Case students, community show support for Virginia Tech
description: April 19, 2007 On Friday, April 20, dozens of Case Western Reserve University students and other members of the campus community became honorary "Hokies" in spirit. They wore maroon and orange - the Virginia Tech school colors - in a show of solidarity and support. To remember and honor fellow students, faculty, staff and administrators who lost their lives or were injured at Virginia Tech earlier this week, several of Case Western Reserve's student organizations joined together to create a large "card" and a campus photo. All members of the university community were invited to sign the card, offering heartfelt prayers and words of healing and remembrance to their peers in Blacksburg, Va. In addition to the card, a photographer stood atop Kelvin Smith Library to take a photo of Case Western Reserve community members wearing maroon and orange - forming the letters VT - on Freiberger Field. Both the card and the photo will be sent to the Virginia Tech Student Union with hope that it will be displayed there. Students also redesigned - overnight - the university's large "graffiti" wall behind Thwing Center, the university's own student union. The wall now features a large VT and the words "You are in our thoughts," signed with a university logo. Organizations involved in creating these efforts included: Undergraduate Student Government, University Program Board, Class Officers Collective, Interfraternity Congress, Panhellenic Council, Residence Hall Association and Media Board. Posted by: Paula Baughn, April 19, 2007 02:31 PM -- Original Source: http://blog.case.edu/case-news/2007/04/19/vatechsupport
creator: Case Western Reserve University
date: 2007-05-23
contributor: Brent Jesiek
rights: Laura Massie (laura.massie@case.edu)
language: eng

Caso Cho
description: Creado por Julio Suárez Anturi 20 de abril de 2007 SÃ­, muchas cosas resultan increíbles en el caso del joven estudiante de Virginia Tech -EE.UU.-, Cho. Y dignas de evaluar desde el punto de vista comunicacional. Lo primero sobrecogedor, por supuesto, es el hecho de que a los 23 años decida matar una treintena de personas y suicidarse enseguida. Eso, habla mal de la juventud con sueños y futuro. Lo siguiente que llama la atención es que Cho haya demorado más de 2 horas para hacer todo lo que hizo. Tuvo tiempo, inclusive, para poner en un sobre varias fotografías, muchos minutos de video y un texto explicativo de su conducta. Después, puso el sobre al correo. El contenido de este sobre llegó a la cadena de televisión NBC, remitido por A Ihsmael, que fue como firmó Cho Seung Hui. La cadena de televisión decidió emitir ayer parte del material, un segmento del video en el que Cho hace una arenga contra los ricos. ¿Debió haber puesto al aire esas imágenes de Cho? ¿Estimulará con ello a otros jóvenes, probablemente perturbados mentalmente? ¿Qué aporte hizo NBC emitiendo ese video? Me llamaron la atención las apreciaciones del actual consultor de la ABC televisión, y ex presidente de la NBC, Richard Wald, conocidas hoy sobre los acontecimientos. Aportan una mirada distinta, que es la que deseo compartir e invito a leer con detenimiento. Quizás Wald despoja de cierto fetichismo este tipo de discusiones y recoloca los elementos sin mediatizar una valoración moral, sino informativa. Destaco únicamente lo que considero que es una visión desintoxicada: ¿Cree que la NBC hizo bien al divulgar las imágenes? -El principio en la organización de noticias es y debe ser decirle a la audiencia lo máximo que se pueda, y el problema en este caso es una cuestión de gusto, no de hechos. ¿Pero las imágenes no estimulan a otros estudiantes perturbados a hacer lo mismo para ser famosos? -No creo que las imágenes divulgadas vayan a agravar o no un problema. No…
creator: Julio Suárez Anturi
date: 2007-07-31
contributor: Elva Orozco
rights: Creative Commons Reconocimiento-NoComercial-CompartirIgual 2.5 Colombia
language: spa

