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vtreport.pdf
Full Report (PDF) - 463 KB
June 13, 2007

"We reflect on what has been lost and comfort those enduring a profound grief. And somehow we know that a brighter morning will come. We know this because together Americans have overcome many evils and…

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A reporter speaks with an attendee prior to a University Commemoration on the
morning of April 16, 2008, A Day of Remembrance.


Photo by Brent Jesiek.


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Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0

Thousands honor fallen, rally hope

BLACKSBURG, Va. - Resounding cries of "Lets go Hokies!" echoed off the walls of Cassell Coliseum on Tuesday, capturing the mix of grief and pride that marked Virginia Tech's first full day of coping with the…

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A poster sent from students at Cal State Fullerton who were reminded of a similar tragedy on their campus many years ago.

DSmanual.pdf
(PDF, 134KB)

Original Source: Virginia Tech Human Resources (2006)
http://www.hr.vt.edu/downloads/DSmanual.pdf

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Maroon and orange ribbons remained on trees on the drillfield over the Memorial Day weekend.

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People tied maroon and orange ribbons on trees to express grief and remembrance a week after April 16.

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Orange and black ribbons were tied on trees around the campus of Virginia Tech three days after the tragety.

Thursday, April 26, 2007

The latest death toll figures from Hurricane Katrina can be seen on this website here.

Have any fellow Lefties noticed that the Blogosphere seems to be a disgusting, rightwing place? Have you noticed that it seems like…

A.J. Kornblith, Cavalier Daily Opinion Editor

AS A Yankee from Pittsburgh, when I first started looking at colleges I didn't even know what UVA and VT stood for, much less the history of their long and storied rivalry. But once I arrived at…

By: Rob Olson
Posted: 4/19/07

This is how it happens, a tragedy so great that if we were to truly comprehend it, we would find ourselves incapacitated with grief.

Speeches, national debates, 24-hour news channels, investigations, prayers and…

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VT pitcher Rob Whitley at the Yankees vs. Hokies game.

Photo by Roger Gupta.

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Original Source: http://flickr.com/photos/spector1/2350671577/

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[April 18] Romanian born Hero Liviu Librescu received Highest Award

romanian-gymnastics.com

BUCHAREST/ The President of Romania, Traian Basescu, has signed today, April the 18th the year to end, the decree concerning the post-mortem conferring…

Room 206  by Cameron Girard.wma
To Students, Faculty, Staff and Friends at VTU:

On April 16th 2007, a day before my 16th birthday, a tragedy that you know all too well struck your campus, your city, and the entire United States. I received our local paper and couldn't…

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Roses and a painted stone at the War Memorial. The stone reads: "What we have once enjoyed we can never lose. All that we loved deeply becomes a part of us."
Photo taken April 16, 2008, A Day of Remembrance.

Photo by Brent Jesiek.

Licensed…

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Items left at the memorial plaque of Ross Alameddine on the drillfield. Photo taken on 5-1-07.

Photo by Teri H. Hoover.

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This is a clip on the Virginia Tech shooting from April 18, 2006. It ran on 'Morning Ireland' show on the Irish radio station RTE 1. It featured an interview between myself and Irish journalist Robert Shortt on the drillfield which took place…

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Items left at the memorial plaque of Ryan Clark on the drillfield. Photo taken on 5-1-07.

Photo by Teri H. Hoover.

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Items left at the memorial plaque of Ryan Clark on the drillfield. Photo taken on 5-1-07.

Photo by Teri H. Hoover.

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Ryan Clark's memorial...the RA killed in West AJ.

Original source: http://share.shutterfly.com/action/slideshow?a=67b0de21b3292af30542&auto=0&idx=8&m=1&d=1180359904120

Photo courtesy of Krissy Watson
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