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Sign and ribbons of support on building in Blacksburg, at the intersection of N. Main Street and Prices Fork Road. Photo taken Monday, April 30.
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We Are Strong - We Are Virginia Tech
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Flag at half-staff over Disneyland. No dreams came true that day.
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Disneyland Mourns
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please visit the site below for a very touching tribute to what happened to all of Va. tech. The song writer who wrote this had just played the previous weekend in your area he was very touched, and was moved to write this song.
www.blessthetechs.com
may god be with each of you.
P.S. This has been on my space and you tube since wednesday after the tragedy.
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"prayer for the hokies"
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Memorial in front of West Ambler Hall
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Wagner James Au / nwn.blogs.com
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Sculpture by Darrien Lightworker in Second Life. Located at Virginia Tech memorial on Info Island. Lightworker's description reads: "One blood tear for each soul lost in Virginia Tech"
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Detail of sculpture by Darrien Lightworker in Second Life. Located at Virginia Tech memorial on Info Island. Lightworker's description reads: "One blood tear for each soul lost in Virginia Tech"
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IMAGE: Virginia Tech memorial on Info Island in Second Life. Shrine by Perefim Cao.
"FOR VIRGINIA (updated)" by Wagner James Au
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<a href="http://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2007/04/for_virginia.html">http://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2007/04/for_virginia.html</a>
Most weeks I run coverage of real world-related events and projects in Second Life only on Mondays, but some days, reality refuses to remain confined. And yesterday, most tragically so. Last night there were many shrines and memorials to the innocent victims of Virginia Tech's savage massacre throughout Second Life, and in the coming days, likely to be more.
At the moment, at least one is still ongoing-- sponsored by Info Island (<a href="http://slurl.com/secondlife/Info%20Island/95/111/33/?img=http%3A//nwn.blogs.com/nwn/images/2007/04/17/info_island_memorial.jpg&msg=Virginia%20Tech%20memorial">direct teleport at this link</a>), there is a dispenser where you can take, light, and leave a candle, and be with other Residents from around the world who have also come to grieve. Some leave flowers, or even sculptures in rembrance-- impromptu and sorrowful acts of creativity, converting grief to a more tangible expression that can be shared by all.
Perefim Cao is a professional builder in Second Life, and knowing he could never reach Virginia Tech in person, created the memorial above, and made it free to all. He lingers at the shrine himself when he can, and talks to the Residents who stop by. "And then they tell me stories," he says, "about either something close to VT, or stuff that their friends went through at VT. Just chatted with a guy whose girlfriend's sister was killed... and like talked to another user who was a survivor at the Montreal shooting in Canada awhile back." He seems surprised at how this digital representation of a memorial could make plain such interconnections of sorrow. "Didn't think I would establish the connections with some of the people that I have," he tells me. [Updated 5:40pm]
There is talk of whole regions and estates that will be kept in permanent darkness tonight, the world itself adjusted to suit the occasion, setting a space for candle vigils and other acts of collective mourning.
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FOR VIRGINIA (updated)
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RTE Radio 1
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This is a clip on the Virginia Tech shooting from April 18, 2006. It ran on 'Morning Ireland' show on the Irish radio station RTE 1. It featured an interview between myself and Irish journalist Robert Shortt on the drillfield which took place just as the candlelight vigil was starting.
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RTE Morning Ireland Radio Show Clip
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hi my names Ryan meyer i go to norristown high school in pa i was crying with u guys when ur friends passed away i think about u guys on that campus all the time ur in my prayers awayls i love u guys even tho i dont know u please write back to me im sorry for ur lost once again
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Memorial items outside Jamie Bishop's office in Major Williams Hall. Photo taken on Monday, April 30, 2007.
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Memorial Door
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Nicholas Kiersey
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Nicholas Kiersey
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2007-04-29
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The following is a short piece by myself, published in the Irish Sunday Business Post.
~NiK
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<a href="http://archives.tcm.ie/businesspost/2007/04/22/story22922.asp">http://archives.tcm.ie/businesspost/2007/04/22/story22922.asp</a>
Gun-control debate rages on
22 April 2007
By Nicholas Kiersey
Six days have passed since the horrific events at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, during which 32 people were shot dead by a lone gunman, Cho Seung-Hui, before he killed himself.
