39 20 1884 Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Na Mi Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Guo Qiang Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2007-07-25 Description An account of the resource By Guo Qiang (chinadaily.com.cn) Updated: 2007-04-18 15:27 The world was shaken by the news that a 23-year-old South Korean killed 32 students at Virginia Tech in the deadliest shooting rampage in U.S. history. The bloody massacre began at about 7:15 a.m. when two people were killed in a dormitory. Two hours later, the gunman reloaded his handgun, shooting another 30 dead. American President George W. Bush said his nation is "shocked" and "saddened" and his administration "would do everything possible to assist with the investigation". The shootings sent the whole nation into a panic, despite many reported incidents of shooting sprees on campuses in a country where owning guns is considered a right. There was no confirmed motive for the shootings. People around the world should observe silence for the 32 innocent victims of the gunman who was purported to vent his pent-up anger because he suspected his girlfriend had a date with a student at the same school. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao expressed China&#39;s condemnation of the killings and sent condolences to the victims&#39; families. And what did gunman Cho Seung-Hui achieve in the end? Spurned love is not entitled to end 32 lives unexpectedly from the earth although romantic poets say &#39;Life is dear, love is dearer&#39;. Now it&#39;s time to focus on U.S. gun regulation. Cho is a South Korean immigrant who had lived in the U.S. since 1992 and had a green card, which makes it legal for him to obtain guns at a gun shop. Reports said Cho paid US$571 for his weapons and a box of ammunition. Gun control should be on the agenda of the Bush administration. According to reports, America is one of the most heavily armed societies in the developed world, with 40% of households owning guns. U.S. homicide rates are two to 10 times higher than in other developed countries. It was during the American War of Independence in the late 1700s that guns and firearms were necessities for the American people to fight for their independence against Britain. The Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution states: "A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed", enabling its citizens to legitimately own firearms. As a legal permanent US resident, Cho had the same rights as any other American citizen to buy guns. Currently, the Democrats support gun control while the Republicans do not. The differing attitudes make it difficult to come to a consensus on gun control. This issue will be a hot topic in next year&#39;s presidential elections. Chinese online commentators quickly weighed in on the issue, with many blaming the school for lax safety regulations. Students also complained the school did not react quickly enough to the deadly situation, saying they only received an e-mail from the university that urged them to be cautious about a shooting. However, Virginia Tech President Charles Steger defended the college&#39;s response by saying, "We had no reason to suspect any other incident was going to occur." In covering this horrific tragedy, it is necessary to question the media ethics of some news websites. Without confirmation from outside sources, some influential websites, like Sina.com.cn posted a story translated from the Chicago Sun-Times, saying the murderer was likely to be a Chinese immigrant from Shanghai. Chinese media should confirm the facts before releasing stories, which is a basic standard for media outlets. Some websites are so concerned by the number of page hits that they forget their credibility is at stake. Meanwhile, local media outlets should bear the responsiblity for hurting a guy who was wrongly accused as a suspect. Wayne Chiang, 23, an Asian-American student at Virginia Tech University has become the subject of fevered speculation on the internet after the killings. "I am not the shooter. Through this experience, I have received numerous death threats, slanderous accusations, and my phone is out of charge from the barrage of calls. Local police have been notified of the situation," Wayne wrote in his blog http://www.theage.com.au/news/world/the-internet-thinks-its-me/2007/04/17/1176696821109.html?s_cid=rss_age . "It was five for five. I was Asian, I lived in (the dorm), I go to V Tech, I recently broke up with my girlfriend and I collect guns." Let us get back to the point. It is a tragic story of 32 innocent lives killed by a young man. Just hold up candles for their souls. -- Original Source:China Daily <a href="http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2007-04/18/content_853638.htm">http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2007-04/18/content_853638.htm<a/> Language A language of the resource eng Title A name given