V-Tech: Chain of Reactions
description: Artist's Comments We were supposed to do a project either showing ourselves perceptually or in response to the Virginia Tech shootings. Since I already have a self-portrait for pretty much every year of my life, I decided to do the latter. After watching the Cho footage and some other student-captured footage on YouTube, I tried to think of the different reactions people might have and sketched out a rough group of people. I ended up adding some more words later. I also added some newspaper clippings related to the shootings. The puzzle pieces represent a concept I was thinking about. Originally I had come up with "Nobody wants to have a view of the world with pieces that are missing, just like no one is satisfied with a puzzle that can't be completed" in regards to the importance of protecting endangered species, but it works here too... think about all the families and friends that lost someone close to them in the blink of an eye. Now there are empty spaces in their lives where those people should have been, but now aren't because of this... Yeah, cheesey, but I like my analogy. I threw in some silver you can't see for all the black. All the eyes are either orange or maroon (the school's colors) as well as a few of the puzzle pieces. I admit I rushed, but the teacher liked it, but then this one student who likes to give me (and only me, apparently) constructive criticism all the time said the two figures on the left were the same height and took away from the rest of the drawing, and that they should be cropped out. I've looked at it and I -guess- I see what he means, but I like the composition like it is, honestly, and the girl about to pray (who reminds me of Kraehe from Princess Tutu) is one of my favorites), so... O_o And then everyone got into a big discussion over whether it took away from it or not and I just sat there and muttered "wow, we're arguing". Seriously... I think maybe he thinks I think too highly of my own work because the teacher praises me al…
creator: ellana
date: 2007-05-24
contributor: Brent Jesiek
rights: Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5
language: eng

V-Tech: Chain of Reactions
description: We were supposed to do a project either showing ourselves perceptually or in response to the Virginia Tech shootings. Since I already have a self-portrait for pretty much every year of my life, I decided to do the latter. After watching the Cho footage and some other student-captured footage on YouTube, I tried to think of the different reactions people might have and sketched out a rough group of people. I ended up adding some more words later. I also added some newspaper clippings related to the shootings. The puzzle pieces represent a concept I was thinking about. Originally I had come up with "Nobody wants to have a view of the world with pieces that are missing, just like no one is satisfied with a puzzle that can't be completed" in regards to the importance of protecting endangered species, but it works here too... think about all the families and friends that lost someone close to them in the blink of an eye. Now there are empty spaces in their lives where those people should have been, but now aren't because of this... Yeah, cheesey, but I like my analogy. I threw in some silver you can't see for all the black. All the eyes are either orange or maroon (the school's colors) as well as a few of the puzzle pieces. I admit I rushed, but the teacher liked it, but then this one student who likes to give me (and only me, apparently) constructive criticism all the time said the two figures on the left were the same height and took away from the rest of the drawing, and that they should be cropped out. I've looked at it and I -guess- I see what he means, but I like the composition like it is, honestly, and the girl about to pray (who reminds me of Kraehe from Princess Tutu) is one of my favorites), so... O_o And then everyone got into a big discussion over whether it took away from it or not and I just sat there and muttered "wow, we're arguing". Seriously... I think maybe he thinks I think too highly of my own work because the teacher praises me all the time (I real…
creator: Ellana
date: 2007-07-20
contributor: Chad Newswander
rights: Permission: Creative Commons ryoushirogane@yahoo.com
language: eng

