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Salisbury: Hope for the Hokies

April 20, 2007
By Jack Salisbury

The last two weeks have been rough on the world of sports. Meat-headed Don Imus, thinking he was being clever and funny, showed us that race and racism is still a paramount issue in today's America with his…

Tags: sports, stanford, tragedy

Va. shooting prompts Univ. policy review

Police trained, armed with special weapons, for crisis

April 20, 2007
By Rahul Kanakia

A new Stanford committee will conduct an evaluation of its emergency protocols in the wake of Monday's shootings at Virginia Tech University. The…

Tags: crisis response, emergency protocols, stanford, university response

Ethnic identities questioned after Virginia Tech

Korean community reacts to blame and guilt following massacre
April 24, 2007
By Aram Hur

In the aftermath of last week's Virginia Tech massacre, the national Korean-American community has reportedly suffered a backlash similar to that…

Tags: blame, ethnic identities, sept 11, stanford

Editorial: Address campus tragedies

April 27, 2007
By Editorial Board

It is a tough line to walk: simultaneously respecting those affected by tragedy and reassuring the community in a time of crisis. This year has seen numerous examples of the administration's sincere efforts…

Tags: stanford, suicide, tragedy, university response

Op-Ed: Hennessy reflects on tragedy

May 4, 2007
By JOHN HENNESSY

On April 16, 2007, our country suffered a terrible tragedy when a troubled student killed 32 members of the Virginia Tech community.

Such tragedies are unfathomable. Words, as eloquent and sincere as they may be,…

Tags: emergency protocols, stanford, university president comments

Op-Ed: An open letter to President Hennessy

May 14, 2007
By Lisette Rimer

Dear Dr. Hennessy,

Thank you for your op-ed piece May 4th on preventing future tragedies such as Virginia Tech. It was forwarded to me byone of your students who suffered the loss of a friend, my son Patrick Wood.…

Tags: mental illness, stanford, suicide

Ire and Vice: The Dead

May 22, 2007
By Darren Franich

Suicide is so much less embarrassing than homicide. Can you imagine the shitstorm maelstrom that would engulf our pretty campus if someone shot five people? Shot them so their blood splattered across the tables of…

Tags: mental illness, murder, stanford, suicide

Virginia Tech shootings Bring Out Stereotypes

April 24, 2007
It was pointed out to me the other night that I'm a living, breathing embodiment of the stereotypical quiet Asian.
I was among a few friends and some friends of friends in the bar at AT&T Park prior to a San Francisco Giants…

Tags: asian, asian american, sterotypes

Caltech mourns VT tragedy

By Yang Yang
Thursday, April 19, 2007

Some found out when they checked the morning news, only to be greeted with horror; others learned about it when concerned parents began calling. The rest discovered the gruesome news when fellow students…

Tags: caltech, campus response, crisis management

Caltech grieves for VA Tech student victims

By Jean-Lou Chameau, Institute President
Thursday, April 19, 2007

We live in a time when tragedies occur almost daily in the world. They trouble us; however, many of them seem so distant that they do not affect us deeply, although they should.…

Tags: caltech, campus response, letter from president

Page pranks Fleming cannon

By Natalya Kostandova
Monday, April 23, 2007

The student body awoke Thursday morning expecting the day to bring much change to campus, largely in form of a couple hundred prefrosh who arrived throughout the day. Not many, however, expected to see…

Tags: caltech, memorials, prank

News ghouls hit all the wrong notes

By Valerie Syverson, Co-Editor
Thursday, April 19, 2007

As anyone used to following national news knows, there's nothing quite so tailor-made for TV news as a school massacre like last Monday's. All other news is immediately superseded…

Tags: caltech, media coverage, new media, sensationalism

Report to the President on Issues Raised by the Virginia Tech Tragedy

Full Report (PDF) - 463 KB
June 13, 2007

"We reflect on what has been lost and comfort those enduring a profound grief. And somehow we know that a brighter morning will come. We know this because together Americans have overcome many evils and…

Tags: bush, gonzales, leavitt, president, report, spellings

Dr. John MacArthur discusses Virginia Tech Shootings (April 20, 2007)

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Executive Director of GTY [Grace to You] Phil Johnson has an open conversation with Dr. John MacArthur about the shootings at Blacksburg, VA.

Does the Christian faith offer a viable answer to the question of why things like…

Tags: christ, evil, god, gospel, grace to you, jesus, john macarthur

Horrific

I grew up in Blacksburg. My dad is a Va. Tech alum. Although i have not lived there for years I still consider Blacksburg my hometown. I am stunned by today's tragedy. Simply stunned.

My thoughts and prayers are with the victims and their…

Tags: mourning

Eroul de la sala 204, comemorat la New York

Corespondenta din SUA

O comunitate indurerata si-a luat ramas bun de la unul dintre membrii sai, ucis in masacrul de la Universitatea Virginia Tech. Profesorul Liviu Librescu, cel care si-a dat viata pentru a-si salva studentii, a avut parte de o…

Tags: ceremonie, erou, funerara, regret

Viata de roman a eroului din SUA

Profesorul Liviu Librescu, romanul erou al Americii, impuscat mortal intr-un amfiteatru al Universitatii Virginia Tech din SUA in timp ce incerca sa-si salveze studentii din fata atacatorului sud-coreean, a copilarit la Focsani, unde a trait din plin…

Tags: cho, focsani, librescu, roman, viata

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