochschule in Blacksburg, dem mindestens 33 Menschen zum Opfer fielen, ist der schlimmste,der sich bislang in der Geschichte der Vereinigten Staaten ereignet hat. Doch…
Tags: amoklauf, historisch, massakren
Some Analysis of the Killings at Virginia Tech
As a part of my Homicide Investigation class at George Washington University, my instructor has asked us to write a brief analysis of the killings that occurred at Virginia Tech on Monday. Even though I am only a student and…
Tags: analysis, blog, homicide investigation, motives
C.U. Officials Discuss Response to Va. Tech
Sun Staff Writer
Apr 25 2007
"Half of college students report having felt extremely depressed," said Ray Kim, assistant dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, to a crowd of students in Goldwin Smith's Hollis E. Cornell…
Tags: cornell, security, university response
A Dark Day in April
Editorial
Yesterday marked one of the darkest days in United States history, as the campus of Virginia Tech collapsed to the tune of gunshots, cries and panic. The morning's horrific aftermath was broadcast on every major news…
Tags: cornell, editorial, student response
Looking Forward
May 2 2007
I had intended this final column of the academic year to be one mainly of gratitude to my colleagues at The Cornell Daily Sun and to readers of the newspaper for permitting me this space and for the tremendously…
Tags: campus security, cornell, mental health
Alums Recall 1983 C.U. Murders
Sun Staff Writer
Apr 19 2007
Brenda Scinto '87 was in her bedroom studying in 1983, when two freshman women, Young Hee Suh '87 and Erin Nieswand '87, were fatally shot in the room above her by 26-year-old Su Yong…
Tags: 1983 tragedy, campus response, cornell
Student Mental Health Problems Rise at C.U.
Sun Staff Writer
May 3 2007
The tragedy at Virginia Tech has put the entire college community on edge. Although it is clear that this incident was isolated, it has raised important questions about the prevalence of high…
Tags: cornell, mental health
Mention of shooter's ethnicity unnecessary
Re: "CUPD Assesses Campus Safety," News, April 18
To the Editor:
Thank you for the article "CUPD Assesses Campus Safety." In some ways, it made me feel a little bit safer knowing about the heightened security. However, it made me…
Tags: cornell, ethnic identity, media
Big Red Flag
Apr 30 2007
The paradox of mental health services, generally, hovers around the issue of consent. Most mental health services require voluntary participation from the patient, except in extreme cases. Thus, the question…
Tags: cornell, mental health, student rights
Idealism v. Cho
Apr 27 2007
Cosmology on the Rocks
It always feels weird swallowing real-world events like the Virginia Tech massacre in the hazy cosmopolitanism of Uris Library. Cornell and its libraries, after all, are fleeing from the…
Tags: cornell, mental illness, morality
CUPD Assesses Campus Safety
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…
Tags: 1983 tragedy, campus safety, cornell
Dangerous People?
Apr 26 2007
Between the Lines
One of the striking facts about the Virginia Tech shootings was how predictable the murderer's identity was. The authorities knew long before his rampage that Cho Seung-Hui was not merely…
Tags: cornell, mental illness, patients rights
Obituary: Former APL Staff Member Among Virginia Tech Shooting Victims
Tags: johns hopkins, kevin granata, obituary
Virginia Tech tragedy unites VU community
News of the events of April 16, 2007 - a violent shooting on the Virginia Tech campus in Blacksburg, Va., that resulted in the deaths of 33 students and faculty members - sent chills down the spines of all within earshot of a…
Tags: memorials, student reflections, vanderbilt