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By: Shamus Williams


(April 16) Well, I'm back safe and sound in my off-campus apartment. It has been a very scary and hectic past couple of hours to say the least.

We were released at noon, but it was not an assisted evacuation as we…

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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/470155385/in/photostream/

Photo Courtesy of Kevin Cupp

Beauty and Depravity | eugene cho's blog [eugenecho.com]

weeks have now passed. perhaps, it's become an afterthought for many. personally, a day hasn't gone by without some thoughts of the virginia tech tragedy. the tragedy exposed a…

By Billy McMorris
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…

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Commentary

Reflections on a Mass Homicide

Jimmy Lee,1 MBBS, MMed (Psych), Tih-Shih Lee,1,2 MD, PhD, FRCP (C), Beng-Yeong Ng,1 MBBS, MMed (Psych), FAMS

1 Department of Psychiatry, Singapore General Hospital,…

06/08/07

Manny Frishberg • JTNews Correspondent

On the morning of April 16, Dr. Liviu Librescu, a 76-year-old Holocaust survivor and aeronautical engineering professor, blocked the door of his classroom in Norris Hall at Virginia Tech so that…

Reflections as a Director of a Psychology Training Clinic on the
shooting tragedy at Virginia Tech
(Written for the Association of Directors of Psychology Training Clinics)

On the morning of April 16, 2007, a male student shot to death 32…

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Reema's stone is marked by flowers, letters, and memorabilia from loved ones.

Original source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/kevincupp/470150247/in/photostream/

Photo Courtesy of Kevin Cupp

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Items left at the memorial plaque of Reema Samaha on the drillfield. Photo taken on 5-1-07.

Photo by Teri H. Hoover.

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This piece of art entitled, "Reclaimed Spirit", was accompanied by the following message from the artist:

"This work of art is hand forged totally from reclaimed materials. The feathers were forged from angle iron reclaimed from metal pallets from…

By John Williams

"A 1st Sergeant handed me an ammo box of 240 rounds: the blood-stained rounds that my best friend had been using when he was shot and killed in an ambush, on a patrol that he wasn't supposed to be on, one day after we were…

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Memorial stone of Mary Karen Read on 4/16/08.

Photo by Brian Sewell.

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After being advised to stay away from windows and such on April 16, many of the Career Services staff and students who were in our building at the time gathered together in an interior room (our staff lounge). As things were unfolding on campus…

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Recorded Thursday, April 19 (24 MB MP3)
We've decided to scrap tonight's planned show (about language post-Imus) in favor of a show about the visual reverberations of the Virginia Tech shooting. Our central prod came from the trusty barthjg,…

April 17, 2007
By IDA JAMSHIDI
Reporter
Government officials are calling it the deadliest rampage in the history of the United States.

Virginia Tech University was the site of a mass shooting Monday, leaving at least 33 people dead, including…

April 17, 2007

By IDA JAMSHIDI
Reporter
Government officials are calling it the deadliest rampage in the history of the United States.

Virginia Tech University was the site of a mass shooting Monday, leaving at least 33 people dead,…

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Relief pitcher Edwar Ramirez signs a baseball for fans at the Yankees vs Hokies baseball game on March 18, 2008.

Photo by Roger Gupta.

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Remembering those from Richmond...a girl from the west end.

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Photo courtesy of Krissy Watson

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Items left at the memorial plaque of Rachael Hill on the drillfield. Photo taken on 5-1-07.

Photo by Teri H. Hoover.

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One of the items on display at the Alumni Center Art Exhibit. On 4/16/08, as part of the Day of Remembrance observance, the Holtzman Alumni Center Museum displayed examples of art, crafts, quilts, and other memorabilia contributed since April 16,…
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