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The students left and the media arrived. they were everywhere. Any piece of grass or slab of concrete was fair game.

I'm from Virginia, and I know students at Va. Tech. I've been watching the irksome news coverage.

Death is always sad, but the silver lining is that it brings people together. Solidarity is why people are so compelled to tune in, and while…

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A sign affixed to a light pole on the Virginia Tech campus reads "VT Stay
Strong! Media Stay Away!"

Photo taken near the April 16 Memorial on April 15, 2008.

Photo by Brent Jesiek.


Licensed under Creative…

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A sign affixed to a light pole on the Virginia Tech campus reads "VT Stay
Strong! Media Stay Away!"

Norris Hall is in the background. Photo taken April 15, 2008.

Photo by Brent Jesiek.


Licensed under Creative…

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These warnings are posted everywhere on campus buildings to ward off the media from attending class when the students returned.

Original source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/paultrumble/468776222/

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Posted: 4/20/07
In the time between the two horrific shootings that took place at Virgina Polytechnic Institute April 16, the killer, Cho Seung-Hui managed to mail disturbing video clips and pictures of himself to NBC News in New York. While…

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This is a picture of the first night we got the pleasure of meeting Austin Michelle Cloyd. She will always be remembered.

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View of the intermediate memorial in front of Burruss Hall. In the foreground lay a pile of memento items. At the time of this photo, staff and volunteers - including the student shown in this photo - were cleaning up the site, moving some items to…

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Mementos on display at the newly completed center of the intermediate memorial in front of Burruss Hall. At the time of this photo, staff members and volunteers had just finished cleaning up the site, moving some items to storage and leaving others…

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Memorial in front of West Ambler Hall

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View of the April 16 memorial with Burruss Hall in the background. Photo taken April 17, 2008.

Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0

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Items like footballs have been placed at the main memorial site to remember the victims.

Original source: http://www.imagestation.com/album/pictures.html?id=2093007661

Photo courtesy of Frank Eak

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Photo taken April 21, 2007 by Ross Catrow.

Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic.

Original Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/maxpower/468742281/

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With both state and national flags flying at half-staff, the memorial balloons are released into the heavens.

Mark Washenberger - May 8, 2007 - 8:19am

It's Memorial Day and I'm in the office, so of course I'm looking for ways to procrastinate. New post time!

After the VT tragedy, a local church put up 32 (by my count) flag poles in…

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The drillfield monuments drew many people over the Memorial Day weekend.

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Memorial items outside Jamie Bishop's office in Major Williams Hall. Photo taken on Monday, April 30, 2007.

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Some 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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Waiting line to view the memorial on the drillfield. Photo taken the afternoon of April 16, 2008, A Day of Remembrance.


Photo by Brent Jesiek.

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