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Every Friday, Palestinians, internationals, and Israeli nonviolent activists gather in the Southern villages of Bethlehem to protest against the building of the Apartheid Wall that will eventually destroy the livelihood of these villages. This Friday…
Tags: activists, israel, olive trees, palestine, palestinian, soldiers
From Palestine to Virginia Tech
Every Friday, Palestinians, internationals, and Israeli nonviolent activists gather in the Southern villages of Bethlehem to protest against the building of the Apartheid Wall that will eventually destroy the livelihood of these villages. This Friday…
Tags: activists, olive trees, palestine, palestinian
From Palestine to Virginia Tech
Every Friday, Palestinians, internationals, and Israeli nonviolent activists gather in the Southern villages of Bethlehem to protest against the building of the Apartheid Wall that will eventually destroy the livelihood of these villages. This Friday…
Tags: activists, olive trees, palestine, palestinian, procession
Grieving nation copes with tragedy
BU assessing safety, mental health concerns
By: Barbara Rodriguez
Posted: 4/18/07
Boston University officials are still assessing how Monday's deadly shootings at Virginia Tech will prompt any changes in BU's security and mental health…
By: Barbara Rodriguez
Posted: 4/18/07
Boston University officials are still assessing how Monday's deadly shootings at Virginia Tech will prompt any changes in BU's security and mental health…
Tags: boston university, coping, grief, tragedy, vigil
PERSPECTIVE: Personal instinct only defense against tragic news
By:Ryan MacDonald
Posted: 4/18/07
In the days following a great tragedy, we as human beings collectively exhibit a variety of distinct reactions. Some will experience fear. This response is inevitably redoubled by a media which profits on false…
Posted: 4/18/07
In the days following a great tragedy, we as human beings collectively exhibit a variety of distinct reactions. Some will experience fear. This response is inevitably redoubled by a media which profits on false…
PERSPECTIVE: Bush's speech at Virginia Tech clouded by own agenda
By:Matt Holt
Posted: 4/19/07
I had time to listen to President Bush's speech Tuesday morning at Virginia Tech. The president did the right thing by going to the campus in an attempt to console the victims of the unspeakable tragedy that…
Posted: 4/19/07
I had time to listen to President Bush's speech Tuesday morning at Virginia Tech. The president did the right thing by going to the campus in an attempt to console the victims of the unspeakable tragedy that…
Tags: commencement, george w bush, politics, speech, tragedy, boston university
LYONS: The impact of sports during tragedy
By:Chris Lyons
Posted: 4/19/07
Originally, I was planning on writing a column about the debauchery that is Marathon Monday. As one of the biggest days here at our school, it only seemed right to dedicate an entire column taking a look at the day…
Posted: 4/19/07
Originally, I was planning on writing a column about the debauchery that is Marathon Monday. As one of the biggest days here at our school, it only seemed right to dedicate an entire column taking a look at the day…
Tags: grief , sports, sympathy, boston university
LETTER: Good coverage is worthwhile
By:Kyle Cheney
Posted: 4/19/07
Adan Berkowitz's disdain for the very media that gives him a voice is an alarmingly narrow-minded generalization. ("A campus in grief distracted by media attack," April 18, p. 9). While sensationalism is all too…
Posted: 4/19/07
Adan Berkowitz's disdain for the very media that gives him a voice is an alarmingly narrow-minded generalization. ("A campus in grief distracted by media attack," April 18, p. 9). While sensationalism is all too…
EDITORIAL: Airing murderous motives
By:Anonymous
Posted: 4/19/07
When a chilling multimedia package containing 27 video clips, 43 still pictures, a 23-page document and one audio clip composed by cold-blooded Virginia Tech murderer Cho Seung-Hui arrived on NBC's doorstep at…
Posted: 4/19/07
When a chilling multimedia package containing 27 video clips, 43 still pictures, a 23-page document and one audio clip composed by cold-blooded Virginia Tech murderer Cho Seung-Hui arrived on NBC's doorstep at…
BU student allegedly threatened shootings
Police plan to arrest part-time MET student today
By: Jenna Nierstedt
Posted: 4/19/07
A part-time Boston University student allegedly threatened to recreate the Virginia Tech shootings at Wheelock College late Monday, according to police, who…
By: Jenna Nierstedt
Posted: 4/19/07