CCC Hosts Vigil for V-Tech
description: MOURNING: At the official UC Irvine vigil for Virginia Tech administrators offered support to students. By Anam Siddiq Staff Writer In a vigil hosted by the Cross Cultural Center and UC Irvine Student Affairs, candles were passed out to hundreds of students, faculty and friends who had gathered on April 23 to give a final salute to all those killed and injured at the hands of one unstable man. Exactly one week earlier, the sun rose in Blacksburg, Virg. on a truly unfortunate scene. By the next week, the tragic events that had occurred at Virginia Polytechnic Institute were common knowledge, and although students across the campus had already held numerous vigils, UCI felt compelled to officially honor the victims in a formal ceremony. The event, advertised by the CCC, was also publicized by e-mails sent by Chancellor Michael Drake and included speakers from UCI administration, including Vice Chancellor Manuel Gomez and Dean of Students Sally Peterson. Irvine Mayor Beth Krom and Orange County Human Relations Representative Ken Inouye were also asked to speak at the vigil, as well as two student representatives, ASUCI President Stephanie Johnson and Korean American Student Association Rep Rheela Kim. At 6:45 p.m., student musician Andrew Heringer began the ceremony with penetrating music played on his acoustic guitar. At the end an uncommonly serene silence befell Ring Road as the chattering crowd delved into quiet contemplation. Peterson was introduced, and emphasized that the program was one of remembrance. As she listed the names of the victims, the wind rustled through the crowd and blew out the candles. Gomez then read a message from Drake, who was in Washington, and assured the crowd that in the aftermath of this terrible event, the administration would "redouble [its] efforts to confirm the safety of the students and faculty on this campus." Gomez continued, saying that even though Irvine is one of the safest cities in the world, UCI and Virginia Tech shared ma…
creator: Anam Siddiq
date: 2007-08-19
contributor: Sara Hood
rights: Zachary Gale <newueic@gmail.com>
language: eng

Ceremony before game
description: Opening ceremony at Yankees vs. Hokies baseball game. Photo by George Norton.
creator: George Norton
date: 2008-04-21
contributor: Kacey Beddoes
rights: "Norton, George" <gnorton@vt.edu>
language: eng

Ceremony before game
description: Opening ceremony at Yankees vs. Hokies game. Photo by George Norton.
creator: George Norton
date: 2008-04-21
contributor: Kacey Beddoes
rights: "Norton, George" <gnorton@vt.edu>
language: eng

Chabad Responds to Tragedy With Mitzvah Drive: "Hearts to Hokies" Campaign to Begin Friday
description: Joshua Runyan Chabad.edu As a university and nation began the transition from shock to mourning one day after the deadliest shooting attack in American history, the network of more than 100 campus Chabad Houses declared a "Week of Goodness and Kindness" as a way to honor the memory of the slain. The goal of the effort, according to organizers, is simple: to translate the pain of grief into the healing of positive action. Beginning this Friday, Chabad on Campus representatives will be handing out "Hearts to Hokies" pledge cards at the campuses they serve. Students will be encouraged to pledge a good deed in the merit of those lost; the collected cards will be presented later to the students of Virginia Tech. Students and others can also complete an online "pledge card" at www.Hearts2Hokies.com. "This tragedy hits uniquely close to home for college students across America," stated Rabbi Yossy Gordon, executive director for the New York-based Chabad on Campus International Foundation. "Our campaign provides a tangible way to react in a substantive manner. It reminds that grief can be channeled into positive action, and highlights the concept that many small acts add up in a meaningful way." According to Gordon, "we look to our traditions for solace and direction. We recognize the essential human need to do something, to make something good result from tragedy, to attempt to somehow bring balance into the world by increasing in 'senseless' acts of goodness and kindness." In the immediate aftermath of an apparent rampage by a Virginia Tech student, two Chabad-Lubavitch emissaries from elsewhere in the state - Rabbi Yossel Kranz, executive director of the Richmond, Va.-based Chabad of the Virginias and Rabbi Shlomo Mayer from the Chabad House at the University of Virginia - traveled to the site of the attacks to assist with the needs of the students and faculty. And as Mayer and Kranz were busy on Tuesday coordinating the care of a victim's body in accordance with Jewish …
creator: Joshua Runyan
date: 2007-07-02
contributor: Brent Jesiek
rights: Sholom Charytan (SCharytan@Chabad.edu)
language: eng

