1 20 20 https://april16archive.org/files/original/F200704180757522799116953_9b776aca72.jpg.jpg null Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2007-08-15 Omeka Legacy File The metadata element set that, in addition to the Dublin Core element set, was included in the `files` table in previous versions of Omeka. These elements are common to all Omeka files. This set may be deprecated in future versions. Capture Date 2007-08-15 17:08:05 Still Image A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Na Mi Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource 新华网 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2007-08-15 Description An account of the resource Thousands of faculties,staffs and students of Virginia Tech stood on the drillfield for vigil. Original Source:新华网 <a href="http://www.southcn.com/news/international/specialreports/qj/tp/200704180623.htm">http://www.southcn.com/news/international/specialreports/qj/tp/200704180623.htm</a> Language A language of the resource eng Title A name given to the resource Vigil Drillfield vigil virginia tech https://april16archive.org/files/original/F200704180757522799116952_7661f71670.jpg null Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2007-08-15 Omeka Legacy File The metadata element set that, in addition to the Dublin Core element set, was included in the `files` table in previous versions of Omeka. These elements are common to all Omeka files. This set may be deprecated in future versions. Capture Date 2007-08-15 17:00:04 Still Image A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Na Mi Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource 环球在线 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2007-08-15 Description An account of the resource People mourned for the victims on the drillfield. Vigil on April 17 Original Source:hqchinadaily.cn <a href="http://egsky.cn/default.asp?distype=normal&tag=%E7%BE%8E%E5%9B%BD">http://egsky.cn/default.asp?distype=normal&tag=%E7%BE%8E%E5%9B%BD</a> Language A language of the resource eng Title A name given to the resource Sorrowful moment Drillfield vigil virginia tech https://april16archive.org/files/original/F200704180757522799116952_d0c11ff9ae.jpg null Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2007-08-15 Omeka Legacy File The metadata element set that, in addition to the Dublin Core element set, was included in the `files` table in previous versions of Omeka. These elements are common to all Omeka files. This set may be deprecated in future versions. Capture Date 2007-08-15 16:16:59 Still Image A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Na Mi Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource 吕明响 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2007-08-15 Description An account of the resource On April 17,a student of Virginia Tech wrote message on one of the posters on the drillfield before vigil. Original Source:新华社 <a href="http://world.people.com.cn/GB/1029/5627794.html">http://world.people.com.cn/GB/1029/5627794.html</a> Language A language of the resource eng Title A name given to the resource Vigil on April 17 Drillfield vigil virginia tech https://april16archive.org/files/original/DSC00150_27428d3668.JPG null Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2007-08-14 Omeka Legacy File The metadata element set that, in addition to the Dublin Core element set, was included in the `files` table in previous versions of Omeka. These elements are common to all Omeka files. This set may be deprecated in future versions. Capture Date 2007-08-14 21:43:41 Still Image A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Na Mi Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Na Mi Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2007-08-14 Description An account of the resource Tribute poster written by High Point Elementary&#39;s students was posted in the Graduate Life Center of Virginia Tech. Language A language of the resource eng Title A name given to the resource High Point Elementary Salutes graduate life center poster virginia tech https://april16archive.org/files/original/DSC00149_a347842d3a.JPG null Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2007-08-14 Omeka Legacy File The metadata element set that, in addition to the Dublin Core element set, was included in the `files` table in previous versions of Omeka. These elements are common to all Omeka files. This set may be deprecated in future versions. Capture Date 2007-08-14 11:40:30 Still Image A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Na Mi Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Na Mi Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2007-08-14 Description An account of the resource Several of the posters were placed around the Squire Student Center for people to write messages to the VT community. Language A language of the resource eng Title A name given to the resource Two tribute posters for Virginia Tech squire student center tribute poster virginia tech https://april16archive.org/files/original/DSC00143_676aa67fd0.JPG null Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2007-08-13 Omeka Legacy File The metadata element set that, in addition to the Dublin Core element set, was included in the `files` table in previous versions of Omeka. These elements are common to all Omeka files. This set may be deprecated in future versions. Capture Date 2007-08-13 19:54:23 Still Image A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Na Mi Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Na Mi Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2007-08-13 Description An account of the resource In order to express the grief, Virginia Tech lowered down the national flag in front of the Burrus Hall for weeks after the shooting. Language A language of the resource eng Title A name given to the resource Lowering down the flag national flag shooting the burrus hall virginia tech https://april16archive.org/files/original/DSC00021_4c94e8b0a3.JPG null Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2007-07-30 Omeka Legacy File The metadata element set that, in addition to the Dublin Core element set, was included in the `files` table in previous versions of Omeka. These elements are common to all Omeka files. This set may be deprecated in future versions. Capture Date 2007-07-30 14:22:32 Still Image A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Na Mi Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Na