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On behalf of Virginia Tech students
To the students and administration of the University of Virginia: On behalf of 30,000 students, administrators, and our Virginia Tech community, I cannot begin to express our gratitude for the outpouring of sympathy, support, and concern that U.Va.…
Tags: sympathy, thanks, uva, vt response
Mourning of Va. Tech loss not over
By: Elizabeth Miller
Posted: 4/20/07
I am rarely at a loss for words. But now, as I approach this column after a week of tragedy - both at Miami University and nationwide - I can hardly form a rational thought. Somehow a 500-word column needs to be…
Posted: 4/20/07
I am rarely at a loss for words. But now, as I approach this column after a week of tragedy - both at Miami University and nationwide - I can hardly form a rational thought. Somehow a 500-word column needs to be…
Tags: grief, miami university, policy debate, reflection, tragedy
UMW Mourns VT
By: Elizabeth Nowrouz
Posted: 4/19/07
It has been three days since April 16. Three days since maroon and orange became not just a team's colors, but a show of courage and defiance in the face of a national tragedy.
While the students,…
Posted: 4/19/07
It has been three days since April 16. Three days since maroon and orange became not just a team's colors, but a show of courage and defiance in the face of a national tragedy.
While the students,…
A Prayer for Virginia Tech
Students at Oklahoma State University pray for the victims.
Original source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lizphotoart/464802685/
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Original source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lizphotoart/464802685/
Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommerical 2.0
V-Tech: Chain of Reactions
Artist's Comments
We were supposed to do a project either showing ourselves perceptually or in response to the Virginia Tech shootings. Since I already have a self-portrait for pretty much every year of my life, I decided to do the…
We were supposed to do a project either showing ourselves perceptually or in response to the Virginia Tech shootings. Since I already have a self-portrait for pretty much every year of my life, I decided to do the…
Tags: art, collage, drawing, mixed media
V-Tech: Chain of Reactions
We were supposed to do a project either showing ourselves perceptually or in response to the Virginia Tech shootings. Since I already have a self-portrait for pretty much every year of my life, I decided to do the latter.
After watching the Cho…
After watching the Cho…
Tags: art, chain of reaction, memorial, mourning
Candlelight Vigil
Alexandria, VA.
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Original source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellenw/464617828/
Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
Tags: alexandria, candlelight vigil, vigil
Sports world reaches out, helps Virginia Tech cope
"I belong."
I still remember vividly that emotion as I stood outside Burress Hall overlooking the gorgeous, expansive view of the Virginia Tech campus on a cool, sunny morning back in the spring of 1990. It was college-tour season for graduating…
I still remember vividly that emotion as I stood outside Burress Hall overlooking the gorgeous, expansive view of the Virginia Tech campus on a cool, sunny morning back in the spring of 1990. It was college-tour season for graduating…
Tags: alumni, collegiate times, nascar
Controlling the threat
In my opinion
By: Elon Glucklich | Opinion Editor
Issue date: 4/23/07 Section: Commentary
The list of communities stricken by gun violence rings out like a grim roll call - it's best left out of mind, if possible. But now there is no such…
By: Elon Glucklich | Opinion Editor
Issue date: 4/23/07 Section: Commentary
The list of communities stricken by gun violence rings out like a grim roll call - it's best left out of mind, if possible. But now there is no such…
Virginia Tech shootings shake the country
By Nicole Haley/Daily News staff
GHS
Tue Apr 17, 2007, 01:04 AM EDT
NO DATA - The news seemed surreal for anyone who turned on the television yesterday. Even anchors on the major news networks reported asking law enforcement officials to repeat…
GHS
Tue Apr 17, 2007, 01:04 AM EDT
NO DATA - The news seemed surreal for anyone who turned on the television yesterday. Even anchors on the major news networks reported asking law enforcement officials to repeat…
Tags: law enforcements, waltham
Emergency management comes to UNC
By: Elyse McCoy, Staff Writer
Posted: 7/5/07
The University is in the initial stages of development for the Public Information Emergency Response Communication Management System, or PIER, an Internet-based communication tool used to help relay…
Posted: 7/5/07
The University is in the initial stages of development for the Public Information Emergency Response Communication Management System, or PIER, an Internet-based communication tool used to help relay…
Tags: campus security, emergency response, unc
UC Irvine's Counseling and Health Services Are Under-Funded
By Emilie Doolittle
Staff Writer
Three weeks ago, before midnight, a student was found with a gunshot wound to the head in the Social Science Building at UC Irvine. He had committed suicide. Two weeks ago was the Virginia Tech massacre. In…
Staff Writer
Three weeks ago, before midnight, a student was found with a gunshot wound to the head in the Social Science Building at UC Irvine. He had committed suicide. Two weeks ago was the Virginia Tech massacre. In…
Hokies United Holds Candlelight Vigil for NIU
By Emily Canis
Staff Writer
February 18, 2008
Hokies United sponsored a candlelight vigil Monday night for the Virginia Tech community so that students and residents of Blacksburg could pay their respects to the fallen Northern Illinois…
Staff Writer
February 18, 2008
Hokies United sponsored a candlelight vigil Monday night for the Virginia Tech community so that students and residents of Blacksburg could pay their respects to the fallen Northern Illinois…
God isn't dead in America
By: Emily Sears, Contributing Writer, esears@smu.edu
Posted: 4/19/07
Pat McDonald is an atheist. The junior anthropology major was raised Catholic but reconsidered his religion his freshman year at SMU when he became familiar with Zen Buddhism…
Posted: 4/19/07
Pat McDonald is an atheist. The junior anthropology major was raised Catholic but reconsidered his religion his freshman year at SMU when he became familiar with Zen Buddhism…
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Sports message boards find new use after tragedy
Web sites such as Thesabre.com, Techsideline.com provide forum for discussion, communication after yesterday morning's shootings at Virginia Tech
Eric Kolenich, Cavalier Daily Senior Associate Editor
In the wake of yesterday's tragedy…
Eric Kolenich, Cavalier Daily Senior Associate Editor
In the wake of yesterday's tragedy…
Tags: message boards, sports, sympathy, uva
VT Killer Needs Closer Look
Commentary
By Eric Quach
On Monday, April 16, the nation was shocked by the cowardly acts of a student at Virginia Tech University. As the day ended, the death toll rose to 33, including the shooter. Most Americans and the media looked back to…
By Eric Quach
On Monday, April 16, the nation was shocked by the cowardly acts of a student at Virginia Tech University. As the day ended, the death toll rose to 33, including the shooter. Most Americans and the media looked back to…
Student Use of Technology During Virginia Tech Tragedy
Posted Friday, April 20, 2007 by Eric Schnell on The Medium is the Message (Blog)
As the Virginia Tech tragedy unfolded students used a familiar the technology to keep connected with the events, friends, and families: Facebook.
Using laptops…
As the Virginia Tech tragedy unfolded students used a familiar the technology to keep connected with the events, friends, and families: Facebook.
Using laptops…
Tags: blog, commentary, communications, rss, technology, web 20
Hokies return seeking routine
Some students able to forgive
By: Erin France, State & National Editor
Posted: 4/24/07
BLACKSBURG, Va. - The first day back to class for Virginia Tech students began with a morning ceremony honoring the 32 students and faculty killed by senior…
By: Erin France, State & National Editor
Posted: 4/24/07
BLACKSBURG, Va. - The first day back to class for Virginia Tech students began with a morning ceremony honoring the 32 students and faculty killed by senior…