Chancellor discusses campus concerns
description: University will focus on solving issues involving wages, safety through transition to Gene Block By Jackie Barber Wednesday, May 9, 2007 Acting Chancellor Norman Abrams addressed myriad staff concerns such as Chancellor-elect Gene Block, employee compensation, and campus security on Tuesday afternoon during a staff meeting. About 100 staff members attended the meeting, hosted by Staff Assembly President Shelley Brown. Abrams began his speech by praising the staff's contributions to UCLA, calling the unique sense of community fostered on campus "a treasure" for such a large university and said he is impressed with Block. "You will find him open, a quick study, and one whose values are all in the right place," Abrams said. "I'm confident he will make a great chancellor." Abrams said the biggest challenge for Block will be "recruitment and retention of both staff and faculty." He cited the high cost of housing in Los Angeles as an obstacle in attracting employees from elsewhere, as potential employees have expressed concern about their ability to afford quality local housing. Each year the university attempts to increase the salaries of its faculty and staff, but these salaries have fallen below market, Abrams said, adding that a long-term goal for the university is to bring salaries back to market value. Raises for the university's lowest-paid workers is also a current focus, Abrams added. He said the university has been working with the unions toward this goal. Abrams called the salary concern "a work in progress," but said he believes Block is up to the task and is familiar with similar issues because of his experience serving as president of the University of Virginia. UCLA employee compensation is a major concern not only for the UCLA community, but also for the Los Angeles area, said Nicole Moore, lead organizer for the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees union Local 3299. "Custodians (at UCLA) are paid 25 percent below what community col…
creator: Jackie Barber
date: 2007-07-13
contributor: Sara Hood
rights: Saba Riazati <editor@media.ucla.edu>
language: eng

Chancellor responds to Virginia Tech tragedy
description: Message to the Vanderbilt community from Chancellor Gordon Gee regarding the April 16 tragedy at Virginia Tech Dear Members of the Vanderbilt Community, Today our support goes out to our colleagues, our peers, our brothers and sisters at Virginia Tech. Words fail to encompass a calamity of such magnitude. At this raw stage, we can offer our attention, our consideration, and our sympathy. We respond with the best part of ourselves. At a moment like this, we want you to know that the Vanderbilt community stands ready to offer help and guidance to all who seek it through the Psychological and Counseling Center (2-2571), the Office of Religious Life and Affiliated Ministries (2-2457), and, for students, your resident adviser, head resident, or assistant director. In addition, All Faiths Chapel on the first floor of the divinity school (below Benton Chapel) will be open Tuesday through Thursday from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. for personal reflection, meditation, and prayer. In light of this incident, we are also evaluating Vanderbilt's safety and emergency preparedness procedures. Please feel free to share this information with your parents and colleagues as well. Universities empower humans to understand the world by gathering us together in an atmosphere of implicit trust, mature safety, and mutual discussion and exchange. May that power not be shattered or compromised by the horrible and aberrant events of this day. May we, as a community and as individuals, continue to create and support conditions in which acts of violence like these are less likely to arise. Universities are strong of themselves, but we are stronger together. Individuals are strong of themselves, but we are stronger together. Please keep the people of Virginia Tech, and their families, and their friends and all who depend on them and know them, at the front of your minds and your hearts. Cordially, Gordon Gee -- Original Source: Vanderbilt Daily Register - April 17, 2007
creator: Gordon Gee
publisher: Vanderbilt University Daily Register
date: 2007-07-11
contributor: Sara Hood
rights: Joan Brasher <joan.brasher@vanderbilt.edu>
language: eng

