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One of the signs that went up on the buildings around campus shortly after Apr 16 directing the media to stay out of the campus buildings

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Ribbons of remembrance

Orange and black ribbons were tied on trees around the campus of Virginia Tech three days after the tragety.

Jinfeng Jiao

2007-08-15

Na Mi

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Florets of remembrance

People tied yellow florets on the poles around the campus.

Photo taken April 19,2007

Jinfeng Jiao

2007-08-14

Na Mi

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US college shooting 'could happen in UK'

<b>Debbie Andalo
Tuesday April 17, 2007</b>
<a href="http://education.guardian.co.uk/higher/news/story/0,,2059208,00.html">EducationGuardian.co.uk</a>

The mass shooting at Virginia Tech University could easily happen on a UK campus, an academic and former vice-president of a US institution warned today.
Prof Geoffrey Alderman, formerly the vice-president of Touro College in New York, said: "If you asked any university security guard in the UK whether what happened in Virginia could happen here, and they replied no - they would be lying.

"I am sure every university in this country will be reviewing their security and although they will be shocked at what has happened in the States they would not be shocked at the suggestion that the same thing could happen here."

He added that institutions had "better face the fact that what happened at Virginia Tech could happen in any British university". He said if someone was determined to shoot people, he couldn&#39;t see any way to prevent it.

Prof Alderman was vice-president of Touro College for nearly three years until he returned to the UK in 2002. He remains an emeritus professor in history at the college.

Referring to security at the New York campus he said: "Security was pretty tight. Every student and member of staff had to wear photographic ID and there were security guards on the gates of every campus. Nobody was allowed in or out without ID.

"But security ID can only go so far, especially if you have a sprawling campus, and not one that you can lock-down - if you go to Oxford or Cambridge, for example, the universities are embedded in the cities."

Prof Alderman believes a key factor behind the Virginia Tech tragedy, which claimed 32 lives, is the United State&#39;s innate tolerance of guns.

He said: "This is an issue about the availability of guns in the US - the right to carry arms is enshrined in the American conscience. In my New York days it was something that was enshrined in the American psyche - even in New York where they are quite strict about the carrying of arms.

The Fulbright Commission, the Anglo-American academic exchange programme that annually has around 20 UK postgraduates at universities in the US, confirmed today that none of its scholars have been sent to Virginia Tech.

Penny Egan, the commission&#39;s executive director, expressed "shock and huge concern" for everybody involved in the US shooting, but said she was confident it would not deter students from applying to its academic exchanges programme in the future.

She said: "Our website has 1.5 million hits every month and a third of those come from UK students. There continues to be a tremendous interest from British students.

"There was a slight decline [in UK interest] following 9/11, but that was a more all pervading issue."

She added: "My own view is that we won&#39;t see any decline in interest from UK students following this isolated incident. We have a number of US interns working here and their view is that they see it as an isolated incident and not as something which is part of any trend."

Universities UK, the organisation that represents university vice-chancellors, today sent a message of condolence to the president of the American Council on Education, which represents US higher education colleges and associations.

Earlier today the head of an American university in London expressed his sympathy for the victims of the college tragedy.

William Moore, the president of the American InterContinental University, said: "It was just a shock that something like that could happen. It&#39;s a tragedy and as an American I share my sense of sympathy for all the families and everybody effected.

"I will be meeting my senior colleagues ... to see how we may respond." The InterContinental is an official branch campus of the American InterContinental University in Atlanta, Georgia. It recruits students from around the world, not just the US.

<B>Related articles</B><BR>17.04.2007: <A HREF="/higher/worldwide/story/0,,2058979,00.html">Killer&#39;s identity still unrevealed</A><BR>17.04.2007: <A HREF="/higher/worldwide/story/0,,2058978,00.html">Massacre on the campus</A><BR>17.04.2007: <A HREF="/higher/worldwide/story/0,,2058976,00.html">&#39;25 of us went in, just four walked out&#39;</A><BR><BR><B>Background</B><BR>17.04.2007: <A HREF="/higher/worldwide/story/0,,2058977,00.html">A history of violence</A><BR><BR><B>Map</B><BR><A HREF="http://www.guardian.co.uk/graphic/0,,2058574,00.html">Where it happened</A>

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2007-08-12

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We are VIRGINIA TECH

These lights were placed on campus above the commuter lot.

Lindsey Loudermilk

2007-07-23

Lindsey Loudermilk

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Der Täter hatte zwei Stunden Zeit für sein Todeswerk

18.04.2007

<b>Bei dem Massaker an der Universität in Blacksburg im Bundesstaat Virginia sind noch viele Fragen offen - unter anderem das Motiv des Amokläufers</b>

WASHINGTON taz Fast wirkte es gespenstisch, wie routiniert die US-amerikanische Öffentlichkeit mit Amoklauf in Schulen und Universitäten umgeht. Erste Handy-Bilder im Fernsehen. Kurze Zeit später eine Armada von Ü-Wagen und Reportern, schließlich die ersten bestürzten Augenzeugen, die immer wieder sagen, sie könnten es nicht fassen und alles sei so schrecklich.

Auch die US-Politiker wirkten traurig, aber so, als habe Leben in Amerika eben seinen Preis. Präsident George W. Bush, Parlamentschefin Nancy Pelosi, alle sprachen sie über das Unfassbare, Tragische. Alles klang, wie schon manches Mal gesagt. Nur Stunden nach dem, was die US-Medien als "Massaker in Blacksburg" bezeichnen, schwärmten Trauerbegleiter auf den Campus der kleinen Stadt im US-Bundesstaat Virginia. Psychologen und FBI-Profiler gaben ihr Wissen in Interviews zum Besten, und erste Warnungen vor Nachahmungstaten machten die Runde.

