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Students fight for guns on campus

Aug. 20, 2007
By Claire St. Amant

City editor

In Texas, it isn't surprising to see cowboy hats, belt buckles and boots glistening under the sun. But there's one piece missing from the cowboy ensemble when Texans mosey on over to…

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Editorial: Gun groups gone wrong

Aug. 20, 2007

Anytime a tragedy occurs we ask ourselves how it could have happened and how it can be prevented from ever happening again. So in the aftermath of the Virginia Tech massacre, gun rights advocates began calling for the repealing of…

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In light of any tragedy, the best we can do is learn

April 25, 2007
By BRIAN BATEMAN

Until last Monday, the only things I knew about Virginia Tech University were that it was located in Virginia and the school colors -- orange and maroon -- were ugly.

Maybe that's because they are the colors…

Tags: baylor, learn, lessons, questions

Campus creates major issues

April 24, 2007
By KATY MATLOCK
Contributor
Before April 16, the topic of stress at Baylor University could have provoked yawns in its predictability.

With final exams, social pressures and looming career goals as the ingredients, stress was an…

Tags: baylor, counseling, stress management

Random attacks difficult to stop

April 17, 2007
By IDA JAMSHIDI
Reporter
Government officials are calling it the deadliest rampage in the history of the United States.

Virginia Tech University was the site of a mass shooting Monday, leaving at least 33 people dead, including…

Tags: awareness, baylor, offense, predict, random attacks, trauma

DAY OF THE DEAD ALTAR TO HONOR VIRGINIA TECH SHOOTING VICTIMS

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Quinn Densley
602-740-8569

DAY OF THE DEAD ALTAR TO HONOR VIRGINIA TECH SHOOTING VICTIMS

A Day of the Dead shrine honoring the victims of the April 16 shootings at Virginia Tech will be on display at the Vision…

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We Are All Hokies

by Ruben Maqueda

Like every other American, I was shocked and horrified by the shootings that took place at Virginia Tech. I thought of the students and so many young, promising lives suddenly cut short. I thought of the professors who sacrificed…

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Stop the Violence

Thursday, April 19th, 2007

While we spent the last two weeks railing at each other about racial insults, sexist jokes, hip hop music, apologies that won't fly, and weighty matters related to the First Amendment, a deranged college student sat…

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Balloon memorial at GMU.

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"In Loving Memory" sign at balloon memorial at GMU.

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Sign at balloon memorial at GMU.

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Hokie Hope sign at GMU.

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Hokie Hope sign at GMU.

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Group from GMU holding signs.

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Still Strong

Taken almost 10 months after the tragedy, the memorial still stands as a symbol of hope.

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Letter from President Steger on Northern Illinois University

Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2008 18:56:43 -0500
From: Virginia.Tech.news@vt.edu
To: Multiple recipients
Subject: Letter from President Steger on Northern Illinois University

Thursday, February 14, 2008

Dear Students, Faculty, and Staff

As I…

Tags: mass shooting, niu, northern illinois university, steger