LA MASACRE DE VIRGINIA TECH
description: Creado por Ignacio Duelo 24 de Abril del 2007, 7:26 PM La reciente desgracia en el Virginia Tech, de los Estados Unidos, dejÃ³ mucho para analizar. Lo que cabe aquÃ­, como reflexiÃ³n, es el papel activo de los tres polos de la crisis -el estudiante psicÃ³pata, los estudiantes afectados y la casa de estudios- para comunicarse por sus propios medios con el pÃºblico. El estudiante coreano tuvo la sangre frÃ­a, antes de proseguir su matanza y suicidarse, para hacer una filmaciÃ³n casera donde advertÃ­a de sus propÃ³sitos y sus motivos para llevar a cabo la matanza, y demostrÃ³ un manejo espeluznante de la situaciÃ³n. Este video, despuÃ©s de que Ã©l mismo lo enviara a la NBC, fue visto en todo el mundo a travÃ©s de innumerables medios, entre ellos You Tube. Por el lado de la universidad, tuvo reflejos rÃ¡pidos ante la crisis. Su rector, Charles W. Steger, explicÃ³ que no habÃ­an cerrado las puertas del campus mientras la masacre tenÃ­a lugar, debido a que tienen 26.000 estudiantes y no sabÃ­an muy bien quÃ© estaba ocurriendo, por lo cual no querÃ­an sobreactuar. Durante los acontecimientos, los estudiantes encerrados en sus habitaciones se comunicaban entre ellos a travÃ©s de chats, blogs y otros recursos online. A la vez, la universidad les habÃ­a enviado un e-mail a todos alertÃ¡ndolos de la situaciÃ³n. Pero lo que se destaca en la actuaciÃ³n del Virginia Tech es el uso de los medios comunitarios en la comunicaciÃ³n de crisis. Su sitio en Internet fue virtualmente reemplazado por otro con informaciÃ³n al instante sobre las Ãºltimas novedades, que ahora ya tiene una secciÃ³n "in memoriam" con los nombres de las vÃ­ctimas. TambiÃ©n se encuentra allÃ­ una serie de podcasts de las autoridades. Actualmente, la parte del sitio dedicada a este tema tiene un dominio propio. La ventaja de la Universidad de Virginia es, como hemos dicho en otra columna, su situaciÃ³n de vÃ­ctima frente al gran villano, que resultÃ³ ser el estudiante coreano. Otros actores secundarios pueden ser …
creator: Ignacio Duelo
date: 2007-07-20
contributor: Elva Orozco
rights: Creative Commons AtribuciÃ³n 2.5 Argentina
language: spa

Virginia Tech: El profesor que se convirtiÃ³ en hÃ©roe
description: Publicado por Jose Kaulen C April 18, 2007, 10:03 PM La de a continuaciÃ³n, es una historia emocionante, llena de sentido y digna de admiraciÃ³n por parte de todos nosotros. In Memoriam Liviu Librescu. Liviu Librescu, un profesor de 76 aÃ±os y muy respetado ingeniero aeronÃ¡utico que enseÃ±Ã³ en Virginia Tech por 20 aÃ±os, salvÃ³ la vida de varios estudiantes bloqueando la puerta de su sala de clases antes de que fuera muerto a balazos en la masacre, de acuerdo a los e-mails enviados por los alumnos a su seÃ±ora. "Mi padre bloqueÃ³ la puerta con su cuerpo y les dijo a sus alumnos que escaparan" ha dicho su hijo, Joe Librescu, en una entrevista telefÃ³nica desde su casa en las afueras de Tel Aviv. AgregÃ³ ademÃ¡s que los "estudiantes comenzaron a abrir las ventanas y a saltar hacia afuera". En el campus, los estudiantes hablan sobre el arrojo de Librescu: "Ã‰l debiera ser reconocido como un hÃ©roe" dice el estudiante de Virginia Tech Philip Huffstetler ademÃ¡s de sentir "que estÃ¡n en una gran deuda con su familia por el resto de nuestras vidas". "Ã‰l es la razÃ³n de que el estudiante (Seung-Hui) no entrara y matara a mÃ¡s gente; obviamente es un hÃ©roe", dice Asal Arad, otro estudiante. Librescu supo de una vida difÃ­cil desde que era niÃ±o. Cuando Rumania se uniÃ³ a las fuerzas nazis en la Segunda Guerra Mundial, primero fue internado en un campo de trabajos forzados en Transnistria y luego deportado junto a su familia y miles de otros judÃ­os al ghetto central de Focsani. De acuerdo a un informe recopilado por el gobierno de Rumania en el 2004, entre 280 y 380 mil judÃ­os fueron asesinados por el rÃ©gimen rumano-nazi durante la guerra. Como un exitoso ingeniero durante el gobierno de postguerra comunista, Librescu encontrÃ³ trabajo en la agencia aeroespacial de Rumania, pero su carrera fue interrumpida en los 70's porque rechazÃ³ prestar juramento de obediencia al rÃ©gimen y finalmente fue despedido cuando pidiÃ³ autorizaciÃ³n para irse a Israel. De acuerdo con su…
creator: Jose Kaulen C
date: 2007-07-20
contributor: Elva Orozco
rights: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported
language: spa

