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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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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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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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.

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Geri Nikolai, Isaac Guerrero and Sadie…

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Panoramic from A Concert for Virginia Tech.

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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.

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Hokie stone and flowers for April 16 victim Ross A. Alameddine at the memorial on the drillfield. Photo taken February 14, 2008.

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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.

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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.

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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…

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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

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In honor of the Virginia Tech Tragedy, NASCAR Whelen All-American Series driver Corey Agee of Martinsville, VA, shows his newly designed helmet for the 2008 racing season.

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Kendra Jones
Issue date: 12/5/07 Section: News

The University of Hawai'i at Mānoa 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: 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…

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…
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