Virginia Tech Candlelight Vigil-OSU
description: Tuesday, April 17th, Oregon State held a Candle light vigil for those lost in the Virginia Tech tragedies. I don't think I've ever been as affected by a shooting as the Virginia Tech tragedy two days ago. Possibly because it's was the deadliest one in US history, or maybe because it's my first year in college, the thought that it could have been here at Oregon State just gives me chills. Right now, we could be without a parent, a sibling, a friend, a spouse, a professor. This has impacted everyone, and it's so sad that something like this had to happen. My condolences to all who were affected by this massacre. Our hearts are with you. Original source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jenniferle/464807005/ Photo Courtesy of Jennifer Le
creator: Jennifer Le
date: 2007-06-08
contributor: Chad Newswander
rights: Permission: Jennifer Le http://www.flickr.com/photos/jenniferle/464807005
language: eng

Virginia Tech Candlelight Vigil
description: This photo was taken at the Oregon State University vigil for Virginia Tech. Original source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jenniferle/464807017/in/photostream/ Photo Courtesy of Jennifer Le
creator: Jennifer Le
date: 2007-06-08
contributor: Chad Newswander
rights: Permission: Jennifer Le http://www.flickr.com/photos/jenniferle/464807017/in/photostream/
language: eng

Jenny Pedersen: Support the Hokies
description: By: Jenny Pedersen Posted: 4/18/07 Let's be honest: this isn't my original column. I was up late last night scribbling down something about "relationship people" and trying to finish a paper. Like most of us I didn't get enough sleep, I woke up late and barely rolled into lecture. In spite of the usual college stresses, I still managed to start smiling after my morning latte. However, all things changed once I read the morning news. In the state of Virginia, lattes are not enough to make anyone smile. I've been to Virginia; it's where my favorite high school history teacher grew up, and one of my best friends attends a college two hours north of Virginia Tech. The state was green, the people were friendly and I had an amazing fudge sundae at a place called Shoney's. Virginia Tech has been described as a quiet place where not much happens. It is an agricultural school in a small town similar to Davis and the school website shows pictures of students feeding large groups of mallard ducks just like the ones that patrol our own campus. We both have slightly ridiculous mascots - we're the UC Davis Aggies and they're the Virginia State Hokies. We have The California Aggie and they have The Collegiate Times. Much like us, students online discuss the lack of nightlife options in the mountain town of Blacksburg, Va. and jokingly point out that the town doubles in size when school is in session. Instead of an annual Picnic Day, in Virginia they host the International Street Fair each April. I imagine before yesterday Hokie students could easily have complained about bored Blacksburg cops breaking up their parties, citing them for noise violations and other such superfluous things, just like we were probably ecstatic about the start of spring because nobody knows what to do with themselves in a small town when it's cold. They're college students just like us in a community much like ours. They had no idea that this would change for them on any other Monday morning in April. Th…
creator: Jenny Pedersen
publisher: The California Aggie
date: 2007-08-23
contributor: Sara Hood
rights: Eddie Lee <editor@californiaaggie.com>
language: eng

A Movie In Rememberance of 4.16.07
description: Well, what with April 16th coming up, and classes being canceled for us on that day, even though I wasn't here last year, I decided to make a "Live for Speed Tribute" to the students who were killed last year. The video might seem a little off topic but if you watch it through to the end I think it has a good meaning. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwgflD3z2cM&fhm18 The logos on the cars are of different colleges/universities stateside. A lot of effort went into making this video, and I think it turned out very nicely.
creator: Jeremy Fischer
date: 2008-04-07
contributor: Jeremy Fischer
language: eng