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Todos somos Virginia Tech
description: Creado por Carlos Albaladejo 18 de Abril del 2007 10:44 am Es la frase mÃ¡s repetida en las Ãºltimas horas en el sector educativo norteamericano. La triste noticia de la matanza provocada por un estudiante asiÃ¡tico en la universidad de Virginia Tech ha provocado reacciones a lo largo y ancho del paÃ­s: desde autoridades gubernamentales y universitarias hasta familiares y amigos pasando por las incontables respuestas aparecidas en tan poco tiempo en la Red. Hoy vamos a hablar de esto Ãºltimo, dado que la reacciÃ³n en la Red estÃ¡ siendo abrumadora, merece la pena decicarle un post al tema. Antes de ello, es inevitable descargar esa opiniÃ³n subjetiva que todos llevamos dentro, asÃ­ que tendrÃ¡n que perdonarme por el abuso del medio para expresar una opiniÃ³n personal. Entiendo que el derecho a tener un arma de fuego es un derecho fundamental recogido por la ConstituciÃ³n de los Estados Unidos, y que, por tanto, la conveniencia o no de ese derecho es un debate muy difÃ­cil. Nunca ha sido sencillo poner en tela de juicio parte de una ConstituciÃ³n, con todas las dudas, las polÃ©micas y las manifestaciones de uno y otro lado que se derivan de este tipo de discusones. Lo que no entiendo es por quÃ©, ante la dificultad de echar mano al motivo que se presenta como de mayor evidencia cada vez que algÃºn adolescente armado pierde la cabeza en EE.UU., se acaba arremetiendo siempre contra otros posibles motivos que a poco que se analicen caen por su propio peso. Me refiero a la continua acusaciÃ³n que se hace a los videojuegos violentos cada vez que ocurre una desgracia. En EspaÃ±a los adolescentes tambiÃ©n pasan muchas horas jugando a Grand Theft Auto, y ninguno de ellos se hace con un arma y dispara contra sus compaÃ±eros de clase. Sencillamente, porque en EspaÃ±a no es fÃ¡cil conseguir un arma. Recuerdo que cuando JosÃ© RabadÃ¡n asesinÃ³ a su familia con una katana en Murcia se hablÃ³ largo y tendido de la conveniencia de productos para adolescentes como Final Fantasy, per…
creator: Carlos Albaladejo
date: 2007-07-19
contributor: Elva Orozco
rights: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5
language: spa

Cho Seung-Hui: lecciones para la educaciÃ³n
description: Creado por Luis Guerrero Ortiz Lima, 22 de Abril de 2007 3:00 PM Los hechos son por todos conocidos. Cho Seung-Hui, un estudiante sudcoreano de 23 aÃ±os, entrÃ³ el lunes 16 de abril en los dormitorios de la Universidad Virginia Tech, en Estados Unidos, y matÃ³ a 32 personas antes de suicidarse. En el PerÃº, los escolares y aÃºn los jÃ³venes que continÃºan estudios no tienen el fÃ¡cil acceso a armas de fuego que sÃ­ poseen sus pares en NorteamÃ©rica. Ese acceso libre y legalizado es considerado hoy como una de las causas principales de la masacre. Â¿Lo es en verdad? En una reciente encuesta, casi la mitad de los estadounidenses cree que las leyes sobre armas deberÃ­an ser mÃ¡s estrictas y el 87% afirma que la violencia asociada a su uso es un problema muy serio para su paÃ­s. Un tercio de ellos admite tener una en casa. TambiÃ©n se culpa a las autoridades por no haber hecho lo necesario para detectar y reprimir a tiempo a quien consideran un desquiciado, un anormal, un loco, mÃ¡s aÃºn cuando ha salido a luz su paso por un hospital psiquiÃ¡trico y su probable consumo de antidepresivos. Por eso las soluciones que hoy se promueven pasan por la restricciÃ³n legal a la venta de armas, el fortalecimiento de los servicios psicolÃ³gicos en los centros de estudios y, probablemente, por una mayor severidad en la selecciÃ³n de los postulantes, lo que podrÃ­a significar barreras especiales para el ingreso de inmigrantes, como Cho. Es posible que Cho Seung-Hui, en el extremo de sus perturbaciones, haya difuminado los lÃ­mites de la realidad, derribando las mÃ­nimas inhibiciones que suelen impedir a cualquier mortal pasar del odio o el rechazo -por muy justificado que fuese su origen- al acto criminal. Pero Cho era, ante todo, un inmigrante pobre. Se sabe que llegÃ³ con su familia de Corea del Sur en 1992, procedente de una zona muy pobre de SeÃºl, para habitar en los suburbios de Washington. Hasta entonces, no parece haber mostrado seÃ±ales de locura. Â«Nunca podrÃ­a haberme imag…
creator: Luis Guerrero Ortiz
date: 2007-07-18
contributor: Elva Orozco
rights: Creative Commons Reconocimiento-NoComercial-CompartirIgual 2.5 PerÃº
language: spa

