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Shooting proves need for gun control laws
By: Joe Bialek
Posted: 5/2/07
The shooting crisis at Virginia Tech has once again sparked the debate about gun control. The second amendment of the United States Constitution states: "A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a…
Posted: 5/2/07
The shooting crisis at Virginia Tech has once again sparked the debate about gun control. The second amendment of the United States Constitution states: "A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a…
Shooting raises questions of safety
Is UM prepared for a similar emergency?
By: Karyn Meshbane // Assistant News Editor
Posted: 4/20/07
Monday morning's shooting rampage at Virginia Tech, the deadliest such incident in American history, has forced colleges and universities…
By: Karyn Meshbane // Assistant News Editor
Posted: 4/20/07
Monday morning's shooting rampage at Virginia Tech, the deadliest such incident in American history, has forced colleges and universities…
Shootings don’t call for unreasonable security
Tuesday April 17, 2007
Section: Editorial Section
Christian Alexandersen, Senior Staff Writer
As I write this column, I, like most people in the world, am in disbelief of the terrible shootings that occurred on the Virginia Tech campus that…
Section: Editorial Section
Christian Alexandersen, Senior Staff Writer
As I write this column, I, like most people in the world, am in disbelief of the terrible shootings that occurred on the Virginia Tech campus that…
Shootings spur UC to assess security policies
By Blair Socci
Thursday, April 19, 2007
In the aftermath of the shootings that occurred at Virginia Tech earlier this week, the University of California is now re-evaluating its own security policies.
Authorities have been quick to assure the…
Thursday, April 19, 2007
In the aftermath of the shootings that occurred at Virginia Tech earlier this week, the University of California is now re-evaluating its own security policies.
Authorities have been quick to assure the…
Tags: campus security, security policies, ucla
Sign up for new text alert system
Issue Date:Monday October 15, 2007
Section: Editorial Section
Six months after the tragedy at Virginia Tech, West Virginia University and others institutions across the country have taken positive steps to reevaluate their security approaches,…
Section: Editorial Section
Six months after the tragedy at Virginia Tech, West Virginia University and others institutions across the country have taken positive steps to reevaluate their security approaches,…
Tags: campus crime, e-mail, text alert system, wvu
Sister of Virginia gunman belongs to Class of 2004
By Michael Juel-Larsen
Princetonian Senior Writer
Though Monday's shootings at Virginia Tech had already cast a shadow over campus, the news yesterday morning that the gunman's older sister is a recent Princeton alumna brought the…
Princetonian Senior Writer
Though Monday's shootings at Virginia Tech had already cast a shadow over campus, the news yesterday morning that the gunman's older sister is a recent Princeton alumna brought the…
Tags: backlash, cho family response, princeton, sunkyung cho
Six flags of VT in drillfield
One week after the shooting,people set six flags on the lawn of the drillfield to mourn the victims.
Tags: flags, Drillfield, shooting, victims
SL Memorial for Virginia Tech
Tonight (4/16) at 8pm SLT, turn the grid dark, midnight in rememberance of those lost in the Virginia Tech mass murder. There will be a candelight vigil in the Kula Coloseum from 8pm until midnight. Monument by Perefim Coa.
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Tags: internet, memorial, second life, vigil
SL VT Memorial
At about 15 PM SLT/PST 16 April 2007 a group of Second Life residents started working on a memorial space for the VT-tragedy. People from all over the world helped out. This shapshot shows the InfoIsland memorial at 18 PM PST 16 April 2007 and the…
Tags: internet, memorial, second life
SLU supports Tech
Students at Saint Louis University sent nearly a dozen message board to Tech in the weeks following the tragedy. SLU also hosted a memorial mass in honor of the Tech students and professors who died.
Tags: message boards, saint louis university, slu
Smile
Taking pictures on A Day of Remembrance, 4/16/08, photographers stand above the memorial site on the drillfield.
Photo by Kevin Cupp.
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Photo by Kevin Cupp.
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Original Source:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kevincupp/2419491591/
Tags: anniversary, memorial, photographers
Smiling Faces
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,…
Tags: alumni center, anniversary, exhibit
SMU says it's ready for campus emergencies
By: Mark Norris, Editor In Chief, mnorris@smu.edu
Posted: 4/17/07
SMU officials say they are prepared if an incident like the one at Virginia Tech happens here. As recently as December 2006 an active shooter scenario exercise was held according to…
Posted: 4/17/07
SMU officials say they are prepared if an incident like the one at Virginia Tech happens here. As recently as December 2006 an active shooter scenario exercise was held according to…
So This is How it Feels...
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…
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…
Tags: account, reflection, story
Social networking sites help students cope - 1000-plus online groups created after VA Tech massacre
Issue date: 4/19/07 Section: News
By Alyssa S. Navares
Ka Leo Managing Editor
More than 1,000 Facebook groups and MySpace pages started in response to Monday's deadly shooting, some supporting victims and others blaming 23-year-old gunman…
By Alyssa S. Navares
Ka Leo Managing Editor
More than 1,000 Facebook groups and MySpace pages started in response to Monday's deadly shooting, some supporting victims and others blaming 23-year-old gunman…
Tags: facebook, social network sites, uhawaii
Solemnes momentos de recordación
Actividades en honor a los fallecidos marcan el regreso a virginia tech
Publicado por MarÃa Luisa Azpiazu
EFE
04-24-2007
Washington, D.C — Mucho dolor, impresionantes minutos de silencio y 32 campanadas en memoria de las vÃctimas de…
Publicado por MarÃa Luisa Azpiazu
EFE
04-24-2007
Washington, D.C — Mucho dolor, impresionantes minutos de silencio y 32 campanadas en memoria de las vÃctimas de…
Some Analysis of the Killings at Virginia Tech
April 17th, 2007
As a part of my Homicide Investigation class at George Washington University, my instructor has asked us to write a brief analysis of the killings that occurred at Virginia Tech on Monday. Even though I am only a student and…
As a part of my Homicide Investigation class at George Washington University, my instructor has asked us to write a brief analysis of the killings that occurred at Virginia Tech on Monday. Even though I am only a student and…
Tags: analysis, blog, homicide investigation, motives