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Issue Date:Friday August 31, 2007
Section: Editorial Section

West Virginia University, like many colleges around the country, has been dealing with a ripple effect of concern from faculty, students and parents alike in regards to the shooting…

Issue Date:Friday April 20, 2007
Section: Sports Section
Patrick Southern, Sports Writer

Sometimes it takes a life-changing event to shake you to your very core and remind you what really matters.

For the countless people who are suffering…

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Issue Date:Wednesday April 18, 2007
Section: HeadLine News Section
By Jon Offredo, Staff Writer

What if it happened here?

Would West Virginia University be prepared for a horrific incident such as the tragedy that occurred at Virginia Tech…

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Prior to Virginia Tech's candelight vigil for NIU, an attendee signs a message board on display along alumni mall. Photo taken Monday, February 18, 2008.

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Students mill around a message board on display along alumni mall prior to the start of Virginia Tech's candlelight vigil for NIU. Photo taken Monday, February 18, 2008.

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Prior to Virginia Tech's candelight vigil for NIU, an attendee signs a message board on display along alumni mall. Photo taken Monday, February 18, 2008.

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Attendees wait along alumni mall for the start of a Virginia Tech candlelight vigil for NIU on Monday, February 18. A message board sits in the foreground.

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Two students participate in a Virginia Tech vigil for NIU. Photo taken Monday, February 18, 2008.

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Attendees at a Virginia Tech candlelight vigil for NIU, including two members of the Corps of Cadets, sign a message board on alumni mall. Photo taken Monday, February 18, 2008.

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An attendee at a Virginia Tech candlelight vigil for NIU signs a message board on alumni mall. Photo taken Monday, February 18, 2008.

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A piece of hokie stone, painted in NIU school colors, on display at the center of Virginia Tech's April 16th Memorial. Photo taken Monday, February 18, 2008.

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Message boards on alumni mall prior to a Virginia Tech candlelight vigil for NIU. Photo taken Monday, February 18, 2008. Lane Hall is visible in the far background.

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Participants hold up candles during a Virginia Tech vigil for NIU, held Monday, February 18, 2008.

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By: Guest Commentary |
Issue date: 5/1/07 Section: Commentary

We must not let those who abuse our rights forsake our national belief in freedom above all else. If we do, then the victims of these shooters, these evil young men who have turned…

By: Letter to the editor |
Issue date: 4/26/07 Section: Commentary

In response to Elon Glucklich's article ("Controlling the threat," ODE, Apr. 23, 2007), I am also outraged by the increase in gun violence in America, especially the recent…

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An attendee signs a message board for NIU at Virginia Tech vigil.

Photo taken February 18, 2008.

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A view of the Virginia Tech candlelight vigil for Northern Illinois University.

Photo taken February 18, 2008.

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Attendees light candles at the vigil for Northern Illinois University.

Photo taken February 18, 2008.

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Messages of support written during the candlelight vigil at Virginia Tech for NIU.

Photo taken February 18, 2008.

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Messages of support written at Virginia Tech's candlelight vigil for NIU.

Photo taken February 18, 2008.
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