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BU student allegedly threatened shootings
Police plan to arrest part-time MET student today
By: Jenna Nierstedt
Posted: 4/19/07
A part-time Boston University student allegedly threatened to recreate the Virginia Tech shootings at Wheelock College late Monday, according to police, who…
By: Jenna Nierstedt
Posted: 4/19/07
A part-time Boston University student allegedly threatened to recreate the Virginia Tech shootings at Wheelock College late Monday, according to police, who…
EDITORIAL: Airing murderous motives
By:Anonymous
Posted: 4/19/07
When a chilling multimedia package containing 27 video clips, 43 still pictures, a 23-page document and one audio clip composed by cold-blooded Virginia Tech murderer Cho Seung-Hui arrived on NBC's doorstep at…
Posted: 4/19/07
When a chilling multimedia package containing 27 video clips, 43 still pictures, a 23-page document and one audio clip composed by cold-blooded Virginia Tech murderer Cho Seung-Hui arrived on NBC's doorstep at…
LETTER: Good coverage is worthwhile
By:Kyle Cheney
Posted: 4/19/07
Adan Berkowitz's disdain for the very media that gives him a voice is an alarmingly narrow-minded generalization. ("A campus in grief distracted by media attack," April 18, p. 9). While sensationalism is all too…
Posted: 4/19/07
Adan Berkowitz's disdain for the very media that gives him a voice is an alarmingly narrow-minded generalization. ("A campus in grief distracted by media attack," April 18, p. 9). While sensationalism is all too…
From Palestine to Virginia Tech
Every Friday, Palestinians, internationals, and Israeli nonviolent activists gather in the Southern villages of Bethlehem to protest against the building of the Apartheid Wall that will eventually destroy the livelihood of these villages. This Friday…
Tags: activists, olive trees, palestine, palestinian, procession
LYONS: The impact of sports during tragedy
By:Chris Lyons
Posted: 4/19/07
Originally, I was planning on writing a column about the debauchery that is Marathon Monday. As one of the biggest days here at our school, it only seemed right to dedicate an entire column taking a look at the day…
Posted: 4/19/07
Originally, I was planning on writing a column about the debauchery that is Marathon Monday. As one of the biggest days here at our school, it only seemed right to dedicate an entire column taking a look at the day…
Tags: grief , sports, sympathy, boston university
From Palestine to Virginia Tech
Every Friday, Palestinians, internationals, and Israeli nonviolent activists gather in the Southern villages of Bethlehem to protest against the building of the Apartheid Wall that will eventually destroy the livelihood of these villages. This Friday…
Tags: activists, olive trees, palestine, palestinian
From Palestine to Virginia Tech
Every Friday, Palestinians, internationals, and Israeli nonviolent activists gather in the Southern villages of Bethlehem to protest against the building of the Apartheid Wall that will eventually destroy the livelihood of these villages. This Friday…
Tags: activists, israel, olive trees, palestine, palestinian, soldiers
From Palestine to Virginia Tech
Every Friday, Palestinians, internationals, and Israeli nonviolent activists gather in the Southern villages of Bethlehem to protest against the building of the Apartheid Wall that will eventually destroy the livelihood of these villages. This Friday…
Tags: activists, olive trees, palestine, palestinian
PERSPECTIVE: Bush's speech at Virginia Tech clouded by own agenda
By:Matt Holt
Posted: 4/19/07
I had time to listen to President Bush's speech Tuesday morning at Virginia Tech. The president did the right thing by going to the campus in an attempt to console the victims of the unspeakable tragedy that…
Posted: 4/19/07
I had time to listen to President Bush's speech Tuesday morning at Virginia Tech. The president did the right thing by going to the campus in an attempt to console the victims of the unspeakable tragedy that…
Tags: commencement, george w bush, politics, speech, tragedy, boston university
PERSPECTIVE: Personal instinct only defense against tragic news
By:Ryan MacDonald
Posted: 4/18/07
In the days following a great tragedy, we as human beings collectively exhibit a variety of distinct reactions. Some will experience fear. This response is inevitably redoubled by a media which profits on false…
