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High crime a concern for dorm residents
By: Ben Briscoe, Contributing Writer, bbriscoe@smu.edu
Posted: 4/25/07
First-year Weston Ashley went out to benches in front of his residence hall, Mary Hay, at 2 a.m. on the night of Oct. 12, 2006 to get his last nicotine fix before heading to…
Posted: 4/25/07
First-year Weston Ashley went out to benches in front of his residence hall, Mary Hay, at 2 a.m. on the night of Oct. 12, 2006 to get his last nicotine fix before heading to…
C.U. Officials Discuss Response to Va. Tech
By Ben Eisen
Sun Staff Writer
Apr 25 2007
"Half of college students report having felt extremely depressed," said Ray Kim, assistant dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, to a crowd of students in Goldwin Smith's Hollis E. Cornell…
Sun Staff Writer
Apr 25 2007
"Half of college students report having felt extremely depressed," said Ray Kim, assistant dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, to a crowd of students in Goldwin Smith's Hollis E. Cornell…
Tags: cornell, security, university response
Grace Cathedral Memorial San Francisco Tuesday April 24 2007
During a service in remembrance of the tragic shootings at Virginia Tech, the Rt. Rev. Marc Handley Andrus spoke about how his time at the university. informed his understanding of God. Andrus and his wife Sheila attended graduate school at the…
Candlelight Vigil
This was taken from the drill field, and the building is Burress Hall. After the ceremony was over, we all stood holding our lights for nearly ten minutes of silence. Finally, someone somewhere started singing the school song, and the crowd joined…
Tags: candlelight vigil, vigil
Blacksburg and Biography
The Morning News - Personal Essays
It stunned the nation that the Virginia Tech murders took place; it shocked Virginians that they occurred in Blacksburg. A former longtime resident, BENJAMIN COHEN traces his connections to the…
It stunned the nation that the Virginia Tech murders took place; it shocked Virginians that they occurred in Blacksburg. A former longtime resident, BENJAMIN COHEN traces his connections to the…
Summit reviews campus safety
By: Benjamin Lammers
Posted: 8/7/07
More than 350 representatives from Ohio's universities met at Ohio State's Fawcett Center last week to discuss school safety and the state of security and disaster response.
Following the shootings…
Posted: 8/7/07
More than 350 representatives from Ohio's universities met at Ohio State's Fawcett Center last week to discuss school safety and the state of security and disaster response.
Following the shootings…
Police chief says campus safety to undergo change
By: BETH OBERLEITER
Staff Writer
Posted: 4/19/07
When the identity of gunman Cho Seung-Hui was released yesterday, an integral part of the Virginia Tech shootings investigation fell into place.
Immediately, his image was plastered over media…
Staff Writer
Posted: 4/19/07
When the identity of gunman Cho Seung-Hui was released yesterday, an integral part of the Virginia Tech shootings investigation fell into place.
Immediately, his image was plastered over media…
ANOTHER INCONVENIENT TRUTH: The Tragedy at Virginia Tech
Bethany Gizzi and Christine Plumeri
26 Apr 2007
The tragedy at Virginia Tech on April 16th, 2007 is no doubt on many of our minds. We struggle with the impossible task of trying to understand how such a horrific act of violence could occur on a…
26 Apr 2007
The tragedy at Virginia Tech on April 16th, 2007 is no doubt on many of our minds. We struggle with the impossible task of trying to understand how such a horrific act of violence could occur on a…
Tags: gender, male, masculinity, sociology, violence
What if it happened here?
Virginia Tech tragedy causes campus safety issues to surface at AU
By Bethany Kirby
Assistant State & Local Editor
One question has probably crossed every college student's mind in the last three days.
What if it had happened to…
By Bethany Kirby
Assistant State & Local Editor
One question has probably crossed every college student's mind in the last three days.
What if it had happened to…
Tags: auburn university
LETTER: Shooter needed counseling
By:Bethany Morris
Posted: 4/20/07
n In reaction to the Virginia Tech shootings, different advocacy groups are focusing on gun control and security as issues that should be addressed after this latest tragedy. While these are valid points,…
Posted: 4/20/07
n In reaction to the Virginia Tech shootings, different advocacy groups are focusing on gun control and security as issues that should be addressed after this latest tragedy. While these are valid points,…
Media focus is off target
I'm from Virginia, and I know students at Va. Tech. I've been watching the irksome news coverage.
Death is always sad, but the silver lining is that it brings people together. Solidarity is why people are so compelled to tune in, and while…
Death is always sad, but the silver lining is that it brings people together. Solidarity is why people are so compelled to tune in, and while…
ASU Virginia Tech Vigil
Arizona State University students gather for a candelight vigil to honor and remember the students affected by the Virginia Tech tragedy.
Original source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/8085403@N04/481123094/
Photo courtesy of Bettina Hansen
Original source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/8085403@N04/481123094/
Photo courtesy of Bettina Hansen
Hokie Hope Day at GEICO in Fredericksburg, VA
My thoughts and prayers are with the families and friends of our lost Hokies. This has been a very difficult time for all of us. The memorial issue of Virginia Tech magazine was done very nicely and inspired me to share our support. I am a 1992…
Tags: alumni, fredericksburg, geico, hokie hope
Virginia Tech
Thursday, April 19, 2007
I first saw Blacksburg, and what was then V.P.I., almost fifty years ago, the summer of 1960. A member of my high school's chapter of the Future Farmers of America, I was attending the FFA's Virginia state…
I first saw Blacksburg, and what was then V.P.I., almost fifty years ago, the summer of 1960. A member of my high school's chapter of the Future Farmers of America, I was attending the FFA's Virginia state…
Tags: alumni, blacksburg, blog, commentary
Back of Norris
After I got the email about the first shooting, I came to campus to get in to the radio station. I was walking by the power plant and saw 15-20 ambulances behind McBryde/Norris. I had no idea about the second shooting at this point, but the timing…
Tags: ambulances, april 16
Press Conference
Being in student media, three representatives went to the first press conference to find out what was going on. At this point we thought it was still only one shooting. Larry Hinkler saying that there were over 20 fatalities was by and large the…
Tags: april 16, flinchum, press conference, steger
Parking Lot
This is the back of the academic buildings after the press conference. I counted well over 20 ambulances on the walk back to the radio station.
Tags: ambulances, april 16
Reflections on Virginia Tech
By Billy McMorris
Apr 17 2007
John Manetta Once Told Me
In early modern Europe the infant mortality rate was astronomical. Crude medical practices led to a high casualty rate for mother and child alike. In many cases, new mothers would be…
Apr 17 2007
John Manetta Once Told Me
In early modern Europe the infant mortality rate was astronomical. Crude medical practices led to a high casualty rate for mother and child alike. In many cases, new mothers would be…
Tags: cornell, gun control, media