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A child attends the Virginia Tech vigil.
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Photo Courtesy of Daniel Lin
Original source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/geeknerd99/464192730/in/photostream/
Photo Courtesy of Daniel Lin
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A woman lights a candle near the main memorial site during the Virginia Tech vigil.
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Photo Courtesy of Daniel Lin
Original source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/geeknerd99/464192946/in/photostream/
Photo Courtesy of Daniel Lin
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Several cadets attend the Virginia Tech Vigil and participate in one of the various cheers that erupted from the crowd.
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Photo Courtesy of Daniel Lin
Original source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/geeknerd99/464193182/in/photostream/
Photo Courtesy of Daniel Lin
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Matt Lauer and Meredith Vieria of the Today Show broadcast from the drill field.
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Photo Courtesy of Daniel Lin
Original source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/geeknerd99/464203561/in/photostream/
Photo Courtesy of Daniel Lin
Tags: media, reporter, today show
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A student writes a message of support and love at message board near the main memorial site on the drill field.
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Photo Courtesy of Daniel Lin
Original source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/geeknerd99/464205173/in/photostream/
Photo Courtesy of Daniel Lin
Tags: memorial, message boards, messages, signed boards, vt logo
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This photo was captured at the Virginia Tech convocation in Lane Stadium.
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Photo Courtesy of Daniel Lin
Original source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/geeknerd99/464201110/in/photostream/
Photo Courtesy of Daniel Lin
Tags: convocation
LETTER: Gun violence is what needs to be controlled
By:Daniel Ross
Posted: 4/24/07
"The Changing Gun Debate," an article written by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg in response to the recent tragedy at Virginia Tech, can be found in the April 30 issue of Newsweek. I applaud his insight and…
Posted: 4/24/07
"The Changing Gun Debate," an article written by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg in response to the recent tragedy at Virginia Tech, can be found in the April 30 issue of Newsweek. I applaud his insight and…
Tags: gun control, gun crime, boston university
Letters to the editor - April 17, 2007
VT tragedy requires look at gun control
For too long this country has refused to take a realistic approach to gun control legislation, often pointing to the debatable phrasing of the Second Amendment. This negligence has led to the horrifying…
Tags: gun control, miami university, public safety
Massacre of 32 at Virginia Tech shocks alumni in MetroWest
By Danielle Williamson/Daily News staff
GHS
Tue Apr 17, 2007, 12:07 AM EDT
NO DATA - For Bill Saam, the slaughter yesterday at his alma mater resurrected the shock, sadness and anger he felt when terrorists attacked the World Trade…
GHS
Tue Apr 17, 2007, 12:07 AM EDT
NO DATA - For Bill Saam, the slaughter yesterday at his alma mater resurrected the shock, sadness and anger he felt when terrorists attacked the World Trade…
Tags: alumni, boston university, massacre, metrowest
Shooting points to need for less restrictive gun laws
By: Danny Mistarz
Posted: 4/24/07
After the tragic events that took place at Virginia Tech April 16, the anti-Second Amendment crowd has once again reared its ugly head. The usual claims of guns causing violence and the necessity to ban personal…
Posted: 4/24/07
After the tragic events that took place at Virginia Tech April 16, the anti-Second Amendment crowd has once again reared its ugly head. The usual claims of guns causing violence and the necessity to ban personal…
Tags: duke, gun control, law
sell.com donating all proceeds to the Hokie Spirit Memorial Fund
As a graduate of Virginia Tech, I wanted to do something positive in response to the recent tragedy. My web company (sell.com) will donate ALL PROCEEDs for the rest of April to the Virginia Tech Hokie Spirit Memorial Fund. Go…
Tags: donate
Ire and Vice: The Dead
May 22, 2007
By Darren Franich
Suicide is so much less embarrassing than homicide. Can you imagine the shitstorm maelstrom that would engulf our pretty campus if someone shot five people? Shot them so their blood splattered across the tables of…
By Darren Franich
Suicide is so much less embarrassing than homicide. Can you imagine the shitstorm maelstrom that would engulf our pretty campus if someone shot five people? Shot them so their blood splattered across the tables of…
Tags: mental illness, murder, stanford, suicide
Pundits wrong to blame society's woes on entertainment industry
By: Dave Arey
Posted: 4/25/07
Hours after the Virginia Tech shootings, people were already looking for something to blame.
Fox News had on lawyer and "school shootings expert" Jack Thompson, an infamous critic of video games. He gave the dubious…
Posted: 4/25/07
Hours after the Virginia Tech shootings, people were already looking for something to blame.
Fox News had on lawyer and "school shootings expert" Jack Thompson, an infamous critic of video games. He gave the dubious…
Tags: syracuse university
Blacksburg
Published by Dave April 18th, 2007
This past weekend was the middle weekend of April. That's the time universities put on dog-and-pony shows for students who have been admitted, to help them make up their minds.
My daughter has been…
This past weekend was the middle weekend of April. That's the time universities put on dog-and-pony shows for students who have been admitted, to help them make up their minds.
My daughter has been…
Tags: blog, campus visit, orientation, parent
Blacksburg, violence, and America
Published by Dave April 25th, 2007
I have been on the sidelines of quite a number of handgun deaths in my life. Thank God, I haven't really been in the crossfire, nor has any member of my family. But gun violence has come close enough to me…
I have been on the sidelines of quite a number of handgun deaths in my life. Thank God, I haven't really been in the crossfire, nor has any member of my family. But gun violence has come close enough to me…
Tags: blog, commentary, gun control, reaction
Beyond Words
Dave Vogt / davedot.com
I am honestly at a loss for what to say about the events that unfolded on the Virginia Tech campus this morning. I was walking across the Drillfield towards GBJ when firing broke out in Norris hall. I had heard nothing…
I am honestly at a loss for what to say about the events that unfolded on the Virginia Tech campus this morning. I was walking across the Drillfield towards GBJ when firing broke out in Norris hall. I had heard nothing…
Tags: blog, commentary
In Cho's defence...
Saturday, April 21, 2007
"this is a lesson for all o. i think those American parents should learn a lesson or 2 from this. with the way their kids tease other people of different nationalities. i went to school abroad as well, and i can tell you…
"this is a lesson for all o. i think those American parents should learn a lesson or 2 from this. with the way their kids tease other people of different nationalities. i went to school abroad as well, and i can tell you…
Tags: blog, cho, commentary
Blacksburg Mayor Ron Rordam
Blacksburg Mayor Ron Rordam being interviewed on April 18,2007, two days after the Virginia Tech Tragedy.
Tags: blacksburg, mayor, ron, rordam
Cho Seung-Hui: A Lone Deranged Gunman?
Thursday, April 19. 2007
As all of America mourns the deaths which occurred on the Virginia Tech campus, bloggers are drawing comparisons to the body count that issues daily from Iraq. See a particularly poignant post from Floyd Rudmin of…
As all of America mourns the deaths which occurred on the Virginia Tech campus, bloggers are drawing comparisons to the body count that issues daily from Iraq. See a particularly poignant post from Floyd Rudmin of…
Tags: blog, cho, commentary, mental health, mental illness