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Value of a life
Letter to the Editor
Issue date: 4/20/07 Section: Viewpoint
This past Monday, people across the country were glued to their television screens, witnessing the chaos that ensued as the result of the violence carried out on the Virginia Tech…
Issue date: 4/20/07 Section: Viewpoint
This past Monday, people across the country were glued to their television screens, witnessing the chaos that ensued as the result of the violence carried out on the Virginia Tech…
Tags: darfur, iraq, notre dame, war
Well wishes for the Clas of '007
Gary Caruso
Issue date: 4/20/07 Section: Viewpoint
Rarely does a year's numerical arrangement offer a cute correlation to an icon like the parallel this year between the Class of '007 with the fictional international spy James Bond. But…
Issue date: 4/20/07 Section: Viewpoint
Rarely does a year's numerical arrangement offer a cute correlation to an icon like the parallel this year between the Class of '007 with the fictional international spy James Bond. But…
Tags: graduation speech, notre dame, tolerance
Tragedy prompts campus action
Jenkins e-mail explains University security
Ken Fowler
Issue date: 4/20/07 Section: News
Though Notre Dame created a task force in 2006 to review crisis plans, the deaths of 33 people at Virginia Tech Monday "will spur even greater review…
Ken Fowler
Issue date: 4/20/07 Section: News
Though Notre Dame created a task force in 2006 to review crisis plans, the deaths of 33 people at Virginia Tech Monday "will spur even greater review…
Campus security reacts to shootings
ND looks into cell phone text messaging to alert students of emergencies
Kaitlynn Riely, Aaron Steiner and Ken Fowler
Issue date: 4/19/07 Section: News
Notre Dame has procedures in place to respond to major incidents and crises, but the…
Kaitlynn Riely, Aaron Steiner and Ken Fowler
Issue date: 4/19/07 Section: News
Notre Dame has procedures in place to respond to major incidents and crises, but the…
Still waiting for our victory
Observer Viewpoint
Issue date: 4/19/07 Section: Viewpoint
Anyone old enough to speak coherently at the time still remembers the moment, over forty years ago, when they heard about JFK's assassination. Our grandparents can tell us how they…
Issue date: 4/19/07 Section: Viewpoint
Anyone old enough to speak coherently at the time still remembers the moment, over forty years ago, when they heard about JFK's assassination. Our grandparents can tell us how they…
Tags: 9/11, facebook, jfk, media, notre dame, students abroad
NIU response helped by Virginia Tech lessons
Doug Finke
GateHouse News Service
Fri Feb 15, 2008, 09:31 PM EST
SPRINGFIELD, IL - Northern Illinois University's response to Thursday's shooting rampage may have been helped by what state officials learned from last year's massacre…
GateHouse News Service
Fri Feb 15, 2008, 09:31 PM EST
SPRINGFIELD, IL - Northern Illinois University's response to Thursday's shooting rampage may have been helped by what state officials learned from last year's massacre…
Area colleges updated alert systems after Virginia Tech
By CHRIS DETTRO
STAFF WRITER
Published Friday, February 15, 2008
Springfield-area colleges have systems in place to alert students to campus emergencies, and most procedures have been updated or were instituted originally in the wake of campus…
STAFF WRITER
Published Friday, February 15, 2008
Springfield-area colleges have systems in place to alert students to campus emergencies, and most procedures have been updated or were instituted originally in the wake of campus…
Latest news: Investigators, loved ones try to reconcile the 2 sides of NIU gunman
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ALAN LEON | RRSTAR.COM
Ken Shold, an NIU almunus and father of a current student, sheds tears while praying in front of Cole Hall on Saturday, Feb. 16, 2008, on the Northern Illinois University campus in DeKalb.
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Feb 16, 2008 @…
ALAN LEON | RRSTAR.COM
Ken Shold, an NIU almunus and father of a current student, sheds tears while praying in front of Cole Hall on Saturday, Feb. 16, 2008, on the Northern Illinois University campus in DeKalb.
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Feb 16, 2008 @…
NIU has several examples to follow for Cole’s future
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Photo by ALAN LEON | RRSTAR.COM
Six huskies and flowers are set up as a memorial in front of Cole Hall on Feb. 22, 2008, on the campus of Northern Illinois University in DeKalb.
Story:
Geri Nikolai, Isaac Guerrero and Sadie…
Photo by ALAN LEON | RRSTAR.COM
Six huskies and flowers are set up as a memorial in front of Cole Hall on Feb. 22, 2008, on the campus of Northern Illinois University in DeKalb.
Story:
Geri Nikolai, Isaac Guerrero and Sadie…
Welcome to the April 16th Memorial
A sign on the drillfield provides visitors with additional information about the April 16th Memorial, including background details and guidelines for leaving memorial items. Photo taken February 14, 2008.
Licensed under Creative Commons…
Licensed under Creative Commons…
Tags: april 16th memorial, Drillfield, memorial, sign
Hokie Stone and Flowers
Hokie stone and flowers for April 16 victim Ross A. Alameddine at the memorial on the drillfield. Photo taken February 14, 2008.
Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0.
Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0.
Tags: ross alameddine, alameddine, flowers, Hokie stone, memorial, victim
Granata, In Memorium
Image of hokie stone and memorial tribute for Virginia Tech ESM professor Kevin P. Granata. Photo taken February 14, 2008 at the memorial on the drillfield.
Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0.
Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0.
Tags: esm, granata, Hokie stone, memorial, tribute
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While holding one of the victim's Hokie Stones, Jerzy Nowak - Virginia Tech Professor and husband to victim Jocelyne Couture-Nowak - embraces another attendee at the April 16th Memorial dedication ceremony.
Photo courtesy of Kim Peterson and…
Photo courtesy of Kim Peterson and…
Portrait of Dr. Librescu
I was a liason to an injured student in Dr. Librescu's class. She was injured from the jump out of the window, not a bullet. The student and her family believe that Dr. Librescu's actions saved her life. Her aunt was the artist. Her aunt…
Tags: art, librescu, liviu librescu, portrait
Hokies United - Hokies for Huskies
Promotional flyer for "Hokies for Huskies" candlelight vigil at Virginia Tech, organized by Hokies United.
Original Source: http://www.hokiesunited.org.vt.edu/Vigil.jpg
Original Source: http://www.hokiesunited.org.vt.edu/Vigil.jpg
Tags: hokies for huskies, hokies united, niu, vigil
Security alerts prompt Faculty Senate meeting
Kendra Jones
Issue date: 12/5/07 Section: News
The University of Hawai'i at MÄnoa Faculty Senate Committee is scheduled to discuss campus security issues today at 3 p.m. in the Architecture Auditorium. The meeting is open to UH…
Issue date: 12/5/07 Section: News
The University of Hawai'i at MÄnoa Faculty Senate Committee is scheduled to discuss campus security issues today at 3 p.m. in the Architecture Auditorium. The meeting is open to UH…
Counseling offered in after-effect
Issue date: 4/18/07 Section: News
Matthew K. Ing
Ka Leo Editor in Chief
Two days ago, the University of Hawai'i at Manoa, to many students, felt like a relatively safe academic environment. But after Monday's massacre at Virginia…
Matthew K. Ing
Ka Leo Editor in Chief
Two days ago, the University of Hawai'i at Manoa, to many students, felt like a relatively safe academic environment. But after Monday's massacre at Virginia…
Tags: counseling, student reactions, uhawaii
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