Change Must Happen
description: I work at a University on the west coast. I was the first to arrive in our hallway on April 16th. I had left my apt at 7a.m., which would have been 10 a.m. on the east coast and there had been no mention of the first shootings. Fifty minutes later when I arrived on campus it was on CNN.com. As the hours passed the death count kept rising. What was going on? Finally by the afternoon the news media had been able to get a handle on what had happened and so did we, thousands of miles away. I notice security making frequent passes, which always makes me nervous. I thought of Columbine and those that had lost their lives and the survivors that had and will always struggle with what happened. Here we go again. Over the past couple of weeks as more unfolds, praise has been given to the heroes and criticism to the administration on how they dealt with the emergency. I feel the administration did the best they could that day with the information they had. Hind-sight is 20/20! The faculty and students who raised several previous red flags about Cho did the best they could. People died that day. In honor of them let's not point fingers, instead lets learn something and make some rational and educated changes. Most importantly communicate these changes. I have suggested to our Dean that there be a mandatory on line disaster/emergency course to be taken on line. Its impossible to cover all scenarios, but lets try and get everybody on the same page. If we have to do it for financial procedures and HIPAA, why not something that could save a life and possibly many. I realize that dealing with mentally ill people is a very complicated problem because it deals with civil liberties. People in the mental health profession are afraid any changes might alienate people from getting any help. I hope that things do change and that things become a little less gray when it come to being able to do something about seriously troubled individuals especially on college campuses. Faculty administra…
creator: Wendy Christiansen
date: 2007-05-01
contributor: Wendy Christiansen
language: eng

Chinese students were making origami cranes
description: On April 20, the VT-ACSS organized a donation on the drillfield. In this photo, several Chinese students were making origami cranes. The Chinese community of Blacksburg uses the "1000 cranes" to express grief and remembrance.
creator: Jinfeng Jiao
date: 2007-08-14
contributor: Na Mi
language: eng

Chinese woman cited for rescuing US campus students
description: A Chinese woman assistant professor, or rather a doctoral student at the college of engineering at Virginia Tech, has shed a light onto the campus shooting rampage on April 16, which claimed a toll of 33 lives (including that of the gunman himself). In the past two days, a wise Chinese middle-age lady has been featured in American media, and her name is Haiyan Cheng, who, calm and composed, rescued the lives of students in her class at an extremely precarious situation. When her story was released and publicized, many Americans admired her courage from their bottom of hearts, "Really great, the Chinese." April 16 was a murky day at Virginia Tech when Seung-hui Cho, a young South Korean student, drenched the university compass in bloodbath. In Classroom 206, when students of civil engineering were having their lesson, their professor fell in blood. In Room 207, a German lesson was in session, 10 of a dozen students were shot and killed, in Room 211, a French lesson was in session, there were about 15 casualties out of the 20 students at the class and their professor was massacred ï¿½ï¿½ Meanwhile, in Room 205, the whole class still retained intact as Haiyan Cheng, the assistant professior, was filling in for the professor, who was away at a conference. Cheng, now in her late 30s and the mother of one daughter, came to the United States from the city of Hohhot, northern China in 1998. She obtained a Master's degree in Applied Mathematics from Michigan Technological University and a Master's degree in Computer Science from the University of Windsor, Canada. She is now working on her PH.D at the College of Engineering at Virginia Tech and concurrently serves as an assistant professor. Cheng arrived at the campus oft Virginia Tech earlier as usual that day (April 16). Her class started at nine o"clock sharp am and went into her office to at 8:50 am to check her emails. When she went into her class at about 9 am, an unexpected tragedy occurred all of sudden shortly …
creator: PD reporter Duan Congcong and PD special report to the UN Headquarters Hou Lingyu
date: 2007-07-18
contributor: Na Mi
language: eng