Mi Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2007-07-30 Description An account of the resource Part of the memorials were displayed in the Squire Student Center. Numerous universities expressed their sadness and concerns to Virginia Tech. Language A language of the resource eng Title A name given to the resource VCU Expressions for Virginia Tech squire student center vcu virginia tech Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Elva Orozco Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Mariluz Barrera González Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2007-08-11 Description An account of the resource Publicado por Mariluz Barrera González viernes 20 de abril de 2007 Siempre pienso en mi padre, en cualquier instante de mi vida, siempre está presente. Sobre todo en los momentos más difíciles o cuando siento que las cosas empeoran cada vez más. A veces siento que el espíritu pierde fuerzas, se agota o debilita ante tantas circunstancias, tantos eventos que me cuestionan si ser tan objetiva y sensible a nuestra realidad vale la pena, en un mundo donde ya nadie quiere serlo, y donde al parecer serlo me convierte poco a poco en un ser fuera de lugar, principalmente en mi lugar de trabajo. Me preocupa dejar de ser sensible, he comentado que en mi trabajo y en mi profesión la realidad es algo que se muestra con mucha crudeza y dolor la mayoría de las veces; y sin embargo se me hace difícil entender que aún así a las personas les cueste trabajo aceptar ayuda y peor aún querer terminar con esa situación que les provoca sufrimiento. Entonces entiendo por que la humanidad atraviesa por tantos problemas que aún no se resuelven. La matanza de Virginia es para mí una consecuencia muy grande del grado máximo al que podemos llegar ante lo peor de la indiferencia, dejar de mirarnos como personas a nosotros mismos y por consiguiente a los demás. Dejar de hacerlo nos convierte en seres que no me atrevería a decir de que tipo. Creo que el asesino de Virginia sintió que definitivamente ya no era mirado ni tratado como tal (Aunque por los antecedentes que tenía tal vez nunca lo fué) y como consecuencia pensó que este acto ruin y terrible era una llamada de atención para ser observado aunque sea por un instante y no pasar desapercibido, en un mundo donde ya nadie se mira; donde nos tratan y nos tratamos como objetos. En terapia muchas veces les he preguntado a mis pacientes adictos que diferencia existe entre ellos y una silla y sorprendentemente no tienen una respuesta, a veces me contestan que la silla tiene 4 patas y ellos dos. Reconocer nuestra humanidad ya no es tan fácil, y reconocerla sin tocarla peor, tal vez por eso es tan dificil entender que un ser que no ha nacido existe y definitivamente representa vida, si al que existe ni siquiera lo miramos y tratamos como tal, a pesar de que su presencia ya es una exigencia y muestra de que lo es. Les comparto unas palabras de mi padre, siempre fue un ser sensible, y nos enseño a serlo, ante nuestra humanidad y la que se nos presenta a diario; le agradezco tan importante enseñanza pues la vida nos puso a todas nosotras sus hijas en circunstancias donde siempre será necesario tan noble aprendizaje. Igualmente les comparto un video, con una música de fondo que en lo personal me encanta y creo que refleja en estos momentos mi sentir, ante todo lo que me rodea y me recuerda que soy y que somos personas. En realidad Solo le Pido a Dios que me permita continuar.... UN BESO A TODOS. "Querida hija, sentí honda emoción al ver que generosamente tendiste la mano a un pobre, que llamó a nuestra puerta implorando un pedazo de pan; tu actitud revestida con la grandeza de lo ingenuo, logró hacer correr por la faz del mendigo emocionado, un raudal de lágrimas, desahogo inefable para su alma atormentada. Muchas reflexiones me sugeriste al preguntarme confundido la razón de su llanto, y no buscando en ese momento la manera de explicarte la causa de su emoción, procuraré en los siguientes renglones demostrarte que realizaste una bella obra. El concepto vulgar de caridad, nace casi siempre de una de las más grandes debilidades humanas, la vanidad: se ofrece una moneda con una actitud soberbia para demostrar la supremacía económica: se donan millones buscando muchas veces sólo la alabanza pública para exhibir su nombre; si algún día por esos azares frecuentes de la vida, te hallas en condiciones de poder distribuir el bienestar entre los demás recuerda que debes hacerlo sin humillarlos y sin envanecerte, para que puedas experimentar uno de los mas grandes goces: hacer el bien sin ostentación. Para practicar tan bella virtud, no necesitas materializar este noble sentimiento; una verdadera obra caritativa, puede realizarse en múltiples formas: enjugando una lágrima, curando una herida, ofreciendo al caído, del que todos huyen, palabras que lo hagan sentir que se le comprende en la inmensidad de su dolor, prodigando una palabra respetuosa a la hetaira por todos vilipendiada, acariciando a un niño que llora abandonado. El hombre por su misma naturaleza está hecho al sacrificio, y por consiguiente a practicar la caridad en sus moldalidades más excelsas; nuestras mismas células, minuto a minuto se sacrifican por conservar la vida de nuestra materia organizada en ser; y el individuo que no esmás que una célula de organismo social también debe inmolarse cuando llega el instante preciso. Cuando se realiza un bello acto, hija mía, el hombre se siente redimido del cavernario que acecha en el fondo de nuestro ser la ocasión para demostrarse con todos sus innobles apetitos." -- Fuente Original: Blog Expediente <a href="http://rboexpediente.blogspot.com/2007/04/solo-le-pido-dios.html">http://rboexpediente.blogspot.com/2007/04/solo-le-pido-dios.html</a> Licencia de uso: <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/mx/"> Creative Commons Atribución-No Comercial-No Derivadas 2.5 México. Language A language of the resource spa Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Creative Commons Atribución-No Comercial-No Derivadas 2.5 México Title A name given to the resource "SOLO LE PIDO A DIOS" caridad dios humanidad indiferencia virginia tech https://april16archive.org/files/original/DSC00144_84b6449857.JPG null Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2007-08-09 Omeka Legacy File The metadata element set that, in addition to the Dublin Core element set, was included in the `files` table