On "terror"
description: Many Americans have once again been plunged into terror since a gunman massacred 32 people at Virginia Tech in the deadliest shooting rampage in modern US history, and a string of endless media reports, the gunman's cruel, merciless confessions and blood shed by 32 victims have further increased the fear of Americans. First of all, it is the fear of guns. As some American resolutely defend or safeguard their rights to own or possess guns conferred by the US constitution, other Americans cannot but have to live in a gloomy shadow at gun points. At present, 35 percent of the American families own their guns, with the existence of some 260 million guns (of which perhaps 60 million are handguns) in the United States. For scores of years, political rifts, rivals and even struggles centered on gun control have never ceased with the repeated occurrence of homicides or murder cases. As the National Rifle Association, or NRA, and other related organizations are so powerful that it was hardly possible for US Congress to pass a bill for the rigid control of guns. Secondly, it is the fear of people and, to be specific, the fear of alien immigrants. Right after the massacre at Virginia Tech, someone immediately came out to direct accusations against a student from the Chinese mainland in press and there was also a reference to a Pakistani. And all sorts of such conjectures and suspicions of Asian immigrants inundated all of sudden overnight in US media and society. Police identified the shooter in the campus killings as Cho Seung-Hui, 23, a senior from South Korea who was in the English Department at Virginia Tech and lived on the campus. Then, the ambassador of the Republic of Korea (ROK) to the United States and ROK immigrant groups or societies openly and promptly made their apologies to the American people, and the ROK itself was, too, landed itself in a state of immense restlessness. Apparently, the South Korean immigrants in the U.S. and ROK residents have also felt terrif…
creator: People's Daily Online, China
date: 2007-07-18
contributor: Na Mi
language: eng

US reports on 'Chinese killer' criticized
description: The Foreign Ministry yesterday criticized some US media for "irresponsible reports" claiming that the killer in the Virginia Tech shootings was Chinese. Spokesman Liu Jianchao said it was a terrible mistake and a violation of professional ethics to publish reports before checking the facts. Before it was revealed that the gunman who killed 32 people on the Virginia campus on Monday was a student from South Korea, Michael Sneed, a columnist for Chicago Sun-Times, wrote that the shooter was a 24-year-old man from China. MSNBC, which cited Sneed's story on its website, said he went to the US last year on a student visa issued in Shanghai. Some reports even made public the blog of "Chinese shooter" Jiang Wei'en. But the US police later identified the killer as Cho Seung-hui; and university officials said he was a "troubled" young man on medication for depression. He is believed to have killed himself. Sneed's story was immediately picked up by other media in the United States and Jiang's blog had more than 37,000 visits in a few hours. For those checking the blog hoping to find out the motive behind the shooting spree, Jiang decided to speak up. "Everybody was talking about me as a criminal. I just want to prove my innocence," Jiang told ABC in an interview widely quoted by Chinese websites. "Yes, I am an Asian; I live in a school dorm; I am a student of Virginia Tech; I just broke up with my girlfriend and I love guns. But I am NOT the murderer," he said. Jiang said he received death threats till the time the South Korean student was identified as the killer. Many Chinese students at Virginia Tech are also angered by the US media reports and some said they would write a letter of protest to the Chicago Sun-Times. They pointed specifically to Sneed's story. "The reckless report put pressure on, and tarnished the image of, the Chinese community here in Blacksburg as well as in the US," said the Association of Chinese Students and Scholars at Virginia Tech (VT-ACSS) in an…
creator: Xinhua - China Daily
date: 2007-07-18
contributor: Na Mi
language: eng

