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A pile of mementos in front of construction fencing at the intermediate memorial site. At the time of this photo, staff members and volunteers were cleaning up the site, moving some items to storage and others to the newly completed center of the…

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(April 18, 2007) Memorial on edge of drillfield; Torgersen Hall behind.


Photo courtesy of Brent Jesiek.

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A Memorial Plaque that says:

"April 16 Memorial

THIS MEMORIAL TO THOSE LOST ON APRIL 16, 2007, WAS INSPIRED BY A SPONTANEOUS ARRANGEMENT OF 32 HOKIE STONES - THE CORNERSTONE OF BUILDINGS THROUGHOUT CAMPUS - CREATED BY GRIEVING STUDENTS…

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Construction of an intermediate memorial in front of Burruss Hall is currently underway. The full text of the Memorial Project Notice visible in the foreground is available in this Virginia Tech News Story: "University announces plans for…

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Memorial balloons released at English field before the game on on March 18, 2008.

Photo by Roger Gupta.

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Memorial ribbons hang outside the tent that holds the signed message boards.

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Photo courtesy of Mollie Adams

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A lot of wreathes and flowers were placed besides the Norris Hall. People also wrote solace messages on the posters and set them with the flowers.

Photo taken April 24,2007

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A memorial site for one of the victims whose name is Daniel Perez Cueva,around the Hokie stone on the drillfield.

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(April 19, 2007)

32 stones like this - one for each of the deceased - are arranged in a semi-circle in front of the largest memorial, on the drillfield in front of Burruss Hall.

Photo courtesy of Brent Jesiek.

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Drillfield memorial stones and Burruss Hall on 4-19-07.

Photo by Teri H. Hoover.

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Memorial stones dry in the sun on the afternoon of April 16, 2008, A Day of Remembrance. The stones were painted at a "Remembering Through Art Creation" event in Squires Student Center.

Photo by Brent Jesiek.

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Yale Daily News - Memorials are a positive force after tragedy.pdf
Published: Thursday, May 3, 2007
Opinion articles

Danielle Tumminio
Guest Column

4/17/07. When students from Virginia Tech struggled to make sense of the horror that struck their campus last week, they erected a banner on their student center…

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Items are laid outside of Norris Hall in remembrance.

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A teddy bear and an angel are placed outside the War Memorial Chapel.

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Flowers are laid at the War Memorial Chapel to mourn the victims.

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People bring flowers and balloons to the drillfield, in order to mourning for the victims.

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People came to the Squire Student Center with flowers and balloons to mourn for the victims on April 19.

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Students, staff and faculty at University of Toronto Mississauga signing a memory book to be sent to Virginia Tech.

4-30-07

Mental Health is Everyone's Business: Historical Reflections on the Virginia Tech Shootings

By Heather Munro Prescott

Ms. Prescott is Professor of History at Central Connecticut State University. Her book, Student Bodies: The…

Yale Daily News - Mental Hygiene weighs tough options.pdf
Published: Friday, April 27, 2007

Maggie Reid
Staff Reporter

In her sophomore year at Yale, Naasiha Siddiqui '07 found herself facing more problems than just the sophomore slump. Siddiqui was severely depressed, and when she checked into…
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