in previous versions of Omeka. These elements are common to all Omeka files. This set may be deprecated in future versions. Capture Date 2007-08-09 17:26:40 Still Image A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Na Mi Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Jinfeng Jiao Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2007-08-09 Description An account of the resource White flowers express our sadness to the victims and their families. Language A language of the resource eng Title A name given to the resource We Are Virginia Tech! daisies flowers virginia tech https://april16archive.org/files/original/DSC00058_52ddc115ef.JPG null Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2007-08-06 Omeka Legacy File The metadata element set that, in addition to the Dublin Core element set, was included in the `files` table in previous versions of Omeka. These elements are common to all Omeka files. This set may be deprecated in future versions. Capture Date 2007-08-06 15:47:13 Still Image A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Na Mi Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Na Mi Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2007-08-06 Description An account of the resource April 20, four days after the tragedy, people placed flowers and balloons on the drillfield to mourn for the victims. Language A language of the resource eng Title A name given to the resource We Are Virginia Tech! virginia tech https://april16archive.org/files/original/DSC00014_8ce2c2232a.JPG null Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2007-07-30 Omeka Legacy File The metadata element set that, in addition to the Dublin Core element set, was included in the `files` table in previous versions of Omeka. These elements are common to all Omeka files. This set may be deprecated in future versions. Capture Date 2007-07-30 14:08:53 Still Image A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Na Mi Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Na Mi Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2007-07-30 Description An account of the resource Students of Virginia Tech encourage and comfort each other by writing the inspiring words. April 19,2007 in the Squire Student Center Language A language of the resource eng Title A name given to the resource Hokies Stick Together hokies squire student center virginia tech https://april16archive.org/files/original/Auburn University_f17fb7935a.jpg null Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2007-05-25 Omeka Legacy File The metadata element set that, in addition to the Dublin Core element set, was included in the `files` table in previous versions of Omeka. These elements are common to all Omeka files. This set may be deprecated in future versions. Capture Date 2007-05-25 10:23:26 Still Image A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Chad Newswander Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Max Power Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2007-05-25 Description An account of the resource Auburn University shows its support for the victims of Virginia Tech. This memorial whiteboard was located at the Drill Field. Original source: <a href=" http://www.flickr.com/photos/maxpower/468731254/"> http://www.flickr.com/photos/maxpower/468731254/</a> Licensed under <a href=" http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/">Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0</a> Language A language of the resource eng Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Permission Contact: Max Power (http://www.flickr.com/photos/maxpower/468731254/) Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Title A name given to the resource War Eagle! auburn university memorial virginia tech https://april16archive.org/files/original/DSC00065_dceba95767.JPG null Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2007-08-07 Omeka Legacy File The metadata element set that, in addition to the Dublin Core element set, was included in the `files` table in previous versions of Omeka. These elements are common to all Omeka files. This set may be deprecated in future versions. Capture Date 2007-08-07 15:23:25 Still Image A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Na Mi Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Na Mi Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2007-08-07 Description An account of the resource People set up all kinds of memorials to mourn for the victims around the drillfield in the week after the tragedy. Language A language of the resource eng Title A name given to the resource We stand with you in prayer virginia tech Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Elva Orozco Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Pierre Lemieux Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2007-08-02 Description An account of the resource Por Pierre Lemieux 23 de abril de 2007 Virginia Tech (Blacksburg), Columbine (Colorado), Polytechnique (Canadá), Dunblane (Escocia), Jonesboro (Arkansas), Nickel Mines (Pensilvania), y Dawson College (Canadá). ¿Qué tienen en común todas estas trágicas matanzas masivas de estudiantes y escolares? La respuesta no es obvia. Lo que resulta obvio, para aquellos de nosotros que vemos más allá de los titulares, es que las matanzas masivas eran inusuales cuando las armas se encontraban fácilmente disponibles, pero se han incrementado a medida que las armas se han vuelto más controladas. A comienzos del siglo 20, las armas estaban fácilmente disponibles para la gente común en todos los países civilizados, incluida Inglaterra, Canadá, los Estados Unidos y Francia. En muchos casos, los individuos podían portarlas ocultas libremente. Pero todo eso ha cambiado. La masacre de Dunblane en Escocia en 1996, por ejemplo, la cual se cobró las vidas de 16 niños, ocurrió en un país donde, tras siete décadas de crecientes controles sobre las armas, se había vuelto muy difícil para los ciudadanos comunes poseer armas, especialmente pistolas, e ilegal portarlas virtualmente en cualquier lugar. De manera similar, los tiroteos en el Dawson College en Canadá en 2006 acontecieron después de 15 años de controles sobre las armas cada vez más rígidos, que tornan ilegal incluso portar armas en su propia propiedad. En los Estados Unidos, donde la mayoría de las trágicas balaceras han ocurrido, los controles federales sobre las armas se han incrementado prácticamente de