'Gun culture' again target of criticism after killings
description: UPDATED: 11:01, April 18, 2007 Foreign politicians and media once again attacked America's "gun culture" yesterday. Australian Prime Minister John Howard said tough legislation introduced after a mass shooting in Tasmania in 1996 had prevented the US gun culture emerging in his country. After the shooting Australia imposed laws banning almost all types of semi-automatic weapons. "We showed a national resolve that the gun culture that is such a negative in the United States would never become a negative in our country," said Howard, extending sympathies to the families of the victims at Virginia Tech University. British Prime Minister Tony Blair and German Chancellor Angela Merkel also expressed their sympathies. Britain's Queen Elizabeth II was "shocked" and "saddened," a spokeswoman for Buckingham Palace said. Along with her husband, the Duke of Edinburgh, the queen is set to pay a two-day visit to Virginia early next month to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the Jamestown Settlement, her first visit to the United States in 16 years. Iran, at loggerheads with the United States over its nuclear program, spoke out against the killings. "Iran condemns the killing of Virginia university students and expresses its condolences to the families of victims and the American nation," Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad Ali Hosseini said in a statement. European newspapers saw a grim inevitability about the shootings, given the right to bear arms which is enshrined in US constitution. In Italy, the Leftist Il Manifesto newspaper said the shooting was "as American as apple pie". More than 30,000 people die from gunshot wounds in the United States annually and there are more guns in private hands than in any other country. But a powerful gun lobby and support for gun ownership have thwarted attempts to tighten controls. "It would be vain to hope that even so destructive a crime as this will cool the American ardour for guns," the Independent newspaper said in a commentary. G…
creator: China Daily/agencies
date: 2007-07-18
contributor: Na Mi
language: eng

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date: 2007-07-19
contributor: Na Mi
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Tributo para las victimas de la Tragedia de Virginia Tech
description: Placa donada por la organizaciÃ³n de estudiantes Mexicanos en Virginia Tech y el Consulado Mexicano en Washington, DC. Esta placa fue entregada el pasado 11 de mayo del 2007 en seÃ±al de respeto y cariÃ±o hacia las victimas que fallecieron en los trÃ¡gicos eventos del pasado 16 de Abril del 2007. Foto cortesÃ­a de Jorge Daniel Moncada de la Rosa A talabera plate donated as a tribute for the students and faculty injured at the April 16, shootings. This donation was sponsored by the Mexican student's organization at Virginia Tech and the Mexican Consulate at Washington, DC as a gesture of love and respect for the victims. Photo courtesy of Jorge Daniel Moncada de la Rosa
creator: Organizacion de Estudiantes Mexicanos en Virginia Tech
date: 2007-07-19
contributor: Elva Orozco
rights: Jorge Daniel Moncada de la Rosa Presidente de la Asociacion de Mexicanos moncada@vt.edu
language: eng