Idealism v. Cho
description: By Jeremy Siegman Apr 27 2007 Cosmology on the Rocks It always feels weird swallowing real-world events like the Virginia Tech massacre in the hazy cosmopolitanism of Uris Library. Cornell and its libraries, after all, are fleeing from the bustling Manhattans, from the culture of CNN and even the busy humming of our own town. It feels like fleeing from all that is extremist, religious or vulgar. And the Promised Land is the Hill, which, legend has it, is populated by a super-strong Atlas who can not only pick up the planet, but also stop it from warming too, and just foster utopia in general, all at the reasonable rate of only $40,000 a year (tax-free if you use Big Red Bucks!). This detached cosmopolitan Cornell is proud, richly endowed, but can be shaken. When an English major murders 32 people at a university, our university shakes. Finally, something has hit home; but utopianism hits back. Our president responds in the eloquent universalism we know best: "We are one; one community, one people, one planet." This is me responding, stuck in Uris Library because it's raining outside; I'm stuck, too, in this Skortonian universalism, as I consider the murderer, his condition and ours too. "Three Pro-Gun Bills Pending in Nevada Legislature!" exclaims a headline from NRA.org. You should press your senators to pass them, urges this National Rifle Association writer, so people can have the freedom to not register their handguns! Gun activists argue that Cho Seung-Hui should have been lawfully prevented from buying his .22-caliber and 9mm guns because of his mental illness. They also argue that gun-control laws should be toned down! This is utterly strange, this exaltation of the Second Amendment at a time like this. Considered in a vacuum, there's really nothing wrong with the right to bear arms. But when the bald eagle of America is made to hold rifles in its talons (the NRA logo) — a powerful symbol is crafted. It speaks loudly for a lot of Americans. The symbolic exa…
creator: Jeremy Siegman
publisher: Cornell Daily Sun
date: 2007-07-10
contributor: Sara Hood
rights: Jonny Lieberman <jdl46@cornell.edu>, <lieberman.jonny@gmail.com>
language: eng

Collegiate Solidarity
description: Outside the Box with the Managing Editor By: Jeremy Stern Posted: 5/7/07 I have been looking forward all year to writing this, my final column. A last hurrah before I graduate. An opportunity to thank all those who have helped me get to where I am today: my professors, parents, wife, God, yadda yadda yadda... But then 27 college students and five of their professors were gunned down in Virginia, and Yeshiva students barely stirred. It took a day and a half before any sort of response took place on either of our undergraduate campuses; two days before a respectable, public commemoration. On Monday morning the blood of 32 victims smeared the walls of dormitories and classrooms at V-Tech. Not until Tuesday night did fewer than two dozen Yeshiva students find it important enough to take twenty minutes out of Night Seder for a prayer rally. I know that people are murdered every day. 104 American soldiers died in Iraq during the month of April alone, and who knows how many tens of thousands are suffering today in Darfur. But the Middle East and Northern Africa are distant, with unfamiliar victims with whom we have difficulty relating. That leaves us with no excuse when the deadliest shooting in U.S. history is perpetrated on an American college campus. How can we explain our silence, when thousands of our peers at NYU, Columbia, Brandeis, and Penn responded within 24 hours with arrangements for candlelight vigils, memorial services, solidarity rallies, and condolence books? If there is one thing that we do well, it's Tehillim (Psalms) rallies. Why was one not organized for the Main Beit Midrash at 12 p.m. on Tuesday? I was appalled at the lackadaisical response from some student leaders to requests for immediate action. Lest you think urgent coordination was impossible, by 6 p.m. on Monday afternoon - only a few hours after the last bullet was fired - the Yeshiva Security Department sent out a blast email notifying the campus community that, in conjunction with the New Yo…
creator: Jeremy Stern
date: 2007-08-08
contributor: Sara Hood
rights: Zev Eleff <eleff@yu.edu>
language: eng

Viuda estudiante muerto pide paz
description: Por Jesús Dávila Corresponsal Publicado el 04-23-2007 San Juan — El féretro con los restos del ingeniero Juan Ramón Ortiz, muerto en la masacre de virginia tech el pasado día 16, fue transportado ayer sábado a Puerto Rico, pero su viuda, Lizelle Vega, y demás familiares pidieron a la prensa que les dejen en paz para poder comenzar el "proceso de sanación" luego de la tragedia. Vega hizo el llamado en una rueda de prensa en la que indicó que el velorio será en una funeraria de Bayamón, ciudad natal de su esposo, y el entierro tendrá lugar el martes en el cementerio católico Porta Coeli, del mismo municipio. La también ingeniero, quien junto a su esposo cursaba estudios avanzados en la universidad de Virginia, expresó agradecimiento para todos los que le han apoyado ante el dolor -tanto en Virginia como en Puerto Rico- además de hacer reconocimiento de la labor que han realizado los medios noticiosos. Pero, pidió que durante los próximos días se permita a la familia su espacio de intimidad y que no se hagan entrevistas en la funeraria o el cementerio. El pedido de Vega coincide con las instrucciones emitidas por la dirección de virginia tech de que a partir del lunes estará prohibido que los reporteros o fotógrafos entren a los edificios universitarios ni camiones de transmisión televisada podrán estar en el campus para dar espacio a que comience "el proceso de sanación". Las instrucciones especifican además que cualquier pedido de entrevistas a personas en el campus universitario respete los sentimientos de las personas. Vega dijo que no quería hacer declaraciones sobre lo que pasó y que sólo quería limitarse a recordar a su marido por su alegría. Sobre su futuro, indicó que todavía no ha tomado una decisión pero especificó claramente que no piensa demandar a la universidad, ni ahora, ni nunca. Entre las alternativas que ha ofrecido la universidad a los estudiantes afectados por la masacre está obtener la nota de fin de semestre …
creator: Jesús Dávila
date: 2007-08-13
contributor: Elva Orozco
rights: Jorge Mederos Executive Editor La Raza Chicago Inc. jorge.mederos@laraza.com August, 13 2007
language: spa