manera continua desde los años 60. Ninguna de las masacres fue perpetrada por personas a las que se les permitió legalmente tener armas allí donde cometieron sus crímenes, y muchas de las matanzas tuvieron lugar en "zonas libres de armas" por disposición gubernamental. Lo cierto, tal como nos recuerda la tragedia en Blacksburg, es que resulta imposible estar totalmente protegidos por la policía contra los maniáticos criminales, excepto convirtiendo a la sociedad en una prisión. No obstante, un importante interrogante precisa formularse. ¿Qué tal si alguno de los estudiantes o profesores hubiese estado armado en Virginia Tech, una universidad donde las armas se encuentran vedadas? Resulta interesante que un proyecto de ley que hubiese permitido a los estudiantes y empleados portar pistolas en los campos universitarios de Virginia fue rechazado en la Asamblea General del estado a comienzos de este año. El vocero de Virginia Tech Larry Hincker elogió el rechazo: "Estoy seguro de que la comunidad universitaria está agradecida de las acciones de la Asamblea General en virtud de que esto ayudará a que los padres, estudiantes, profesores y visitantes se sientan seguros en nuestro predio". ¿Y ahora qué? Cuando se le preguntó en una conferencia de prensa después de la matanza qué puede hacerse para garantizar la seguridad del campo universitario, el Presidente de la Virginia Tech Charles Steger señaló que no hay manera de colocar a un guardia de seguridad en cada aula o dormitorio. Eso es muy cierto. Pero contrapónganse los horripilantes tiroteos de Virginia Tech con la matanza de enero de 2002 en la Appalachian Law School de Virginia. A pocos minutos de disparar a tres personas en la oficina del decano, el contrariado estudiante Peter Odighizuwa fue detenido por dos estudiantes que habían sacado pistolas de sus automóviles. Desarmaron al asesino y lo entregaron a la policía. Obviamente, cuando personas están resueltas a masacrar a estudiantes indefensos, no existe ninguna panacea segura. Sin embargo, debe haber un motivo por el cual tales matanzas no han ocurrido en sitios como la University of Utah, donde la gente que cuenta con licencia para portar armas puede llevarlas al campo universitario, incluidos los edificios de la universidad. Debería haber un motivo por el cual el asesino del Dawson College, quien tenía un automóvil y aparentemente ninguna razón especial para tomar como blanco a esa escuela en particular, no se dirigió en cambio a la Escuela Nacional de Policía, a unas 100 millas de Montreal, donde todos los estudiantes están armados. Necesitamos tener una visión más amplia. Algo más que la baja probabilidad de ser detenido antes de cometer tanto daño debe estar en juego. Hace algunas décadas, la mayoría de la gente, incluidos los jóvenes revoltosos, y tal vez incluso la mayoría de los criminales, se encontraban bajo ciertas restricciones morales a las que estaban abochornados de quebrantar. Desde esa época, estas restricciones se han desmoronado, siendo reemplazadas por un nihilismo post modernista y la pesada mano del gobierno. Siempre han existido maniáticos auto engañados quienes, a efectos de buscar solaz y fama, causan destrucción. Así era Eróstrato quien, en 356 A.C., y precisamente por esta razón, incendió el Templo de Artemisa en Efeso, una de las Siete Maravillas del Mundo. Sin embargo, dudo seriamente que hubiese asesinado a escolares o jóvenes mujeres, aún si hubiese tenido la facultad de hacerlo. Mientras toleremos una cultura de dependencia en un estado niñera, en el cual las personas sean tratadas como niños, desarmadas e imposibilitadas de protegerse así mismos, las absurdas matanzas masivas continuarán, y tal vez aumentarán. Traducido por Gabriel Gasave <b>Pierre Lemieux</b> es co-director del Economics and Liberty Research Group en la University of Quebec en Outaouais y un Investigador Asociado en The Independent Institute en Oakland, California. -- Fuente Original: El Instituto Independiente <a href="http://independent.typepad.com/elindependent/2007/04/virginia_tech.html">http://independent.typepad.com/elindependent/2007/04/virginia_tech.html</a> Language A language of the resource spa Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Gabriel Gasave Reasearch Analyst Center On Global Prosperity The Independent Institute ggasave@independent.org August 2, 2007 Title A name given to the resource Virginia Tech appalachian law school charles steger columbine dawson college dunblane erstrato jonesboro larry hincker matanzas masivas nickel mines nihilismo post modernista peter odighizuwa polytechnique university of utah virginia tech Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Elva Orozco Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Por Andrea Hopkins Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2007-07-26 Description An account of the resource Por Andrea Hopkins 23.04.2007 - 23:01h BLACKSBURG, Virginia (Reuters) - Los estudiantes de la universidad de Virginia Tech, portando 33 banderas blancas que representaban a las víctimas y al responsable del tiroteo más trágico de la historia de Estados Unidos, reanudaron las clases una semana después de la masacre. Justo antes de las primeras clases del lunes, el grupo de estudiantes que llevaba las banderas marchó sobre el campus acompañado de un grupo de tambores y trompetas que tocaron &#39;America the Beautiful&#39; para recordar a los 27 estudiantes, 5 profesores y al asesino Seung-Hui Cho. A las 9:46 a.m. la campaña de la universidad sonó 32 veces y se soltaron 23 globos, señalando los momentos en los que hace una semana Cho, de 23 años, disparaba a sus víctimas en un edificio de clases cercano. Segundos después, se soltaron un millar de globos naranjas y marrones, y llenaron el cielo de los colores de la escuela. Miles de estudiantes, empleados de la universidad y residentes de la ciudad se reunieron en el campo de entrenamiento para ver las ceremonias en silencio, algunos lloraban silenciosamente y otros se abrazaban dándose consuelo. Cuando finalizó, los estudiantes fueron silenciosamente a sus clases, listos para volver a la normalidad tras una semana de duelo, ceremonias emotivas y estar en el punto de mira de los medios de comunicación. La universidad ha dicho que las clases eran opcionales para todos los estudiantes, pero la asistencia fue alta en general, según dijeron los responsables de la escuela en una conferencia de prensa. &#39;Yo quería volver aquí