Sepultan en Puerto Rico a vÃ­ctima de matanza en Virginia Tech
description: BAYAMÃ“N | AP Abril 24, 2007 Tras una ceremonia en la que nadie quiso hablar de la matanza que cobrÃ³ su vida, el estudiante puertorriqueÃ±o de la Universidad Virginia Tech Juan RamÃ³n Ortiz Ortiz fue sepultado este martes en un funeral privado. En lugar de hablar de su muerte, sus amigos y familiares prefirieron hablar de su vida. Fue lo mÃ¡s cercano a la perfecciÃ³n, expresÃ³ JesÃºs Ortega sobre su amigo desde la infancia. Ortiz Ortiz fue una de las 32 personas que matÃ³ Cho Seung-Hui, un estudiante de literatura inglesa de 23 aÃ±os de edad, antes de suicidarse con una pistola el lunes de la semana pasada. Juan fue un Ã¡rbol que dio fruto a temprana edad: benignidad, paciencia, justicia y amor. Celebremos hoy la vida que con tan sÃ³lo 26 aÃ±os Juan compartiÃ³ con nosotros, dijo el profesor Amado VÃ©lez, de la Universidad PolitÃ©cnica donde estudiÃ³ el joven. VÃ©lez destacÃ³ que la timidez del joven era opacada por sus acciones: Hablaban mÃ¡s de lo que la alocuciÃ³n podÃ­a decir. Durante los actos fÃºnebres, los padres del joven ingeniero acompaÃ±aron en todo momento a la viuda Liselle Vega CortÃ©s, quien tambiÃ©n se encontraba en Virginia Tech al momento de la masacre. El trÃ­o permaneciÃ³ silencioso y en aparente calma durante la triste jornada de despedida, en la que amigos como Ortega volvieron a sonreÃ­r al recordar el amor de Ortiz Ortiz por el ritmo de salsa, al que dedicÃ³ parte de su vida. Era tan fanÃ¡tico de la salsa que una vez... puso mÃºsica de salsa (en el automÃ³vil) y se llenÃ³ de tanta alegrÃ­a que se bajÃ³ del carro y bailÃ³ en el mismo medio de la acera, relatÃ³ Ortega. Para el pÃ¡rroco de la Iglesia San JosÃ©, JosÃ© MarÃ­a Almendariz, la muerte de Ortiz Ortiz fue inexplicable. No hay ninguna explicaciÃ³n humana para el dolor que no sea mirando a Cristo, expresÃ³ a los mÃ¡s de 200 amigos y familiares que abarrotaron la Iglesia San JosÃ© de BayamÃ³n, a las afueras de San Juan. La matanza de Virginia Tech ha sido considerada la peor masacre estudi…
creator: BAYAMÃ“N | AP
date: 2007-07-18
contributor: Elva Orozco
rights: JosÃ© DarÃ­o Maldonado Jefe Unidad de Negocios Internet DIARIO EL UNIVERSO jmaldonado@eluniverso.com
language: spa

What If It Happened Every Day?
description: By Keith Boykin, in politics Tuesday, April 17 2007, 10:24AM The news was gruesome and alarming. Reuters reported that at least 30 people were shot yesterday in a deadly gun rampage that rocked a city once known for its safety and scholarship. By now, you've heard about the story, and many of us have already stopped paying attention. But I'm not talking about the deadly school shooting in Virginia Monday morning. I'm talking about the deadly violence in Iraq that goes on everyday. While most of the world was understandably horrified by the campus shooting at Virginia Tech yesterday, almost no one paid attention to the 30 people who were shot and killed in Baghdad on the same day. The shock and horror of watching such dramatic violence in Virginia immediately resonated with Americans. But here's something else to ponder. What if it happened every day? What if we saw that kind of carnage in our communities every night on the evening news? It sounds far-fetched, but that's exactly the situation that faces many Iraqis almost every day of the year. If the shooting in Virginia tells us anything about human society, it should tell us that violence is far too common in the world. It's not just an American problem or an Iraqi problem, it is a global problem. What kind of world do we live in where young students have virtually unfettered access to sophisticated deadly weapons that can be used to kill their classmates and teachers? And how did we become desensitized to the tens of thousands of civilian casulaties in a war we're still fighting in Baghdad? I don't think it is possible to stop every murder or every killing that takes place in this country or abroad, but I do believe we have a responsibility to promote the conditions for peace. For all the talk about our Christian values in America, we are an extraordinarily violent society. The FBI reported 1.4 million violent crimes in the U.S. in 2005 and more than 16,000 murders. That's a drop from the record high figures in t…
creator: Keith Boykin
date: 2007-07-17
contributor: Brent Jesiek
rights: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 1.0
language: eng

