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By Judy Polumbaum
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…

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one of the many trees around the drillfield

Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2008 18:17:17 -0500
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…

May 14, 2007
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.…

May 4, 2007
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,…

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Teams line up at the opening ceremony before the balloons are released.

Photo by Tarish Smith.

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Orange and maroon balloons released at a Hokies United drillfield memorial service on the morning of Monday, April 23, 2007.

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One 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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One 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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This hand crafted glass bowl was made by Gene Messick of Restoration Glass. He sent it to President Steger to thank him for his leadership during the crisis.

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Memorial stone of Juan Ramon Ortiz-Ortiz on 4/16/08.

Photo by Brian Sewell.

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By: Andy Boyle
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…

Por Carlos Alberto Montaner
1 de mayo de 2007

Cuando Seung-Hui Cho fue a entrar pistola en mano en la clase de aeronáutica para asesinar a sus condiscípulos en Virginia Tech, el profesor Liviu Librescu, un anciano de 76 años, menudo de cuerpo…

ssue Date:Tuesday April 17, 2007
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…

Emory's Campus No Place For Guns
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…


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…

The shooting at Virginia Tech is undeniably one of the worst tragedies American students have ever faced. Stories of heroism make their way out of the situation, but the media is focused on the death and destruction caused on the campus of Virginia…

By Larry Hincker

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…

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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…

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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…
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