con mis amigos, porque ellos entienden lo que ha pasado&#39;, dijo el estudiante de primero de ingeniería John Meyer, de 18 años, cuando se dirigía a su clase de cálculo. Meyer afirmó que había vuelto a su casa de Frankfort, Kentucky, para estar unos días con su familia, pero nunca se cuestionó volver a terminar las últimas semanas del año escolar. Aún siguen las preguntas sobre cómo Cho, que había sido investigado por dos denuncias de acoso en 2005 y tratado por una enfermedad mental, pudo comprar las dos pistolas que usó en la masacre. La universidad y la policía del campus también se han enfrentado a críticas por su manejo de la tragedia tras el primer tiroteo en el dormitorio, que sucedió dos horas antes de que Cho volviera al otro lado del campus y matara a otras 30 personas. -- Fuente Original: 20 Minutos.es -- España <a href="http://www.20minutos.es/noticia/226427/0/VIRGINIA/CLASES/">http://www.20minutos.es/noticia/226427/0/VIRGINIA/CLASES/</a> Derechos Reservados: <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.1/es/"> Creative Commons Reconocimiento 2.1 España. Language A language of the resource spa Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Creative Commons Reconocimiento 2.1 España Title A name given to the resource La universidad de Virginia Tech reanuda clases tras la tragedia reanudacion de clases virginia tech Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Elva Orozco Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Jose Kaulen C Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2007-07-20 Description An account of the resource Publicado por Jose Kaulen C April 18, 2007, 10:03 PM La de a continuación, es una historia emocionante, llena de sentido y digna de admiración por parte de todos nosotros. In Memoriam Liviu Librescu. Liviu Librescu, un profesor de 76 años y muy respetado ingeniero aeronáutico que enseñó en Virginia Tech por 20 años, salvó la vida de varios estudiantes bloqueando la puerta de su sala de clases antes de que fuera muerto a balazos en la masacre, de acuerdo a los e-mails enviados por los alumnos a su señora. "Mi padre bloqueó la puerta con su cuerpo y les dijo a sus alumnos que escaparan" ha dicho su hijo, Joe Librescu, en una entrevista telefónica desde su casa en las afueras de Tel Aviv. Agregó además que los "estudiantes comenzaron a abrir las ventanas y a saltar hacia afuera". En el campus, los estudiantes hablan sobre el arrojo de Librescu: "Él debiera ser reconocido como un héroe" dice el estudiante de Virginia Tech Philip Huffstetler además de sentir "que están en una gran deuda con su familia por el resto de nuestras vidas". "Él es la razón de que el estudiante (Seung-Hui) no entrara y matara a más gente; obviamente es un héroe", dice Asal Arad, otro estudiante. Librescu supo de una vida difícil desde que era niño. Cuando Rumania se unió a las fuerzas nazis en la Segunda Guerra Mundial, primero fue internado en un campo de trabajos forzados en Transnistria y luego deportado junto a su familia y miles de otros judíos al ghetto central de Focsani. De acuerdo a un informe recopilado por el gobierno de Rumania en el 2004, entre 280 y 380 mil judíos fueron asesinados por el régimen rumano-nazi durante la guerra. Como un exitoso ingeniero durante el gobierno de postguerra comunista, Librescu encontró trabajo en la agencia aeroespacial de Rumania, pero su carrera fue interrumpida en los 70&#39;s porque rechazó prestar juramento de obediencia al régimen y finalmente fue despedido cuando pidió autorización para irse a Israel. De acuerdo con su hijo, después de años de rechazo gubernamental, el primer ministro israelí, Menachem Begin, intervino personalmente para que obtuviera el permiso de emigración para toda su familia. Se mudaron a Israel en 1978. Librescu deja Israel en 1985 para irse a Virginia en un año sabático, pero terminaría quedándose. Joe Librescu estudió en Virginia Tech entre 1989 y 1994. En Rumania, la comunidad académica lamenta profundamente la muerte de Librescu. "Es una gran pérdida" dijo Ecaterina Andronescu, rector de la Universidad Politécnica de Bucarest, desde donde Librescu se graduó en 1953. "Tenemos una tremenda admiración por la forma en que reaccionó y defendió a sus alumnos con su vida", agregó. En la Universidad Politécnica, donde Librescu recibió un título honorario en el 2000, su foto ha sido puesta sobre una mesa, junto a ella una vela encendida y las personas dejan flores alrededor. "Lo recordamos como un gran especialista en temas de aeronáutica. Deja cientos de importantes documentos", dice uno de los profesores, Nicolae Serban Tomescu. Librescu hizo muchas publicaciones y recibió varios premios por sus trabajos. "Su trabajo fue en algún sentido su vida", dijo Joe Librescu. Texto traducido desde Foxnews.com -- Fuente Original -- Realidades Varias a.k.a El Blog de Jose Kaulen <a href="http://josekaulen.wordpress.com/2007/04/18/virginia-tech-el-profesor-que-se-convirtio-en-heroe/">http://josekaulen.wordpress.com/2007/04/18/virginia-tech-el-profesor-que-se-convirtio-en-heroe/</a> Derechos Reservados: <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported</a>. Language A language of the resource spa Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported Title A name given to the resource Virginia Tech: El profesor que se convirtió en héroe hroe israel librescu rumania segunda guerra mundial virginia tech Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Elva Orozco Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Carlos Albaladejo Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2007-07-19 Description An account of the resource Creado por Carlos Albaladejo 18 de Abril del 2007 10:44 am Es la frase más repetida en las últimas horas en el sector educativo norteamericano. La triste noticia de la matanza provocada por un estudiante asiático en la universidad de Virginia Tech ha provocado reacciones a lo largo y ancho del país: desde autoridades gubernamentales y universitarias hasta familiares y amigos pasando por las incontables respuestas aparecidas en tan poco tiempo en la Red. Hoy vamos a hablar de esto último, dado que la reacción en la Red está siendo abrumadora, merece la pena decicarle un post al tema. Antes de ello, es inevitable descargar esa opinión subjetiva que todos llevamos dentro, así que tendrán que perdonarme por el abuso del medio para expresar una opinión personal. Entiendo que el derecho a tener un arma de fuego es un