Virginia tech shooting
description: Wednesday, April 18, 2007 A nutcase shot 32 people and himself in Virginia tech. He was a loner, was obsessed with violence, and left some notes blaming "rich kids" and "debauchery" (that is, disapproved of other people having more money and getting laid more often than himself - which is a rather common human emotion, but most people don't go postal because of it). The university is being blamed for not acting fast enough on the day of the shooting. I don't know if they should be blamed for it - I am sure an investigation will find out, one way or another - but what I would like to know is how come the university did not do anything after the guy harassed a few women and set fire to the dorm. (Maybe there is some good answer to that, too.) The man has also written two plays that the readers found very violent and highly disturbing. Here they are. I have read them and have not found them particularly violent or disturbing: they are rather violent, but I and people I know have written worse without shooting anyone, and they are quite angry in a teenagery way, but nothing really out of ordinary. They would not have rung a warning bell with me. I wonder if that's just me being desensitized to violence, or the people did not really see anything scary about them earlier and are just having a flash of hindsight now, or do the creative writing teachers and students see warnings much more efficiently than ordinary people like myself. There was a lot of conversation of gun control after this. I have no strong opinion on gun control one way or the other, at least as long as it does not interfere with my pistol shooting hobby (and currently in Finland it doesn't), but after seeing several people in the US point out that the gunman could have been stopped earlier if any of the students or teachers had a gun on them, and several of my friends on IRC make fun of this argument, I must say that those people in the US really do have a point: I don't, generally speaking, believe that…
creator: Vera Izrailit
date: 2007-07-17
contributor: Brent Jesiek
rights: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.5 License
language: eng

Las caras inmigrantes de la masacre de Virginia Tech
description: Publicado por La bloguera en Mayo 2, 2007 04:24 PM La peor masacre escolar en la historia de Estados Unidos, que dejÃ³ un saldo de 33 muertos en la Universidad de Virginia Tech, ha generado mÃ¡s interrogantes que respuestas, y mientras la naciÃ³n estÃ¡ de luto muchos se preguntan cÃ³mo afectarÃ¡ Ã©sta tragedia la imagen del inmigrante en este paÃ­s. La prensa repite constantemente que el asesino, Cho Seung-Hui, emigrÃ³ de Corea a los 8 aÃ±os. Antes de sus escalofriantes actos, la historia del joven es similar a la de muchas familias inmigrantes. Sus padres que emigraron buscando un futuro mejor, durante aÃ±os trabajaron en una lavanderÃ­a, y seguramente estaban orgullosos que sus hijos fueran a la universidad. Inicialmente, Cho Seung-Hui, fue blanco de las burlas por no saber inglÃ©s, pero eventualmente aprendiÃ³ el idioma, y se podrÃ­a decir que incluso absorbiÃ³ los aspectos mÃ¡s violentos de esta sociedad, donde los tiroteos en las escuelas parecen repetirse sin sentido. Ahora sus padres viven "una horrible pesadilla" segÃºn un comunicado de la familia que agrega que nunca se imaginaron la capacidad de violencia de su hijo quien "ha puesto a llorar al mundo". Pero esta masacre tambiÃ©n tiene otra cara inmigrante que no ha recibido tanta atenciÃ³n de los medios. Las vÃ­ctimas, los hÃ©roes y los dolientes de esta tragedia, tambiÃ©n tienen rostro inmigrante y desde PerÃº, Puerto Rico, Indonesia, India, LÃ­bano, Polonia, Vietnam, CanadÃ¡ y los Emiratos Arabes Unidos, llegaron para cumplir su sueÃ±o americano estudiando o enseÃ±ando en Virginia Tech. El profesor Liviu Librescu, nacido en Polonia, se interpuso ante las balas tratando de salvar la vida de sus estudiantes. El maestro bloqueÃ³ la puerta del salÃ³n, mientras le urgÃ­a a sus estudiantes que se tiraran al piso. El estudiante peruano, Daniel PÃ©rez Cueva de 21 aÃ±os, tambiÃ©n muriÃ³ en el tiroteo. Su madre Betty Cueva lo recuerda como un joven alegre, que sin embargo asumiÃ³ grandes responsabilidades familiar…
creator: La bloguera
date: 2007-07-17
contributor: Elva Orozco
rights: Nick, or Dabloguiman
language: spa