Cho '04 calls campus friend
description: Comments to Manna adviser offer first glimpse of Cho family reaction By Doug Eshleman Princetonian Staff Writer While family members of the Virginia Tech gunman have secluded themselves during the last three days to avoid media attention, his older sister, Sun-Kyung Cho '04, reached out to a close friend and spiritual adviser from her Princeton days yesterday, offering the first glimpse of how the shooter's closest relatives are reacting to Monday's killings. At a discussion forum organized yesterday by the Korean American Students Association (KASA) to help students cope with the shootings, Manna Christian Fellowship director Rev. David Kim told the group that Cho — a member of Manna while at the University — called and talked to him over the phone yesterday morning. Some of Cho's conversation with Kim focused on the guilt he said she's feeling in the aftermath of her brother's actions. Kim said that Cho apologized for any negative repercussions Koreans on campus may have experienced after Monday's shooting. The 23-year-old Cho Seung-Hui — who shot himself after taking the lives of 32 people Monday on the Virginia Tech campus — immigrated to the United States in 1992 from South Korea, along with Sun-Kyung and their parents. "When she called, one of the first things she did was she apologized because she felt so bad for the Koreans on campus," Kim said. Several Korean students and alumni have expressed anxiety regarding a possible nationwide backlash against their community following the Virginia shootings. Kim added that in the next few days, Cho would release a public statement on behalf of her family, since her parents do not speak English. Cho has taken a leave of absence from her job with a State Department contractor, ABC News reported yesterday, and her parents left their Centreville, Va. house Monday before media members swarmed the location. Cho could not be reached yesterday. She declined to comment when contacted on her cellphone Tuesday. In an in…
creator: Doug Eshleman
date: 2007-06-22
contributor: Sara Hood
rights: Kavita Saini <ksaini@Princeton.EDU>
language: eng

Cho Family's American Dream Broken in Pieces
description: By Kim Rahn Staff Reporter The family of Cho Seung-hui, the gunman of the Virginia Tech massacre, was a typical immigrant success story of the American dream until a few days ago. Father, 62, and mother, 56, moved to the United States in September 1992 with their daughter and son, and started a laundry business, one of the most common businesses among Korean residents in the U.S. They achieved financial stability and purchased a two-story house worth $400,000 in Centreville. Their children entered prestigious universities - their daughter going to Princeton University and their son to Virginia Tech - a dream come true for the average Korean immigrant. Before heading for the "land of opportunity," the Cho family lived a poor life, renting a room in the basement of a building. According to Cho's grandfather in an interview with local daily Hankyoreh, the family ran a small secondhand bookstore before emigrating to the U.S. According to neighbors, the parents devoted themselves to the success of their children, as most Korean parents do. Some said the parents drove their son to and from the university, about four hours away from where they lived. However, the almost realized American dream was suddenly shattered, with the son committing the deadliest ever shooting rampage. What went wrong? People who knew Cho in Korea, including his grandfather, a teacher at an elementary school Cho attended before heading for the U.S., and the owner of the house where the family lived, said Cho seemed just an ordinary kid who was very quiet. But people around him in the U.S. said with one accord that Cho behaved strangely - talking to nobody, avoiding eye contact, writing morbid scripts and sometimes behaving violently. They say he never got along with anyone - a complete loner. Some experts say Cho's problem in interpersonal relations and depression may have resulted from a young Korean immigrant's hardship in adapting to a whole new world. Many young Koreans who move to the U.S. wit…
creator: Kim Rahn
date: 2007-10-11
contributor: Haeyong Chung
language: eng

Cho is no emblem of America
description: Leader Sunday April 22, 2007 The Observer Julia Pryde is not a household name. She was a 23-year-old graduate biology student who wanted to encourage recycling at the cafeteria at Virginia Tech University. Her face is not as universally known as that of Cho Seung-hui, the man who shot her and 31 others on campus last week. Cho secured his status as an icon of infamy by taking time, amid the massacre, to send a video manifesto to a TV network. Cho wanted not only to terrorise his fellow students, but to stare the world in the face, or rather, to force the world to look him in the eye. NBC has been criticised for showing the footage. Although there was a legitimate public interest in airing the material - it helped explain the dark motivation of the killer - the decision to run it on a constant loop within hours of the killings was clearly not taken with any consideration of sensitivity to survivors or victims' relatives. NBC apologised and toned down their coverage. But in the modern media age, Cho's broadcast would always have found a worldwide audience. He would still, one way or another, have forced everyone to hear his awful message: it is you who are responsible for this, not me. That is not true, of course. Cho was a psychopath, determined to kill. It may be the case that his determination was expedited by easy access to guns. But that is a feature of American society and American politics with its own strange logic, immune to comment by outsiders. The image of Cho striking murderous poses crosses all cultures. It is the face of modern, media-literate terror. That is not a fair emblem of modern American society. A truer symbol is found in the packed classrooms and lecture theatres of Virginia Tech, filled, just days after the massacre, with students who were determined to get on with their education - a triumph of youthful optimism over deadly nihilism. Pickleme April 22, 2007 8:16 AM Tragic though this all is , one has had a media onslaught day after relentles…
creator: Staff of The Observer
date: 2007-08-10
contributor: Adriana Seagle
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language: eng