derecho fundamental recogido por la Constitución de los Estados Unidos, y que, por tanto, la conveniencia o no de ese derecho es un debate muy difícil. Nunca ha sido sencillo poner en tela de juicio parte de una Constitución, con todas las dudas, las polémicas y las manifestaciones de uno y otro lado que se derivan de este tipo de discusones. Lo que no entiendo es por qué, ante la dificultad de echar mano al motivo que se presenta como de mayor evidencia cada vez que algún adolescente armado pierde la cabeza en EE.UU., se acaba arremetiendo siempre contra otros posibles motivos que a poco que se analicen caen por su propio peso. Me refiero a la continua acusación que se hace a los videojuegos violentos cada vez que ocurre una desgracia. En España los adolescentes también pasan muchas horas jugando a Grand Theft Auto, y ninguno de ellos se hace con un arma y dispara contra sus compañeros de clase. Sencillamente, porque en España no es fácil conseguir un arma. Recuerdo que cuando José Rabadán asesinó a su familia con una katana en Murcia se habló largo y tendido de la conveniencia de productos para adolescentes como Final Fantasy, pero el debate no duró demasiado tiempo, porque como era de esperar no se encontraron argumentos que justificaran el asesinato a través de un videojuego. Finalmente, recuerdo también las palabras de un buen amigo mío sobre los videojuegos violentos: "menos mal que existe Grand Theft Auto, si no pudiera liarme a puñetazos en este videojuego cuando algo me enfada correría el riesgo de querer intentarlo en la vida real". Ahí queda eso, de nuevo disculpen por el abuso del espacio. Disertaciones morales aparte, es hora de volver al asunto principal de este post. Resulta conmovedor comprobar la ola de reacciones que la matanza ha provocado en la Red. A pesar de que no es la primera vez que una desgracia provoca un verdadero aluvión de movimientos en la Red (recuerden que en el caso de Katrina se encontraron víctimas gracias al testimonio de algunos bloggers, o los vídeos grabados con móviles durante los atentados en el metro de Londres en aquel 7J), sigue resultando conmovedor ver cómo una gran masa de usuarios se organiza a través de la Red para expresar sus opiniones y condolencias. Por ejemplo, si entramos en Flickr y buscamos el tag "virginiatech", comprobaremos que hay una cantidad ingente de fotografías de muy diverso tiempo sobre la matanza. La mayoría de ellas ha sido publicada por alumnos de la universidad que han vivido de cerca la noticia. Collegiate Times, la publicación digital universitaria de Virginia Tech, está completamente volcado con la noticia estos días. Resulta una buena fuente de información, en la medida en que han dedicado todos sus esfuerzos en recoger reacciones a la tragedia. A través de ella hemos podido saber que en Facebook (una comunidad virtual de universitarios, pronto les hablaré de su equivalente español) se ha registrado una cantidad ingente de reacciones. Hay más de 300 grupos sobre Virginia Tech. Uno de ellos, que pide un momento de silencio para las víctimas, cuenta ya con más de 8.000 usuarios. Entre decenas de testimonios de estudiantes que estuvieron allí, encontramos también algún grupo dedicado a lanzar un mensaje positivo: "estamos bien en VT". La rapidez con la que han aparecido blogs en memoria de las víctimas es apabullante. Uno de ellos se ha llevado la palma mediática (OneDayBlogSilence), al tiempo que algún que otro diario donde su autor recogía las impresiones vividas durante la matanza ha estado a punto de morir de éxito (por culpa del conocido efecto slashdot). Mención especial merece el profundo seguimiento de la dimensión tecnológica y social de la matanza que ha realizado la prestigiosa revista Wired: en su versión digital no se les ha escapado ningún detalle. Hablan de cómo el asesino había anunciado la matanza en un sitio web de Virginia Tech, de cómo se han creado comunidades sobre VT en myspace, de cómo diferentes dominios relacionados con el nombre de Virginia Tech ya están en venta en eBay, etc. Finalmente, queda recordar el papel que los repositorios de vídeo como Youtube han jugado en esta movilización social. Según cuenta hoy el diario El Mundo, la búsqueda "Virginia Tech Shooting" en Youtube arroja 777 resultados en este preciso instante. En la lista hay de todo: desde grabaciones caseras hasta cortes de televisión pasando por reacciones en vídeo a la matanza... Definitivamente Virginia Tech somos todos, pero también es cierto que eso es lo que se dice siempre que hay un asesinato de determinada proyección social. Se lleva diciendo desde los peores tiempos de ETA, cuando Internet no tenía un papel relevante en las manifestaciones sociales. Ahora que la Red es el gran vehículo de nuestros mensajes, Virginia Tech somos todos. Potencial y realmente. -- Fuente Original: Educacion y Cultura - Sitio en Linea <a href="http://blogs.creamoselfuturo.com/educacion-y-cultura/2007/04/18/todos-somos-virginia-tech/">http://blogs.creamoselfuturo.com/educacion-y-cultura/2007/04/18/todos-somos-virginia-tech/</a> Derechos Reservados: <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/"> Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5</a>. Language A language of the resource spa Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 Title A name given to the resource Todos somos Virginia Tech blogs medios de comunicacionn periodismo ciudadano tic virginia tech you tube Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Nicholas Kiersey Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Gerard Toal Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2007-05-07 Description An account of the resource This is a piece written by Gerard Toal, the NOVA-based Virginia Tech Professor. It was published in the Irish Times 28/04/07. The Irish Times 28/04/2007 Author: Gerard Toal Title: Sensible gun laws only way to secure a safe future for US The majority of students of Virginia Tech are doing something ordinary yet also remarkable this week: they are studying hard for their final exams. Working through the horrific murders of 27 of their fellow students and 5 of their faculty at the hands of a disturbed class mate, Cho Seung-Hui, the Virginia Tech community is refusing to be defined by a violent rampage that has shocked the United States and caused sorrow across the world. Virginia Tech is an institution of higher learning, a place where young people can realize their potential and, as the university slogan puts it, &#39;invent the future.