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If you don't know what Facebook is, you've probably heard of it, especially if you have children in high school or college. It's one of those social networking sites that parents, lawmakers and educators discuss when they're concerned…

Those were the first things that went through my mind when the local television stations began showing footage at Virginia Tech. I work with crime victims on a daily basis, but this felt different. My first thought was "How can I help?". I am…

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This is one of a series of screen grabs I collected of the VT memorial on Kula Island in Secondlife.com hosted by Buridan Simon. Shakti Burks plays a memorial tune.

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This is one of a series of screen grabs I collected of the VT memorial on Kula Island in Secondlife.com hosted by Buridan Simon. This picture includes Hilde, CT (me) and Shakti.

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This is one of a series of screen grabs I collected of the VT memorial on Kula Island in Secondlife.com hosted by Buridan Simon.

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This is one of a series of screen grabs I collected of the VT memorial on Kula Island in Secondlife.com hosted by Buridan Simon.

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This is one of a series of screen grabs I collected of the VT memorial on Kula Island in Secondlife.com hosted by Buridan Simon.

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This is one of a series of screen grabs I collected of the VT memorial on Kula Island in Secondlife.com hosted by Buridan Simon.

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This is one of a series of screen grabs I collected of the VT memorial on Kula Island in Secondlife.com hosted by Buridan Simon.

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This is one of a series of screen grabs I collected of the VT memorial on Kula Island in Secondlife.com hosted by Buridan Simon.

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A home-made armband I made for Orange and Maroon Effect (April 20, 2007)

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Panorama photo of the drillfield taken just prior to the start of the Hokies United memorial on Monday, April 23.

From: Thomas W. Bruce [mailto:vpcommunications@cornell.edu]
Sent: Thu 4/19/2007 3:58 PM
Subject: President Skorton, Provost Martin, and Dean Fuchs in Remembrance of the Virginia Tech Tragedy

Dear Friends,

This afternoon witnessed a gathering…

So this is how it feels...Thoughts on April 16, 2007

Thank you for this archive. My world view changed on this day, and I appreciate having a place to store my memories. I'm not writing this as one who was there first hand. I am writing as a…

On 4/16/07 12:21 PM, "jlehr@vt.edu" wrote:
Subject Line: DO NOT COME TO CAMPUS

All, please do not attempt to drop off the paper that is due today. I will send an update.

BE SAFE. I AM SO SORRY.
Please be safe. I hope that you are all…

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On Monday, April 16, 2007, I was in New Orleans at the annual conference of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST). This is a list of students I was able to contact between 10:08 am (when I received an email from a student…

Friends, Since a number of you asked to receive further installments, I decided to send this out to everyone who wrote to offer support. I have greatly appreciated it, profoundly so. Yesterday I used the basketball court for stress relief and to…

My wife and I went up to VT for a 4 day weekend, and to the German Club 115th anniversary. We toured campus and sat on the steps of Burruss Hall Saturday afternoon. We left Sunday afternoon, only to return to Houston - to find news of a much…
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