Cho Seung
description: Artist's Comments Image made for the newspaper I work at (Nyhedsavisen). Asking questions like "was the evil or just haunted? Was it something in his head or the society around him?" Kinda funny... A few months ago this was a guy I'd never ever have a chance to even know. And now I'm actually drawing him. Amazing what killing some people will get you. The media said he had no feelings, but I think he had too many of them. -- Provided courtesy of Riana Møller, http://www.fealasy.com/ Original Source: http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/55107879/
creator: Riana Møller
date: 2007-06-04
contributor: Brent Jesiek
language: eng

Cho Seung Hui by Latuff2
description: Artist's Comments Ask yourself... -- Original submitted to deviantart.com on April 20, 2007: http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/53664372/ Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5.
creator: Carlos Latuff
date: 2007-05-24
contributor: Brent Jesiek
rights: Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5
language: eng

Cho Seung Hui comics 2 by Latuff2
description: Artist's Comments Experimental black and white comics on Cho Seung Hui, the Virginia Tech gunman. -- Original submitted to deviantart.com on April 24, 2007: http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/53908783/ Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 License.
creator: Carlos Latuff
date: 2007-05-24
contributor: Brent Jesiek
rights: Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5
language: eng

Cho Seung Hui comics 3 by Latuff2
description: Artist's Comments Experimental black and white comics on Cho Seung Hui, the Virginia Tech gunman. -- Original submitted to deviantart.com on April 28, 2007: http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/54219309/ Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 License.
creator: Carlos Latuff
date: 2007-05-24
contributor: Brent Jesiek
rights: Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5
language: eng

Cho Seung Hui comics by Latuff2
description: Artist's Comments Experimental black and white comics on Cho Seung Hui, the Virginia Tech gunman. -- Original submitted to deviantart.com on April 23, 2007: http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/53830744/ Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 License.
creator: Carlos Latuff
date: 2007-05-24
contributor: Brent Jesiek
rights: Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5
language: eng

Cho Seung-Hui: A Lone Deranged Gunman?
description: Thursday, April 19. 2007 As all of America mourns the deaths which occurred on the Virginia Tech campus, bloggers are drawing comparisons to the body count that issues daily from Iraq. See a particularly poignant post from Floyd Rudmin of commondreams.org titled "32 Senseless Deaths: A Chance for Empathy, Change of Heart, and Change of Course" which concludes: The tragedy at Virginia Tech was caused by lone gunman, probably deranged. It was a one-time event. It is finished. The tragedy in Iraq was caused by the US government, with the over-whelming support of the US Congress, most of the US media, and much of the US population. This war was planned and executed by rational men and women, none of them deranged. The US decided to start the war against Iraq. The US decided to destroy the infrastructure of Iraq. The US decided to destroy the Iraqi government and to disband its police and army. The US decided to send too few soldiers to secure the nation after doing these destructive deeds. And the tragedy of Iraq is not a one-time event. It is not finished. It continues, apparently without end. By many reports, the US is now preparing to start another war, this time against Iran. Americans feeling the shock and grief of the tragedy at Virginia Tech should look into their hearts and realize that they through their government are bringing this same tragedy again, and again, and again, and again, and again, endlessly and needlessly, to other people in the world who also have hearts that can be torn out, who also feel grief and loss when family and friends are suddenly killed when doing ordinary things of life, like going to school. Tragic deaths force us to feel our humanity and to see we are similar to others in the world. The tragic deaths in Virginia might serve to motivate Americans to curb their militarism and to minimize the tragedies of sudden death that they have been bringing to other families in the world. Read the full article. It is heartening to witness a vigo…
creator: David Barker
date: 2007-06-06
contributor: Brent Jesiek
rights: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5
language: eng