&#39; The return of students in large numbers after such a terrible crime is re-affirming this to the world. The loss of so many young lives on April 16th has shaken us all. A flotilla of media decamped to our main university campus in Blacksburg and recorded our shock and our tears. It has also encountered, in conversations with our students and faculty, our capacity to rally and persevere. As a Virginia Tech faculty member for eighteen years, I was gratified by two aspects of our response. First, Virginia Tech faculty and students correctly challenged the widespread use of the multi-media images produced by Cho Seung-Hui himself which were integral to enacting his fantasy of heroic &#39;re-masculinization&#39; through brutal violence. The complicity of the media in producing murder as fascinating spectacle is widespread across the globe. Second, amidst our pain, there was also human empathy for Cho&#39;s family and for those beyond our campus who suffer from structural and direct violence every day. The death toll in Baghdad last week was horrific. The Iraq war continues to claim the lives of young American soldiers, some tragically former Virginia Tech students. The daily death toll from gun violence across the United States is also horrific. In 2004, the New York Times reported this last weekend, an average of about 81 people per day died from gunfire across the United States. Some were suicides, others &#39;accidents&#39; and the rest classified as homicides. In Washington D.C. in 2005, according to public statistics, there were 195 murders, the lowest number in recent years yet still a grim total for a city of only 550,521 people. Look for a rise in the future if the staunchly conservative US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia has its way. Last month, it struck down the District&#39;s restrictive handgun law opening the door to a broad roll-back of gun control laws across the United States, especially in its major cities (the decision is on appeal, and may come before the US Supreme Court). Marginalized by last Monday&#39;s horror at Virginia Tech was a large demonstration in Washington DC for congressional voting rights. Despite having a population almost as numerous as states like North Dakota (636,677), Alaska (663,661), South Dakota (775,933), and larger than Wyoming (509,294), this overwhelmingly African-American city has no Senators or Representatives with political voting power in the Congress seated within it. This matters significantly when it comes to gun control laws to promote public safety and freedom from random acts of madness. All of the states comparable to DC in population are power centers for those forces glamorizing guns and undermining existing gun control laws. National Rifle Association constructions of &#39;tradition&#39; and &#39;rights&#39; (words familiar to Irish ears) are blended with frontier mythology to sell guns, and lots of them, as necessary accessories of a supposedly &#39;free&#39; lifestyle. Paranoid fantasies revolving around government conspiracies and invading outsiders are used to mobilize gun owners into political projects as single issue voters backing NRA-endorsed candidates. Gun laws are for sissies; real men pack heat. But there is no conspiracy, only the organized effort of the gun lobby, deeply entrenched in Congress, to thwart cities suing gun manufacturers for the devastation caused by their products, and to let the Clinton era assault weapons ban lapse. Under the Bush administration, a plethora of semi-automatic assault weapons are now available for sale to the general public. Last Friday, in the wake of the Virginia Tech rampage, the Democratic controlled House of Representatives passed a bill creating a new Congressional seat for Washington DC and, to attract Republican support, for Republican-leaning Utah also (most Republicans still voted against the measure). The measure was previously stalled by Republican efforts to attach a provision formally overturning the District&#39;s 31 year old ban on hand guns. The bill moves forward into the Senate where the over representation of rural states and the under representation of the interests of America&#39;s cities is most pronounced. It also faces a potential White House veto. Beyond this modest gesture, the Virginia Tech massacre has generated no serious political response. Politicians have run from the issue rather than face it, blaming university officials and campus security rather than their own complicity with making deadly semi-automatic weapons easily available. The Virginia Tech community reacted strongly against an initial media-driven desire to blame the university and its police force for the absence of a &#39;lockdown&#39; of campus (as if an open campus should be like a prison). Petitions of support for the university president and police chief made it clear we were not accepting this easy &#39;blame-the-local-officials&#39; strategy. Contrast this to how the Australian government reacted in 1996 to the massacre of 35 people in Port Arthur Tasmania by a deranged killer using a semi-automatic rifle. Within 12 days, the federal and state government agreed a ban on semi-automatic rifles and placed strict controls on other guns. The government also launched a large gun buy-back program. The result? Suicides and homicides have declined. In the decade before Port Arthur, there were 10 separate mass-shooting incidents; since, zero. The United States faces many difficult challenges today. Can the US state extract itself with dignity from Iraq and rebuild its international standing to more effectively thwart terrorism? Can it meet the challenge of global climate change after ignoring it for so long? Can the federal government create legislative solutions that provide adequate health care for all its citizens, as its population ages? And, while its leading politicians may not want to acknowledge it, the Virginia Tech killings renew the question: can the federal government establish meaningful control on handguns and assault weapons? These are profound challenges for the future. My hope and feeling is that some of those students studying hard at Virginia Tech, in the wake of a horrible tragedy, will be involved in inventing a better future for the United States of America, one where security is grounded in sensible gun laws and Virginia Tech is the name of an