Massacre of 32 at Virginia Tech shocks alumni in MetroWest
description: By Danielle Williamson/Daily News staff GHS Tue Apr 17, 2007, 12:07 AM EDT NO DATA - For Bill Saam, the slaughter yesterday at his alma mater resurrected the shock, sadness and anger he felt when terrorists attacked the World Trade Center. "On a personal level, the feeling I had today was very much the way I felt on 9/11," said Saam, a Northborough resident and 1992 Virginia Tech graduate. An active member of the college's alumni association, Saam was in touch yesterday with other classmates who struggled to comprehend the news. "It's very much a tight-knit community," he said. "I hope no one from New England is directly affected by this." Saam described Blacksburg as a "small, rural area." "You don't hear about crime down there, never mind shootings," he said. For Milford native Jim Pyne, a 1993 Virginia Tech graduate, yesterday's murders are a sad reflection on the state of society. "We have people who fly planes into buildings ... and screwballs who have guns and shouldn't have them," said Pyne, a former professional football player. "It's the society we live in, and it's just despicable." Pyne, who was an All-American at Virginia Tech and played nine seasons in the NFL, said he watched much of the news yesterday but "couldn't keep watching it. It doesn't seem real." "I've been in all those buildings. I took classes there," Pyne said. "I feel for the parents of the 33 kids and I'm horrified about what happened and what it's like for them." Peter Darby of Charlestown, who leads the New England chapter of Virginia Tech's alumni association, said the Boston area has 1,300 alumni, many of whom were in contact with each other yesterday. "We're stunned just numb," Darby said. For Waltham native Marcus Ly, the shootings were particularly difficult to comprehend. "I called a lot of my friends in Blacksburg. They're all OK," said Ly, a Virginia Tech grad student speaking by phone yesterday from Minneapolis. "But it's just a lot of confusion, they don't really know anythin…
creator: Danielle Williamson/Daily News staff
date: 2007-07-17
contributor: Na Mi
rights: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0
language: eng

Virginia Tech shootings shake the country
description: By Nicole Haley/Daily News staff GHS Tue Apr 17, 2007, 01:04 AM EDT NO DATA - The news seemed surreal for anyone who turned on the television yesterday. Even anchors on the major news networks reported asking law enforcement officials to repeat themselves, unable to believe what they were being told. But for Waltham native Marcus Ly, the shootings on Virginia Tech's campus were particularly difficult to comprehend. "I called a lot of my friends in Blacksburg. They're all OK," said Ly, a Virginia Tech grad student. "But it's just a lot of confusion, they don't really know anything more than we do reading the headlines." Speaking by phone yesterday from Minneapolis, Ly said he was in shock. A gunman killed 32 people on the campus and then took his own life, the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history. A 1995 Waltham High School graduate, Ly finished a graduate school program in industrial and systems engineering at Virginia Tech last winter. He was a representative on the university's Board of Visitors and worked closely with the president and higher levels of administration. "It's really the equivalent of something like this happening in Weston," said Ly, trying to describe the town of Blacksburg, home to the 2,600-acre Virginia Tech campus. Ly said Blacksburg was on of the safest communities he has ever lived in. Around 7:15 a.m. yesterday, the first shot rang out in West Ambler Johnston Hall, a co-ed dormitory. The gunfire resumed two hours later at Norris Hall, the engineering science and mechanics building, where most of the fatalities occurred, according to Associated Press reports. "It's more shocking than Columbine," Ly said, referring to the 1999 Columbine High School shootings in Littleton, Colo. Two teenagers killed 12 students and one teacher and wounded 24 more before the shooters committed suicide. Like many others watching the events unfold from home, Ly saw the video streamed on cnn.com and shown repeatedly on television, recorded by a Virginia Tech st…
creator: Elva Orozco
date: 2007-07-17
contributor: Elva Orozco
rights: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported
language: eng