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4.16.2007
Horror is the natural first reaction. It is hard to get beyond tumultuous emotions given the stories, scenes, and sheer numbers coming out of <a href="http://dorshorst08.blogspot.com/2007/04/shooting-at-virginia-tech.html">the massacre today at Virginia Tech</a>. The facebook has emerged from a period as a nascent form of disaster-response, as seen often enough with individual students deaths, to <a href="http://wisc.facebook.com/s.php?q=virginia%20tech&k=20010">a full-blown mechanism</a> for channeling overwhelming public grief.
But moving rapidly beyond initial reaction is of paramount importance. Thinking clearly about the response to the incident is essential. Even as <a href="http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8OHTPMG0&show_article=1">President Bush encouraged prayer today</a>, he should have done something even more important - encouraged preparation.
The grim <a href="http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,990949,00.html">prospect of copy-cat actions</a> should be a very real concern for colleges and students nationwide, especially given the magnitude of the massacre and its proximity to the anniversary of the Columbine shooting and Hitler's birthday, among other things. As with Columbine, the unavoidable deluge of media and informal attention paid to the perpetrator will no doubt serve as a regrettable temptation to some.
How can individual students possibly prepare? How will university administrations respond and prepare? These are questions that need to be moved swiftly to the front burner of public discussion.
As someone who recently departed campus and may soon be returning to that environment, I think students should demand a proactive response from administrators even as they insist on retaining the personal liberties critical to a meaningful academic environment. The report that Virginia Tech students and staff <a href="http://www.local6.com/news/12194456/detail.html">did not receive e-mail notification of the incident until 2 hours after the first shots were fired</a> is absolutely chilling.
Eerily, it seems nearly impossible to fully prevent events like the one at Virginia Tech from happening without repressing student life beyond recognition. But some measures, at least in the areas of communication, can be taken.
For starters, here are some possible proactive measures I can think of:
1. A sort of mobile phone-based Amber-type general Alert - Students could voluntarily sign up for a robocall (ironic, yes) alert to their cell phones that emergency services or the administration could send out upon receiving word of a campus shooting situation. The list would be used for no other purpose than such an alert. The same could be done with AIM addresses for a similar alert. Such a scheme would admittedly have the potential of having copycat problems of its own.
2. A specific pattern on tornado sirens or the lighthouse horn - <a href="http://hippieperspective.blogspot.com/2007/04/virginia-tech-shooting.html">As suggested in part by Erik Opsal on his blog</a>, this would stand to get a general message across quickly. A specific distinct pattern of sounds (if possible) for a shooting situation could be conveyed to the student populace beforehand.
3. Chancellor's Blog - The chancellor should have a simple blog as a central resource wall for students and staff to turn to to get the most comprehensive and official news in the event of a crisis.
Really, I am deeply saddened. The heinous actions of one domestic terrorist have ended the lives of 33 people - and stand to irreversibly alter the American higher educational experience for the worse. The lack of clear ways to prevent similar situations makes me almost physically ill. But forcing ourselves beyond the shock in short order is key.
Moving forward, students on campus need to walk the unenviable tightrope of being wary of both unhealthy paranoia and potential copy-cat actors.
I am thinking about a lot of friends out there on campuses. Sleeping in the dorms tonight will be tough. Going to class tomorrow will no doubt be difficult. So as you join facebook groups to grieve, join one - or start one - dedicated to putting forward pragmatic suggestions for dealing with the Virginia Tech incident in a concrete way on the UW campus and other campuses out there.
It's a crucial next step.
UPDATE: <a href="http://ntcoolfool.livejournal.com/">Liveblog of the days events</a> from Bryce, a Virginia Tech student. Via Technorati.
posted by Brad V at 5:42 PM
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Originally posted on April 16, 2007 by Brad Vogel on Letters in Bottles blog:
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By Joe Cressman
Elmhurst Press
Tue Apr 24, 2007, 04:35 PM CDT
ELMHURST, IL - The April 16 tragedy at Virginia Tech has Elmhurst College officials looking at ways they can make their own campus more secure.
One of those ways is to teach the community how to respond to danger signs among students, said Tony Leggett, director of campus security.
"We've done a number of things," he said. "We sent out a letter to give students some of the warning signs, how to report if someone on campus they know (is) emotionally distressed."
He also has been in contact with the Elmhurst Police Department. Sometime this summer, police will rehearse practice responses to an on-campus shooter, Leggett said.
Charley Henderson, director of public relations, said the Virginia Tech massacre has everyone thinking about how safety measures can be improved.
"This campus is essentially safe, but you never say never," he said.
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Leslie Cirineo, a Salem State freshman, signs a tribute poster for Virginia Tech at the college's dining hall on Wednesday [April 18]. Several of the posters were placed around campus for students to write messages to the VT community. They bear the message '4-16-07 Today We're All Hokies.'
Photo by Lisa Guerriero
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Display of support painted on front window of Imaginations Toy and Furniture Company, South Main Street, Blacksburg. The poem reads:
If we had hinges in our heads
There wouldn't be no sin.
'Cause we could take the bad stuff out,
And leave the good stuff in.