It is hardly enough time for students and staff to begin to reflect upon the scale of the event and how it is already provoking what will probably turn out to be a major round in the US gun-control debate.
Of course, the human dimension to the story is being played out this weekend in the homes of the families and friends of the victims. Memorials are taking place around the state. Funerals are being arranged for tomorrow or Tuesday, depending on how soon the police release the bodies.
The university administration wants students back at school for resumption of classes tomorrow. Professors and teaching assistants are being briefed in the coming days. The regular curriculum will be suspended for tomorrow's classes, in favour of discussions on the events from a variety of perspectives.
Elsewhere, the nation's media are already turning to eager 'talking heads' and pundits for their commentary on the killer, his psychological state and how campuses might better prepare themselves to ward off similar attacks. Conspicuous by its absence in this dialogue, however, is a meaningful engagement by US politicians with the question of gun control.
On the left and right alike, US politicians have long considered the issue of gun control to be very tricky. Analysts have attributed John Kerry's defeat in the 2000 election to his stance on the banning of assault weapons.
The news networks are affording the pro-gun movement ample space to express its views. The views of Susanna Hupp, herself a survivor of a shoot-out in a Texas cafe in 1991, are not atypical.
As she put it in a debate on CBS last week, the most heinous of all mass killings in the US, like those at Columbine and Virginia Tech, have all taken place in 'gun-free zones', places where even basic side arms are banned.
Such views are popular in America and are not uncommon even among students and alumni of Virginia Tech. As one friend of mine, a former tech student currently deployed in Iraq with a private security firm, said a couple of days ago: ''If one of the victims had been carrying [a gun] and had reacted properly, a lot of lives could had been saved."
Others at Virginia Tech are perplexed by such opinions. The idea that weapons-bearing students might somehow have averted last week's massacre seems to ignore the likely complexities that such a situation would produce.
How, for example, would students in separate classrooms have been able to distinguish friend from foe? Would such a scenario not make the job of law enforcement officers extremely difficult?
President George W Bush last week asserted his support for the second amendment, the instrument of the US constitution that grants the right to bear arms to all citizens.
The day before his speech at the Virginia Tech memorial convocation, his press secretary, Dana Perino, said: ''The president believes that there is a right for people to bear arms, but that all laws must be followed."
However, the second amendment was written when the US nation was still insecure about foreign invasion. Its sole instrumental purpose was to ensure citizens were equipped to form a militia in the absence of a standing army.
Meanwhile, news is breaking about the sheer quantity of ammunition expended by the Virginia Tech killer. Among the inventory he carried on the day were hollow-point shells and ammunition clips capable of holding up to 30 bullets.
Protagonists on both sides of the gun debate in the US tend to stereotype their opponents, yet the pro-gun movement seems incapable of articulating a balanced view on the sorts of weapons required by the average citizen.
The fact remains high-powered guns are too easy to get in Virginia. Second-hand weapons may be purchased with no background check, and there are no state restrictions on the sale of military-style semiautomatic assault weapons, such as the AK47.
As we learned last week, a Virginia judicial officer certified in 2005 that Cho presented ''an imminent danger to himself as a result of mental illness''.
As such, Cho probably fell within the category of ''adjudicated as a mental incompetent'' used in the Federal Gun Control Act of 1968. However, none of this showed up in his background checks on the day he purchased his weapons.
My gun-advocate friends often argue it would be impossible to fully regulate the ownership of guns. Better then to let everyone carry a weapon so that they might defend themselves and thereby create a deterrent.
Yet they ignore the experience of many Europeans, such as myself, who have grown up in countries where gun ownership is regulated quite successfully.
This weekend, most Virginia Tech students will be envious of the sort of peace and security that such regulation can provide.
