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One more rampage, same weapon of choice
Updated: 2007-04-19 07:10
Details of the shootings on the Virginia Tech campus on Monday have unfolded to confirm that the gunman was a US resident originally from South Korea. He is Cho Seung-hui, who killed 32 people and then…
Ongoing support for Northern Illinois University, Virginia Tech
From: Virginia.Tech.news@vt.edu
To: Multiple recipients
Subject: Ongoing support for Northern Illinois University, Virginia Tech
Friday, February 15, 2008
The Virginia Tech community continues to…
Tags: counseling, niu, northern illinois university, steger
Op-Ed: An open letter to President Hennessy
By Lisette Rimer
Dear Dr. Hennessy,
Thank you for your op-ed piece May 4th on preventing future tragedies such as Virginia Tech. It was forwarded to me byone of your students who suffered the loss of a friend, my son Patrick Wood.…
Tags: mental illness, stanford, suicide
Op-Ed: Hennessy reflects on tragedy
By JOHN HENNESSY
On April 16, 2007, our country suffered a terrible tragedy when a troubled student killed 32 members of the Virginia Tech community.
Such tragedies are unfathomable. Words, as eloquent and sincere as they may be,…
Opening Ceremony
Photo by Tarish Smith.
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Original Source:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tarish/2344459376/
Tags: balloons, baseball game, opening ceremony, yankees
Orange and Maroon
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Original Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/cipherswarm/1484015158/
Licensed under Creative Commons…
Tags: april 23, balloons, hokies united, memorial
Orange and Maroon doll
Tags: alumni center, anniversary, doll, exhibit
Orange and Maroon Quilt
Tags: alumni center, anniversary, exhibit, quilt
Orange glass bowl
Tags: glass bowl, messick, perspective gallery, squires
Ortiz-Ortiz memorial
Photo by Brian Sewell.
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Original Source:
http://flickr.com/photos/briansewell/2419985200/in/set-72157604577382666/
Tags: anniversary, memorial, ortiz-ortiz, stone
Othmer bomb threat perpetrator still unknown
Posted: 4/23/07
An unknown man called in a false bomb threat to Othmer Hall around noon Friday.
The engineering building was closed for about two hours to students, faculty and staff members while authorities searched for…
Tags: university of nebraska
Otra vez el holocausto
1 de mayo de 2007
Cuando Seung-Hui Cho fue a entrar pistola en mano en la clase de aeronáutica para asesinar a sus condiscÃpulos en Virginia Tech, el profesor Liviu Librescu, un anciano de 76 años, menudo de cuerpo…
Tags: hitler, holocausto, librescu, odio racial, rumana
Our hearts go out to those at VT
Section: Editorial Section
By Monday afternoon, the nation was shocked by the tragedy that occurred at Virginia Tech.
At least 32 people were killed and more than 20 were left wounded in the nation's…
Tags: student reactions, sympathy, wvu
Our Opinion: Gun Control
Issue date: 5/1/07
Section: Editorials
The recent controversy concerning funding for a College Republicans' trip to a shooting range has brought the issues of gun control and campus safety to the…
Tags: campus security, emory, gun control
Our View: Tragedy strikes Virginia Tech
We cannot begin to imagine what the community is going through, but we do know they stood strong in the face of terrible acts of violence.
We would like to specifically recognize the Collegiate Times, the student newspaper at Virginia Tech, for…
Tags: auburn university
Out of Darkness Comes Light
Tags: commentary blog
Overview of the findings and recommendations of the April 16 tragedy internal review committees
BLACKSBURG, Va., August 22, 2007 -- On May 9, 2007, Virginia Tech President Charles Steger directed three internal reviews in the wake of the April 16 tragedy on the Virginia Tech campus. He directed the chairs "to look at…
P.I.D. Radio 4/22/07: 23, 33, 2121
April 22, 2007
What more can be said about the shootings that left 33 dead at Virginia Tech last Monday? About 42 minutes' worth, apparently. We ask questions about a few details that bother us about the tragedy, which…
Tags: cho, gun control, podcast, radio
P.I.D. Radio 4/29/07: Peter Levenda - What Made Cho a Killer?
April 29, 2007
Today we feature audio from a radio interview Derek conducted Friday, April 27th with Peter Levenda, author of the excellent three-volume set Sinister Forces: A Grimoire of American Political…
Tags: cho, levenda, peter levenda, podcast, radio, sinister forces