- Shel Silverstein
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Construction of an intermediate memorial in front of Burruss Hall is currently underway. The face of Norris Hall is visible to the right. Photo taken from the middle of the drillfield on Sunday, June 17.
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Construction of an intermediate memorial in front of Burruss Hall is currently underway. The full text of the Memorial Project Notice visible in the foreground is available in this Virginia Tech News Story: <a href="http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/story.php?relyear=2007&itemno=333">"University announces plans for intermediate and permanent memorial to honor victims of April 16 tragedy"</a>. Photo taken Thursday, June 14.
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After April 16, plastic daisies have regularly been laid down at various places on the drillfield in the shape of the VT logo, near the temporary memorial in front of Burruss Hall. This photo was taken on Thursday, June 14.
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Cho Seung-Hui's Hokie Stone memorial on the drillfield. Photo taken Thursday, June 14.
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Ryan "Stack" Clark's Hokie Stone memorial on the drillfield. The victim memorials continue to evolve, with new items, tributes, and flowers being added all the time. Photo taken Thursday, June 14.
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Stack's Stone
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2007-06-18
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2007-06-18
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Wooden plaque remembering and honoring nine students from Political Science and International Studies. It is currently displayed on the fifth floor of Major Williams Hall. Photo taken Monday, June 18.
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We Remember and Honor
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hammaren
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2007-08-09
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Sunday, April 22, 2007
Poet and Activist Nikki Giovanni delivered a soul-stirring speech that offered hope and consolation to the millions who witnessed (in person or via media) Wednesday's Invocation on the Campus of Virginia Tech.
Her speech centered on prevailing in the aftermath of the April 17th tragedy, while touching on recurrent worldwide tragedies like children dying of AIDS (among other things).
The underlying message that came from the lips of Giovanni was not only for those directly affected by the tragedy, but for all mankind, for all time.
The whole concept of prevailing in tragedy is not new, yet many do not know how to prevail when faced with tragedy. It (tragedy) prompts many to question God's motive for allowing 'bad' things to happen in our lives (and around the world).
We ask God...
• Why didn't you stop the Virginia Massacre?
• Why do you allow so many innocent people to die in Iraq?
• Why did you allow my friend to die?
• Why did you allow my daughter to get pregnant?
The reality is that we live in an evil world and until the end of time, there will be terrorist attacks, wars, hurricanes, shootings and starvation.
This may be hard for some to hear, but God never promised to protect us from harm, but He promised help us deal with harm, He promised to help us deal with difficult situations, He promised to give us the tools to help others who have experienced tragedy, He promised to help us Prevail!
<b><i>What makes the difference is our response (how Faith and Community helps)</i></b>
Great leaps of spiritual awareness and community swept our nation in the aftermath of September 11th and I believe that this is what helps heal the emotional wounds that were opened up that day. In the same way, Faith and Community is helping heal the wounds that were opened on April 17th.
The heroism that we witness during and after tragedies is an example of how courage, love, and goodness can show their faces in the midst of evil and suffering, in consequence, healing many broken hearts.
The same principle applies on a local level. Faith and Community helps us prevail when we are facing individual tragedies.
To this end, in the words of Nikki Giovanni: <i>"we are strong and brave and innocent and unafraid. We are better than we think, not quite what we want to be. We are alive to the imagination and the possibility we will continue to invent the future through our blood and tears, through all this sadness."</i>
In the midst of tragedy, we can prevail!
From my heart, to yours,
Akhenaton
-Read more about Nikki Giovanni, University Distinguished Professor, poet, activist <a href="http://nikki-giovanni.com/index.shtml">here</a>
Posted by pharaohsprotege.com at <a href="http://www.pharaohsprotege.com/2007/04/we-can-prevail.html">12:15 PM</a>
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In the midst of tragedy...we can prevail!
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2007-08-10
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2007-08-10 16:07:08
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A large glass display class on the first floor of Squires Student Center is filled with paper cranes. The sign on the display case reads "please feel free to take as many as you want." Many thousands of cranes were folded and contributed after the events of April 16, including as part of the "1000 Cranes @ VT" campaign. Photo taken July 6, 2007.
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Free Cranes
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1000 cranes
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2007-08-10 16:27:05
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A large glass display class on the first floor of Squires Student Center is filled with paper cranes. An overflow box of cranes sits on the floor to the side. A sign on the other side of the display case reads "please feel free to take as many as you want." Many thousands of cranes were folded and contributed after the events of April 16, including as part of the "1000 Cranes @ VT" campaign. Photo taken July 6, 2007.
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Free Cranes and More Cranes
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2007-08-10 16:32:42
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Close-up of origami cranes in a box on the first floor of Squires Student Center. A sign on an adjacent display case reads "please feel free to take as many as you want." Many thousands of cranes were folded and contributed after the events of April 16, including as part of the "1000 Cranes @ VT" campaign. Photo taken July 6, 2007.
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Cranes Up Close
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2007-08-10 16:53:55
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View of the drillfield, intermediate memorial construction, and Burruss Hall from the War Memorial. Photo taken July 6, 2007.
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Wide View of Intermediate Memorial Construction
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