Minneapolis High School VT Benefit
description: This is a picture of a car wash fundraiser for the Hokie Spirit Memorial Fund. The tennis team from South High in Minneapolis, MN hosted the benefit. The team is coached by 1997 VT graduate, Jesse Morgan.
creator: Jesse Morgan
date: 2007-06-01
contributor: Jesse Morgan
language: eng

UCLA Vigil
description: Photo by: Jessica Lum Students stand in De Neve Plaza on Thursday night for a vigil in memory of those who lost their lives in Monday's shootings at Virginia Tech. Speakers and students expressed sympathy for the victims' families and for the university.
creator: Jessica Lum
date: 2007-07-15
contributor: Sara Hood
rights: Saba Riazati <editor@media.ucla.edu>
language: eng

UCLA Vigil
description: Photo by: Jessica Lum Samara Leader, a second-year political science student and Sarah Peters, a first-year mathematics and economics student share in a moment of silence.
creator: Jessica Lum
publisher: The Daily Bruin
date: 2007-07-15
contributor: Sara Hood
rights: Saba Riazati <editor@media.ucla.edu>
language: eng

Obituary: Former APL Staff Member Among Virginia Tech Shooting Victims
description: Kevin Granata, who began his professional career at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, was among those killed in the Virginia Tech shootings on April 16. A professor of engineering science and mechanics, he was considered one of the nation's top researchers working on movement dynamics in cerebral palsy. He was 45. Granata joined the Lab in 1986 and worked on low-frequency performance issues for long towed arrays in the former Submarine Technology Department (now the National Security Technology Department). His initial work helped to form the justification for the series of Doppler signal suppression experiments that were conducted by APL in 1990 and 1991. He was very interested in biomechanics and left the Lab in 1989 to obtain a PhD in biomechanics from Ohio State. "He was a bright young guy who came here from school, had a lot of energy and was very capable," Joseph S. Lombardo, his APL supervisor and now director of the Lab's Center of Excellence in Public Health and Informatics, told The Baltimore Sun. "Kevin had a very good scientific background and was able to do a substantial level of analysis." Granata, who had received his bachelor's degree in engineering physics and electrical engineering from Ohio State and master's in physics from Purdue, went on to an esteemed career in teaching and research, first at the University of Virginia and then at Virginia Tech. He lectured nationally and internationally and had numerous publications and research grants. A runner and cyclist, he enjoyed participating in biathlons and triathlons. He also loved reading and coaching his sons' lacrosse teams. Survivors include his wife, Linda; two sons, Alex and Eric; a daughter, Ellen; and his parents, Mildred and Joseph Granata. Memorials can be made to the Kevin P. Granata Memorial Trust, 1872 Pratt Drive, Blacksburg, VA 24068. -- Original Source: Johns Hopkins Gazette - April 23, 2007
creator: JHU Gazette Staff Member
date: 2007-07-11
contributor: Sara Hood
rights: Lois Perschetz <lwp@jhu.edu>
language: eng