A part-time Boston University student allegedly threatened to recreate the Virginia Tech shootings at Wheelock College late Monday, according to police, who…
LETTER: BU must be responsive
By: Natalie Orphanos
Posted: 4/20/07
In light of recent events, I am very disappointed in the administration's lack of a response to its students. Boston University prides itself on being a close-knit community despite its large size, a…
Posted: 4/20/07
In light of recent events, I am very disappointed in the administration's lack of a response to its students. Boston University prides itself on being a close-knit community despite its large size, a…
Examining Safety at State, Local Levels
BHE takes a look at campus security
By: Kate Davies
Posted: 4/20/07
The Board of Higher Education, during its meeting that was previously called to clarify the fine print on Massachusetts's policy toward allowing undocumented immigrants to…
By: Kate Davies
Posted: 4/20/07
The Board of Higher Education, during its meeting that was previously called to clarify the fine print on Massachusetts's policy toward allowing undocumented immigrants to…
Examining Safety at State, Local Levels
EMS director outlines city's disaster-response system
By: Evelyn Ratigan
Posted: 4/20/07
As the efficiency of the emergency response system at Virginia Tech faces scrutiny, with critics saying the school was slow to notify its members of…
By: Evelyn Ratigan
Posted: 4/20/07
As the efficiency of the emergency response system at Virginia Tech faces scrutiny, with critics saying the school was slow to notify its members of…
LETTER: VT editorial, NBC wrong
Issue date: 4/20/07
Section: Opinion
The Daily Free Press's editorial sounded like it was taken straight from the NBC anchor's monologue, complete with the required clichés of "difficult decision" and "responsibility to tell the story,"…
Section: Opinion
The Daily Free Press's editorial sounded like it was taken straight from the NBC anchor's monologue, complete with the required clichés of "difficult decision" and "responsibility to tell the story,"…
LETTER: Shooter needed counseling
By:Bethany Morris
Posted: 4/20/07
n In reaction to the Virginia Tech shootings, different advocacy groups are focusing on gun control and security as issues that should be addressed after this latest tragedy. While these are valid points,…
Posted: 4/20/07
n In reaction to the Virginia Tech shootings, different advocacy groups are focusing on gun control and security as issues that should be addressed after this latest tragedy. While these are valid points,…
PERSPECTIVE: Covering Virginia Tech as a student journalist in Blacksburg
By:Priyanka Dayal
Posted: 4/23/07
I spent three days last week at Virginia Tech University as a reporter covering the heinous murder of 32 innocent people.
I had never felt so many things all at once. I had never been so nervous and so excited…
Posted: 4/23/07
I spent three days last week at Virginia Tech University as a reporter covering the heinous murder of 32 innocent people.
I had never felt so many things all at once. I had never been so nervous and so excited…
BU community honors Va. Tech
Students reach out with support to VT campus
By: Clarissa Bottesini and Angela Marie Latona
Posted: 4/24/07
After last week's deadly shootings at Virginia Tech, many Boston University students have joined efforts to offer their physical and…
By: Clarissa Bottesini and Angela Marie Latona
Posted: 4/24/07
After last week's deadly shootings at Virginia Tech, many Boston University students have joined efforts to offer their physical and…
Tags: assistance, support, sympathy, boston university
BU community honors Va. Tech
Candelight vigil marks one week after shootings
By: Jenna Nierstedt
Posted: 4/24/07
Though many Boston University community members gathered last week at a candlelight vigil to remember the victims of the Virginia Tech shootings, a few…
By: Jenna Nierstedt
Posted: 4/24/07
Though many Boston University community members gathered last week at a candlelight vigil to remember the victims of the Virginia Tech shootings, a few…
Tags: candlelight vigil, memorials, vigil, boston university
EDITORIAL: The need for gun control
By:Anonymous
Posted: 4/24/07
Many believed last week's Virginia Tech shootings would trigger immediate gun-control legislation from the Democrat-controlled Congress. But apparently, that won't be the case.
Rep. Michael Capuano seemed…
Posted: 4/24/07
Many believed last week's Virginia Tech shootings would trigger immediate gun-control legislation from the Democrat-controlled Congress. But apparently, that won't be the case.
Rep. Michael Capuano seemed…
Tags: gun control, gun violence, law, boston university
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