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Virginia Tech Vigil on Castle Point II
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Virginia Tech Vigil on Castle Point
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major Virginia C. Bates places a flower at the end of the candle light vigil held Wednesday April 18 in rememberance of the Virginia Tech
tragedy victims.
Tags: appalachian state, asu, memorial, vigil
Looking Forward
May 2 2007
I had intended this final column of the academic year to be one mainly of gratitude to my colleagues at The Cornell Daily Sun and to readers of the newspaper for permitting me this space and for the tremendously…
Tags: campus security, cornell, mental health
Cho Seung-Hui: A Lone Deranged Gunman?
As all of America mourns the deaths which occurred on the Virginia Tech campus, bloggers are drawing comparisons to the body count that issues daily from Iraq. See a particularly poignant post from Floyd Rudmin of…
Tags: blog, cho, commentary, mental health, mental illness
Blacksburg Mayor Ron Rordam
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In Cho's defence...
"this is a lesson for all o. i think those American parents should learn a lesson or 2 from this. with the way their kids tease other people of different nationalities. i went to school abroad as well, and i can tell you…
Tags: blog, cho, commentary
Beyond Words
I am honestly at a loss for what to say about the events that unfolded on the Virginia Tech campus this morning. I was walking across the Drillfield towards GBJ when firing broke out in Norris hall. I had heard nothing…
Tags: blog, commentary
Blacksburg, violence, and America
I have been on the sidelines of quite a number of handgun deaths in my life. Thank God, I haven't really been in the crossfire, nor has any member of my family. But gun violence has come close enough to me…
Tags: blog, commentary, gun control, reaction
Blacksburg
This past weekend was the middle weekend of April. That's the time universities put on dog-and-pony shows for students who have been admitted, to help them make up their minds.
My daughter has been…
Tags: blog, campus visit, orientation, parent
Pundits wrong to blame society's woes on entertainment industry
Posted: 4/25/07
Hours after the Virginia Tech shootings, people were already looking for something to blame.
Fox News had on lawyer and "school shootings expert" Jack Thompson, an infamous critic of video games. He gave the dubious…
Tags: syracuse university
Ire and Vice: The Dead
By Darren Franich
Suicide is so much less embarrassing than homicide. Can you imagine the shitstorm maelstrom that would engulf our pretty campus if someone shot five people? Shot them so their blood splattered across the tables of…
Tags: mental illness, murder, stanford, suicide
sell.com donating all proceeds to the Hokie Spirit Memorial Fund
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Shooting points to need for less restrictive gun laws
Posted: 4/24/07
After the tragic events that took place at Virginia Tech April 16, the anti-Second Amendment crowd has once again reared its ugly head. The usual claims of guns causing violence and the necessity to ban personal…
Tags: duke, gun control, law
Massacre of 32 at Virginia Tech shocks alumni in MetroWest
GHS
Tue Apr 17, 2007, 12:07 AM EDT
NO DATA - For Bill Saam, the slaughter yesterday at his alma mater resurrected the shock, sadness and anger he felt when terrorists attacked the World Trade…
Tags: alumni, boston university, massacre, metrowest
Letters to the editor - April 17, 2007
VT tragedy requires look at gun control
For too long this country has refused to take a realistic approach to gun control legislation, often pointing to the debatable phrasing of the Second Amendment. This negligence has led to the horrifying…
Tags: gun control, miami university, public safety
LETTER: Gun violence is what needs to be controlled
Posted: 4/24/07
"The Changing Gun Debate," an article written by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg in response to the recent tragedy at Virginia Tech, can be found in the April 30 issue of Newsweek. I applaud his insight and…
Tags: gun control, gun crime, boston university
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Photo Courtesy of Daniel Lin
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Tags: memorial, message boards, messages, signed boards, vt logo