Reflections on a Mass Homicide (Commentary)
description: (PDF, 30KB; Full text below.) Commentary Reflections on a Mass Homicide Jimmy Lee,1 MBBS, MMed (Psych), Tih-Shih Lee,1,2 MD, PhD, FRCP (C), Beng-Yeong Ng,1 MBBS, MMed (Psych), FAMS 1 Department of Psychiatry, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore2 Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, Singapore Address for Correspondence: Dr Tih-Shih Lee, Department of Psychiatry, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, Outram Road, Singapore 169608. Email: tihshih.lee@gms.edu.sg Introduction The names "Virginia Tech" and "Cho" will be associated forever with the tragic mass homicide of 32 persons cum suicide by Seung-Hui Cho on 16 April 2007. In the aftermath, many questions have been posed: "What happened and why?", "Was he crazy?", "Could it have been prevented?", "Could it happen here?" This was the third mass killing in a US campus, with the largest number of fatalities. The first was in 1966 in the University of Texas with 16 dead and 31 wounded, then the Columbine High School shooting in 1999, in which 13 students were killed. We do not profess to know more about what happened in Blacksburg, Virginia, or Cho's neuropsychiatric condition than whatever is published in the popular press.1 But through a series of questions, we reflect on this tragedy, attempt to place it into a human and psychiatric perspective, and offer insights into if, and how, it can be averted in the future. Question 1: Was Cho insane? Cho was described as a shy and quiet child, who was good in mathematics, but struggled with English. There were allegations of him being taunted and bullied in school since young. Both his pastor and relatives had suspected he might be autistic and suggested professional assistance. There was no record of him being involved in overt violence except that he had harassed 2 female classmates, one of whom called in the campus police. He expressed suicidal ideation and was involuntarily committed by a judge in a mental health facility briefly for assessment. A psychiatrist wrote in his…
creator: Jimmy Lee, Tih-Shih Lee, and Beng-Yeong Ng
date: 2007-08-26
contributor: Brent Jesiek
rights: Kirat Kaur (Ms) Editorial Executive Annals, Academy of Medicine, Singapore annals@academyofmedicine.edu.sg
language: eng

