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Burress Hall
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Photo courtesy of Krissy Watson
Tags: burress hall, drill field, memorial
Death in America, an ode to siblings
It was a crisp, clear, bright autumn day, the kind of day you drink in with every essence of your being. I was sleepy, woken early by my parents for the drive from Nashville to Blacksburg. But I was excited. Not only were we…
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NBC Should Never Have Aired the Virginia Tech Video
May 07, 2007
The more I think and talk to people about NBC's handling of Cho Seung-Hui's videos following the tragedy at Virginia Tech, the more convinced I am the decision was mishandled…
Tags: blog, commentary, media
Defenseless Victim Zones
May 03, 2007
Mass murder invariably gets the Victim Disarmament Lobby into a lather promoting safety through helplessness. The Virginia Tech shooting is no exception. A brief but honest look at how…
Tags: blog, commentary, gun control
What Cho learned
Friday
Natalie Solent (Essex)
Nikki Giovanni found one of her Creative Writing students a trial.
"And every class I'm saying, 'Mr. Cho, take off your (sun)-glasses please, take your hat off please. Mr. Cho, that's not a…
Tags: blog, commentary, education
What's "Korean" got to do with it?
When I was growing up in the 80s, it often seemed that the world was holding its breath, keeping its fingers crossed to prevent some sort of nuclear disaster. The apocalypse that I imagined then had to do with the world…
Gut Reactions
1. Race Shame
As soon as I saw the shooter's name--Cho Seung-Hui--in the NYT this morning, I knew he was Korean. Crap. Ever since I got home last night after teaching, and my husband told me about the deadly…
Tags: blog, commentary, reaction
Media Coverage of the Virginia Tech Massacre
Television has once again gone on a rampage of gluttony over the tragic murders at Virginia Tech. However, it depends on your definition of what constitutes gluttony and what kind of TV you're talking…
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University Homicide: Trauma Revisited
Yesterday, as I sat in the lobby of the Elizabeth Detention Center waiting to testify at a hearing, I learned about the violent incident that took place in Virginia. A small flat-screen…
Tags: blog, commentary, history, reflection
What could have been done to prevent to massacre at Virginia Tech?
Filed: Thursday April 19th 2007, 9:05 AM
In the wake of the tragedy at Virginia Tech on Monday, April 16, many asked how such a thing could have happened. It was the deadliest shooting spree in American history, and already there…
Tags: blog, commentary, gun control, laws, prevent
How to Stop a Killer
The tragic massacre this week at Virginia Tech will be one of those events that you will remember how you first heard the news, where you were when you heard it, and what you were doing at the time. Like September 11, 2001,…
Tags: blog, commentary, gun control
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…
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Virginia Tech Massacre
There's a lot of idle chatter regarding whether or not Virginia…
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People Already Profiting from Virginia Tech Shooting (Updated)
Normally that would take at least a couple days.
The sad state of the domain squatting industry, and society in general, is that after a horrible shooting a bunch of "business people" sprint to grab up every VT…
Tags: blog, commentary, domain names
VT Massacre: Could it Happen at Hampden-Sydney???
Would this have happened at a school like Hampden-Sydney? That is the question.
And the answer must be dealt with delicately, in the aftermath of such a horrendous massacre that hopefully…
Tags: blog, commentary, gun control, hampdensydney
Mariacristina Blog Archive for Virginia Tech
April 29, 2007 at 3:28 pm · Filed under Virginia Tech, compassion, meditation, violence
I need to be hit with a ton of bricks for a message to sink in. For a long time I've spoken about gun control, nuclear…
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It's time to confront the gun lobby
The senseless murder of 32 people at Virginia Tech underlines once again the necessity for stricter gun control laws in the United States.
Americans are busily soul searching one more time…
Tags: commentary, gun control, laws
We Are Virginia Tech
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Tags: drill field, memorial, we are virginia tech
Awesome
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Tags: memorial, messages, signed boards
Crime scene Tape
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Tags: crime scene, crime scene tape, memorial, norris hall