Posted: 4/18/07
In the days following a great tragedy, we as human beings collectively exhibit a variety of distinct reactions. Some will experience fear. This response is inevitably redoubled by a media which profits on false…
Grieving nation copes with tragedy
BU assessing safety, mental health concerns
By: Barbara Rodriguez
Posted: 4/18/07
Boston University officials are still assessing how Monday's deadly shootings at Virginia Tech will prompt any changes in BU's security and mental health…
By: Barbara Rodriguez
Posted: 4/18/07
Boston University officials are still assessing how Monday's deadly shootings at Virginia Tech will prompt any changes in BU's security and mental health…
Tags: boston university, coping, grief, tragedy, vigil
Grieving nation copes with tragedy
University reps. meet with BPD to discuss prevention
By: Andrew FitzGerald
Posted: 4/18/07
The day after a Virginia Tech senior shot and killed 32 people on campus and himself, representatives from 19 Boston-area colleges who met at Boston…
By: Andrew FitzGerald
Posted: 4/18/07
The day after a Virginia Tech senior shot and killed 32 people on campus and himself, representatives from 19 Boston-area colleges who met at Boston…
EDITORIAL: Addressing safety after VT
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Posted: 4/18/07
As expected, even before tears were able to dry, and before the reality of the Virginia Tech tragedy could really set in, officials began discovering details about what happened Monday morning.
Yesterday, Americans saw the…
Posted: 4/18/07
As expected, even before tears were able to dry, and before the reality of the Virginia Tech tragedy could really set in, officials began discovering details about what happened Monday morning.
Yesterday, Americans saw the…
ribbons of remembrance
Maroon and orange ribbons remained on trees on the drillfield over the Memorial Day weekend.
Tags: ribbons, Drillfield
BERKOWITZ: A campus in grief distracted by media attack
By:Adan Berkowitz
Posted: 4/18/07
In the wake of the tragedy at Virginia Tech, there's going to be a lot of people asking why this happened, or what could have been done to prevent this or keep it from happening in the future. I think pundits…
Posted: 4/18/07
In the wake of the tragedy at Virginia Tech, there's going to be a lot of people asking why this happened, or what could have been done to prevent this or keep it from happening in the future. I think pundits…
SLU supports Tech
Students at Saint Louis University sent nearly a dozen message board to Tech in the weeks following the tragedy. SLU also hosted a memorial mass in honor of the Tech students and professors who died.
Tags: message boards, saint louis university, slu
Daniel's Sign
A weather-worn sign, dedicated to the memory of Daniel Perez, sits on the walkway of the new intermediate memorial. It reads "Good luck Daniel, God is with you." At the time of this photo, staff members and volunteers were cleaning up the site,…
Tags: intermediate memorial, perez, sign
LETTER: Massacre is 'senseless loss'
By: Clarissa Nemeth
Posted: 4/18/07
To me, a college campus is one of the best places to be on earth. A university represents a lot of great things: youth and promise, for starters. A sense of community. A devotion to a life of the mind. Personal…
Posted: 4/18/07
To me, a college campus is one of the best places to be on earth. A university represents a lot of great things: youth and promise, for starters. A sense of community. A devotion to a life of the mind. Personal…
EDITORIAL: Consoling Virginia Tech
By:Anonymous
Posted: 4/17/07
On one of the most celebratory Mondays on Boston's calendar -- a day when students forget about classes and hit the streets for a citywide party -- the Virginia Tech campus was in shock and mourning.
In the…
Posted: 4/17/07
On one of the most celebratory Mondays on Boston's calendar -- a day when students forget about classes and hit the streets for a citywide party -- the Virginia Tech campus was in shock and mourning.
In the…
Tags: boston university, grief, opinion, sympathy
Intermediate Daisies
A Virginia Tech faculty member and student volunteer at work in the newly completed center of the intermediate memorial, carefully organizing plastic daisies into the shape of the VT logo. For months, these same VT daisies were a fixture on the…
Tags: daisies, intermediate memorial