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description: 1995년 9월 19ì¼ 뉴욕 타임스와 워싱턴 í¬ìŠ¤íŠ¸ì— ê°ê° 232ê°œì˜ í…Œì œì™€ 36ê°œì˜ ê°ì£¼ë¡œ êµ¬ì„±ëœ 3ë§Œ5000ë‹¨ì–´(200ìž ì›ê³ 지 800쪽) ë¶„ëŸ‰ì˜ ìž¥ë¬¸ì´ 통째로 ì‹¤ë ¸ë‹¤. ì´ë¦„í•˜ì—¬ 'ìœ ë‚˜ë°”ë¨¸ì˜ ì„ ì–¸ë¬¸'ì´ì—ˆë‹¤. ìœ ë‚˜ë°”ë¨¸ë¼ê³ 불리는 ì§€ëŠ¥ì ì¸ í­íƒ„í…ŒëŸ¬ë²”ì´ ë” ì´ìƒ 테러를 ì €ì§€ë¥´ì§€ ì•Šê² 다는 조건으로 양대 ì‹ ë¬¸ì— ìž¥ë¬¸ì˜ ì„ ì–¸ë¬¸ì„ ì‹£ë„ë¡ ìš”êµ¬í–ˆê³ , 미 연방수사국(FBI)과 양대 ì‹ 문사가 í˜‘ì˜ë¥¼ ê±°ì³ '울며 ê²¨ìžë¨¹ê¸°'ë¡œ 그 ì „ë¬¸ì„ ê²Œìž¬í–ˆë˜ ê²ƒì´ë‹¤. ë¬¼ë¡ 그 ì„ ì–¸ë¬¸ì˜ 게재 ê²°ì •ì´ ë” ì´ìƒì˜ ì¸ëª…í”¼í•´ë¥¼ 막았다는 ê¸ì •ì ì¸ í‰ê°€ë„ 없진 않았다. 하지만 ì˜¤ížˆë ¤ 그보다는 ì–¸ë¡ ì´ 결국 í…ŒëŸ¬ë¦¬ìŠ¤íŠ¸ì˜ 어거지 ìžê¸°ì„ ì „ì— ì§€ë©´ì„ 내주며 역으로 ì´ìš©ë‹¹í–ˆë‹¤ëŠ” ë¹„íŒì´ 강하게 ì œê¸°ë˜ê¸°ë„ 했다. 한마디로 악마성과 타협한 ê²ƒì— 대한 질타였다. 버지니아공대 참사를 ì €ì§€ë¥¸ ìž¥ë³¸ì¸ ì¡°ìŠ¹í¬ë„ 1차 범행 ì§í›„ 미국 NBCë°©ì†¡ì— 1800단어 ë¶„ëŸ‰ì˜ 횡설수설하는 글과 43ìž¥ì˜ 사진, ê·¸ë¦¬ê³ 24분 ë¶„ëŸ‰ì˜ ë™ì˜ìƒ ë“±ì´ 담긴 ì†Œí¬ë¥¼ 보냈다. NBCë°©ì†¡ì€ ì¡°ìŠ¹í¬ê°€ 보낸 꾸러미를 '멀티미디어 ë§¤ë‹ˆíŽ˜ìŠ¤í† (Manifesto)', 즉 멀티미디어 ì„ ì–¸ë¬¸ì´ë¼ ì´ë¦„ë¶™ì—¬ 공개했다. 국내 ì–¸ë¡ 역시 ì •ë„ì˜ ì°¨ì´ëŠ” 있지만 대부분 ì´ê²ƒì„ 그대로 받아 ìœ í¬ì‹œì¼°ë‹¤. 한마디로 ë¯¸ì¹˜ê´‘ì´ì˜ êµë¬˜í•˜ê³ ê¸°ë§Œì ì¸ ìžê¸° 합리화와 ê³¼ëŒ€ë§ìƒì ì¸ ì„ ì „ì „ì— ê±°ì˜ ëª¨ë“ ì–¸ë¡ ì´ 놀아나 버린 ê¼´ì´ ë¼ ë²„ë ¸ë‹¤. 그나마 ìœ ë‚˜ë°”ë¨¸ì˜ ì„ ì–¸ë¬¸ì€ ì „ì²´ì ì¸ ë…¼ì§€ì—ì„œëŠ” 편견과 왜곡, ê·¸ë¦¬ê³ 과장으로 ì ì² ë˜ì—ˆì§€ë§Œ ë¶€ë¶„ì 으로는 ì •êµí•˜ê²Œ 현대 ê¸°ìˆ ì‚°ì—…ì‹œëŒ€ì˜ ë³‘íë¥¼ 짚어낸 ì¸¡ë©´ì´ 없지 않았다. 하지만 ì¡°ìŠ¹í¬ì˜ ê²ƒì€ ê·¸ê²ƒê³¼ë„ ë¹„êµí• 수 ì—†ì„ ì •ë„ë‹¤. ìœ 치하다 못해 조악하다. ê·¸ê²ƒì€ 길게 ë§í• 가치조차 없는 'ì•…ë§ˆì„±ì˜ ì¶”ì ‘í•œ ë°°ì„¤ë¬¼'ì¼ ë”°ë¦„ì´ë‹¤. 우리가 그 ë°°ì„¤ë¬¼ì„ 헤집어 그가 ë¬´ì—‡ì„ 먹었는지를 ë¶„ì„í• í•˜ë“±ì…
creator: Jin Hong Chung
date: 2007-10-23
contributor: Haeyong Chung
language: ko

A wreath in front of the Burrus Hall
description: People put a wreath on the wall of the Burrus Hall to remember the victims on April 20.
creator: Jinfeng Jiao
date: 2007-08-09
contributor: Na Mi
language: eng

Flags on War Memorial Chapel
description: On April 24, one week after the shooting, people hung numerous flags on the War Memorial Chapel to remember the victims
creator: Jinfeng Jiao
date: 2007-08-09
contributor: Na Mi
language: eng

We Are Virginia Tech!
description: White flowers express our sadness to the victims and their families.
creator: Jinfeng Jiao
date: 2007-08-09
contributor: Na Mi
language: eng

Six flags of VT in drillfield
description: One week after the shooting,people set six flags on the lawn of the drillfield to mourn the victims.
creator: Jinfeng Jiao
date: 2007-08-13
contributor: Na Mi
language: eng

Candles on the drillfield
description: After the vigil,people left candles and flowers on the drillfield to express their sadness and grief.
creator: Jinfeng Jiao
date: 2007-08-13
contributor: Na Mi
language: eng

Handmade memorials for the victims
description: Handmade memorials were placed on one of the corners of the drillfield.
creator: Jinfeng Jiao
date: 2007-08-13
contributor: Na Mi
language: eng

Flowers around Hokie stone memorial site
description: After the shooting,people volunteered to come to campus and placed flowers and gifts around the Hokie stone memorial site to remember the victims.
creator: Jinfeng Jiao
date: 2007-08-14
contributor: Na Mi
language: eng