excellent university not a citation in a continuing list of murderous rampages. -- Archived with permission of the author. Language A language of the resource eng Title A name given to the resource Toal: Sensible gun laws only way to secure a safe future for US cho seunghui conspiracy theory gerard toal guncontrol virginia tech Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Kimberly Clemons Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Kimberly Clemons Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2007-05-01 Description An account of the resource Tragedy enters our world so much when it is least expected How do we endure The heartache after the catastrophe has occurred We cling to our loved ones If we are the blessed ones to survive Yet we still are questioning And are seeking to understand why we are left and why not me Whether the catastrophe is far away in a big city Or close to home in a place we would never imagine The fact remains the world is changing The world is not as it once was and it never will be again We can sit and stare at news coverage seeing the events unfold Over and over again yet the dark cloud looms The solace and reality remain in our minds Our nation has yet again suffered setback that again we must prevail Let us not forget our freedom, Old Glory, the infamous red, white, & blue While we have been robbed, ripped and reminded of tragedy Let us yet again remember our renewed fight for America Kimberly B. 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Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Sara Shaffer Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Johnson City Press, Ron Campbell and Sam Watson Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2007-04-25 Description An account of the resource For the Hokies - ETSU event held in support of Virginia Tech (Picture Caption)- Bernadette Cash and Sara Shaffer sign a sheet that will be made into a quilt during the ETSU gathering in memory of the victims at Virginia Tech. (Ron Campbell / Johnson City Press) By Sam Watson Press Education Writer swatson@johnsoncitypress.com Buccaneer blue and gold gave way to Hokie maroon and orange Tuesday as East Tennessee State University sent messages of support to Virginia Tech in the wake of last week&#39;s massacre. Hundreds of students and employees gathered on ETSU&#39;s Borchuck Plaza for a noon service, many donning maroon and orange ribbons and signing banners in a show of solidarity for their peers in Blacksburg, Va. "We&#39;re just really reaching our hearts out to everyone over there at Virginia Tech," said Justin Mitchell, an ETSU junior from Memphis. "It&#39;s a really good healing exercise for us, as well, and all American college students across the United States." On April 16, Virginia Tech student Seung-Hui Cho killed 32 students and faculty members and injured several others in a rampage that sent a chill through college campuses across the country. The tragedy hit particularly close to home at ETSU, an institution located just 150 miles away from Blacksburg. Many students on the Johnson City campus have friends at Virginia Tech or other ties there, and ETSU employs several Virginia Tech alumni, including Mark Musick, holder of ETSU&#39;s Quillen Chair of Excellence in Teaching and Learning, who led Tuesday&#39;s service alongside ETSU President Paul Stanton. Also on the plaza Tuesday was Virginia Tech graduate Dr. Sally Lee, ETSU associate vice president for student affairs. "As an alum, I am appreciative of the response on behalf of my institution," Lee said as Virginia Tech symbols dangled from her ears. "The outpouring for Virginia Tech from other institutions has been amazing." As a student at Virginia Tech, Lee was a resident adviser in West Ambler Johnston Hall, the site where Cho began his attack by killing students Ryan Clark and Emily Hilscher. Last week&#39;s events forever changed Lee&#39;s perspective about her old dorm. "I can tell you pretty much exactly where that young lady and that RA were murdered because of the way that building is configured uniquely," she said. "That has an impact." The massacre also changed perspectives for some ETSU students. "For our students here, there&#39;s a lot of sorrow and a lot of understanding of the lost innocence and the impact it will have on that school," Lee said. "So, I think it&#39;s good for our students to have an outlet for their own emotions." To Mitchell, knowing that students his own age were killed doing the same things he does every day - attending classes - was scary. "It hurts. We really feel that," he said. "Maybe we can create more awareness so that everybody can lend a helping hand to those who feel alone, so they don&#39;t feel they have to kill." As ETSU students signed a sheet that will form part of a memorial quilt for Virginia Tech, Mitchell wrote just three words: "Cho was wrong." "I believe that they (Virginia Tech students) feel just as strongly as we do that people who are loners and outsiders should not feel as pressed against," Mitchell said. "Maybe if you are ostracized and feel that you are alone, you won&#39;t lash out against society." ETSU sophomore Deanna Stamper, an elementary education major from Kingsport, brought the sheet to campus as part of a national project organized by Alpha Phi Omega, a community service organization. "I really wanted to do it, because I have two very special friends there (at Virginia Tech) in the engineering program. Luckily, they were away at the time on a competition," Stamper said. "I know that many students want to find a way to send love to them, and this to me is a great way to do it. "I think it gives great faith back to our nation to see how strong these young people can be through this." Wearing Virginia Tech athletic jerseys, ETSU senior Sara Shaffer and her sister in law, Bernadette Cash, signed the sheet to send messages to a campus Shaffer has known since childhood via athletic events. "It&#39;s awfully close to home," Shaffer said. "My dad went to Virginia Tech. Our whole family has been going to Blacksburg since before I was even born. We&#39;re all Hokies." <a href="http://johnsoncitypress.com/Detail.php?Cat=LOCALNEWS&ID=59244">http://johnsoncitypress.com/Detail.php?Cat=LOCALNEWS&ID=59244</a> Language A language of the resource eng Title A name given to the resource For the Hokies - ETSU event held in support of Virginia Tech etsu hokies tragedy virginia tech