Vielleicht ist es auch nur das, was man zu einem so kaltblütigen Amoklauf wie dem vom Montagmorgen sagen kann. Die Schüsse, berichteten Augenzeugen später, seien so regelmäßig erfolgt, dass manche zunächst glauben, sie kommen von einer nahe gelegenen Baustelle. So, als treibe ein Kolben ein Stahlrohr in den Grund. Ein Schuss folgte dem anderen, manchmal mit Pausen. Das waren die Momente, in denen der Täter sein Magazin nachlud, um dann ebenso ruhig und regelmäßig weiter seine Kommilitonen abzuknallen.

Die Bluttat sei von einem südkoreanischen Studenten namens Cho Seung Hui verübt worden, sagte der Polizeichef der Universität, Wendell Flinchum. Der 23-Jährige habe mit einem Ausländervisum an der Virginia-Tech-Universität Englisch studiert und in einem Wohnheim auf dem Campus gelebt.

Der Täter hat 33 Studierende und Professoren erschossen sowie 15 Menschen verletzt. Die Bluttat fand in einer Deutschklasse statt. Beim Eintreffen der Polizei habe sich der Schütze das Leben genommen, sagte Flinchum. Der junge Mann soll sich von hinten in den Kopf geschossen haben, von seinem Gesicht ist nichts mehr übrig geblieben. Zu seinem Motiv gab es keine Erklärungen. Nichts.

Vor dem Amoklauf waren am frühen Montagmorgen eine Studentin und ein Student in einem Wohnheim auf dem Campus getötet worden. Die Polizei untersucht nach den Worten von Flinchum, ob beide Fälle in einem Zusammenhang stehen. Eine Augenzeugin sagte, es handele sich um einen jungen Mann asiatischer Abstammung. "Er war wie ein Pfadfinder gekleidet", sagte sie im Fernsehen. Schnell richtete sich die Wut vieler Studenten gegen die Polizei, die nach der ersten Schießerei, der eine junge Frau und ein junger Mann zum Opfer fielen, eigentlich nichts unternommen hatte. Sie hatte zugelassen, dass der Lehrbetrieb fortgesetzt wurde. Weder wurde der Campus abgeriegelt, noch wurden die Studenten geschützt. Der Amokläufer hatte fast zwei Stunden Zeit, den Campus zu überqueren und sein Todeswerk in einem anderen Gebäude der Universität fortzusetzen. Vertreter der Universität rechtfertigten das Verhalten damit, dass die erste Bluttat als Einzelfall bewertet wurde. Viele der Betroffenen werfen den Verantwortlichen deswegen vor, sie hätten viel zu spät vor dem Amokläufer gewarnt. Überhaupt tauchte im Laufe des Montagabend noch die Nachricht auf, die Polizei habe zwei Bombenwarnungen auf dem Campus zu Beginn des Monats als Routinedrohung abgehakt und keine verschärften Sicherheitsmaßnahmen angeordnet.

Der Amoklauf begann einem Mitstudenten zufolge nach einem Streit des Täters mit seiner Freundin. Der Schütze habe seine Freundin im Streit erschossen, berichtete am Dienstag ein taiwanesischer Student in einem Interview des taiwanesischen Kabelfernsehkanals CTI aus den USA. Einen Mann, der den Streit schlichten wollte, habe er ebenfalls getötet. Am Schwarzen Brett der Universität hatten Studenten später eine Botschaft angepinnt. "Unsere Gedanken und Gebete sind bei der Technischen Universität von Virginia und bei allen, die von den Ereignissen am 16. April betroffen sind." Das Blutbad in Blacksburg gilt als das schwerste Massaker mit Schusswaffen in der Geschichte der Vereinigten Staaten.

ADRIENNE WOLTERSDORF


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tageszeitung"

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Adrienne Woltersdorf / taz Entwicklungs GmbH & Co. Medien KG

2007-07-01

Adriana Seagle

Corrina Urbach (lizenzen@taz.de)

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College visit turns into close call with shooting

By Paul Gately
GateHouse Media
Wed Apr 18, 2007, 11:55 AM EDT

BOURNE - A Cataumet mother and daughter found themselves in the building adjacent to where a 23-year-old student went on a shooting rampage on the Virginia Tech campus in Blacksburg, Va. Monday.

Ellen Mattingly Driscoll of Cataumet and her daughter Marianna, a Bishop Stang High School student, were on the Virginia Tech campus checking in with the admissions office prior to touring the campus.

Mother and daughter were unaware of the first shootings earlier in the morning. "It was business as usual on campus until the second shooting began even after the first had occurred," Ellen Driscoll said. "Surprisingly there wasn&#39;t a big police presence after the first shooting."

"We were in admissions when we started hearing popping," she said. "We didn&#39;t think too much of it. A woman leading the tour, who was trying to sell the campus to parents, finally said: &#39;Oh, there&#39;s someone out there with a weapon.&#39; We didn&#39;t think about what might be happening. But within minutes we heard volleys of shots. There were two loud volleys. Then there was lots of screaming. Then shouts of &#39;get out!&#39;"

The Driscolls were moved to the center of the admissions building where there were no windows. They were not allowed to leave until noon.

Ellen Driscoll said VT is "a lovely campus and truly beautiful school," but she said her thoughts about the college were decidedly different while heading to her car at noon than they were earlier in the morning when she and her daughter had crossed the drill field for what was expected to be a routine admissions briefing and tour.

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Paul Gately / GateHouse Media

2007-06-01

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