Nicholas Kiersey, who is from Blessington, Co Wicklow, is a PhD student at Virginia Tech
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Gun-control debate rages on
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2007-05-07
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The Hokie Nation Stood
On a cold April morning
A shock went through the campus
Two of their number were gone
The Hokie Nation woke up
Hours later, as the leaders tried
To make sense of what was happening
Word came of more tragedy
The Hokie Nation came to its feet
Throughout the day and into the night
They stood with each other for support
They stood by around the world waiting for news
The Hokie Nation stood together
The next day
They were standing in the Cassell and in the Lane
They were standing with candles on the Drill Field
The Hokie Nation was standing firm
They stood to remember those who were no longer among them
They stood to console to those who suffered
They stood to show the world
The Hokie Nation will always stand
Decades from now
The April morning will be a few lines in a history book
The pain of the memorials will have faded
The Hokie Nation will still be standing
SKS - VT'78
April 18, 2007
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The Hokie Nation Stood
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This was a logo I created for Facebook and my Facebook profile the week of the tragedy.
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UD: Today We are All Hokies
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John Gravois / The Chronicle of Higher Education
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2007-05-04
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A Tuesday, April 17 report from John Gravois, a reporter with The Chronicle of Higher education, on the mood on the campus the day after the shootings. This item is also available on the Chronicle's special "Shootings at Virginia Tech" coverage page: <a href="http://chronicle.com/indepth/vatech/">http://chronicle.com/indepth/vatech/</a>
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Permission to add to public archive granted by The Chronicle on Tuesday, May 8.
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Krissy Watson
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Krissy Watson
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2007-05-07
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seeing somewhere you spent 5 years of the best times of your life plastered all over the media with words like "massacre" and "blood bath" associated with it did quite a number on me the past two weeks. to return to campus and to immediately feel at home brought up a lot of emotion but also made me feel at ease. all day i kept saying how glad i was that i was there.
campus is like a little piece of heaven. i vividly remember walking across campus one fall evening during my freshman year as the bells at burrus hall were tolling and thinking, "i cant believe im here. i cant believe i really go here!" i was filled with so much pride. whenever and wherever i wear my hokie tshirts, whether it's around town here at home or while traveling to various countries around the world, someone always has something good to say about tech! when my girlfriends and i were in the bahamas last week and we were all wearing our orange and maroon gear that friday, we got a lot of different responses, all giving their condolences, but every time it put a knot in my throat. we dont want to be part of some tragic list and now we're at the top. being on campus really showed how the community has pulled together and that we will prevail. the poems, letters, mementos, messages, flowers, candles, and pictures really hit home because it's the names and faces of all the victims and you cant help but wonder, "what do their families do now? some were supposed to graduate in two weeks. some parents were supposed to bring their freshmen home after their first year of college. who cleans out their dorm rooms while everyone else is busy moving out? dont you remember those friends you made in the dorm freshman year? i wonder what life is like on the 4th floor of west aj?" at one spot on the table was a simple note from the mom of a victim. it was the last quick letter she probably left on the kitchen counter for him/her to see when they came home. just something simple, everyday. but now those occurrences are gone for those people. that's when it's real.
despite all the sorrow around campus, there's lots of life. there are ribbons and fabric tied on every lamp post and tree on campus. everyone is wearing orange and maroon and it's ok to see a sad face or a tear or a family hugging together. classes are wrapping up and people were starting to move out. it was neat to be back in the dining halls eating one of my favorite meals and to just sit at the chapel looking out over the drill field. we also spent a little time in the book store before heading home. it was a beautiful day in blacksburg...blue skies and not a cloud in the sky. somehow life will go on and that was proven to me today. it was nice to see things for myself to tie in the good memories with the not so good present day press coverage. you still cant help but wonder, is this really real? did something like this really happen here?
below is a link to pictures.
<a href="http://share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=8AaNWrhk4cNme7 ">http://share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=8AaNWrhk4cNme7 </a>
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A Little Piece of Heaven
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Brent Jesiek
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David Mulvaney
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Appalachian State University senior psychology
major Virginia C. Bates places a flower at the end of the candle light vigil held Wednesday April 18 in rememberance of the Virginia Tech
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Juana Diaz
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I want to express my deepest condolences to all the families and friends of the victims from this tragedy. I will keep you all in my prayers.
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Signs and banner on Squires Student Center, Alumni Mall entrance. Photo taken Tuesday, May 1.
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Isaac Wingfield
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Students, faculty, staff and community members gathered Wednesday, April 18 for a candlelight vigil on the campus of Appalachian State University in Boone, NC.
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