to the resource Gun Control Back on the Agenda gun control gun regulation shooting Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Elva Orozco Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Gustavo D. Perednik Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2007-08-01 Description An account of the resource Creado por Gustavo D. Perednik El catoblepas - numero 64 - Junio 2007 - pagina 5 Sobre los defensores selectivos de derechos humanos, que son permisivos sólo con dictaduras. Borges advertía de no convertir la ética en una rama de la estadística, vicio que podría empujar a erróneas conclusiones, por ejemplo que la Segunda Guerra Mundial estalló por una agresión anglonorteamericana contra la inocente Alemania. Ello se deduciría de descontextualizar algunas cifras: durante la contienda fueron muertos cerca de diez mil civiles estadounidenses y unos cien mil británicos, cifras que contrastadas con los casi dos millones de civiles alemanes caídos podría hacer sospechar que el Tercer Reich fue veinte veces más víctima que sus enemigos. Acaso así lo habría planteado <i>Amnistía Internacional</i>, cuyo reciente informe acerca del año 2006 condena a Israel por «crímenes de guerra» durante la Segunda Guerra en el Líbano (12 de julio/14 de agosto de 2006. A.I. se basa en una asimetría insustancial: que han muerto miles de civiles libaneses y «apenas» centenares de hebreos. No repara en la causa de la asimetría: mientras el ejército israelí protege a sus civiles, los grupos terroristas como Hezbolá usan cínicamente a sus propios niños como parapetos para lanzar la agresión. Por medio de disparar sus misiles desde aldeas indefensas, los islamistas especulaban con que, cuando llegara la represalia israelí, sus mecenas mediáticos se apresurarían en exhibir a los judíos como agresores. Su cálculo mostró estar bien fundado y por ello fueron favorecidos por las agencias de noticias. Consistentemente antiisraelíes, los informes de A.I. revelan una conspicua tendenciosidad. Mucho más que Norcorea o Arabia Saudí, el país judío es permanente blanco de sus monitoreos. El <i>Centro de Asuntos Públicos de Jerusalém</i> publicó en 2004 un estudio que compara los informes de A.I. contra Israel con aquellos emitidos acerca de Sudán (éste es un excelente ejemplo después de que dos décadas de violencia étnica y religiosa resultaran en dos millones de muertos y cuatro millones de refugiados). Durante 2001 A.I. produjo siete informes sobre Sudán y 39 sobre Israel. Del estudio se desprenden dos datos elocuentes: 1) A.I. ignoró la destrucción de decenas de aldeas sudanesas, pero condenó una y otra vez la destrucción de cada casa palestina, aun cuando éstas sirvieran de refugio para terroristas; 2) A.I. soslayó miles de asesinatos de civiles sudaneses, pero criticó acremente cada muerte de terroristas activos a manos del ejército israelí. Pese a las críticas a su parcialidad, A.I. no modificó su rumbo y hasta 2003 produjo 52 informes sobre Sudán y 192 sobre Israel. Este año, para envolver su antisionismo en un manto de pretendida ecuanimidad, el informe de A.I. también critica al Hezbolá. La equiparación es de por sí agraviante, ya que pone en un mismo plano una sociedad pujante y democrática de casi siete millones de habitantes, con una banda terrorista teocrática de algunos miles que difunde en el sur libanés el odio de los ayatolás. A.I. pone en un mismo plano a un país que actúa bajo la ley para aplicar su inalienable derecho de autodefensa, con una caterva que esgrime el Corán para bombardear las ciudades de la Galilea con el objeto explícito de destruir nuestro país. Israel no tiene ningún reclamo frente al Líbano, y está dispuesto a firmar con esta nación un tratado de paz sin condiciones, tal como lo hiciera en el pasado (17 de mayo de 1983) hasta que el régimen fascista sirio obligó a que el tratado fuera unilateralmente anulado (los medios jamás volvieron a mencionar este tema para que nadie dedujera que Israel quiere paz). Sin duda los civiles libaneses sufrieron descomunalmente durante la guerra. Sin embargo, aunque no llame la atención de la prensa ni de AI, los civiles israelíes también sufren: cientos de miles de hebreos fueron repetidamente evacuados de sus hogares y albergados en refugios, tal como le está ocurriendo en estos días a la población de la ciudad de Sederot debido a la agresión de misiles del Hamás, ante la indiferencia de A.I. y del mundo. <b>Síndrome confirmado</b> Presidida hoy por una mujer musulmana, A.I. fue fundada en julio de 1961 por un abogado de origen judío que se había convertido al catolicismo pocos años antes. Se trata de un grupo de presión que promueve derechos humanos, aunque sólo en ciertos países. Su rama española presentó en mayo de 2004 en Barcelona un informe del conflicto de Oriente Medio en el que se alinea abiertamente con una de las partes y reclama que el gobierno español se oponga aun más de Israel. Su director, Esteban Beltrán, hace caso omiso al volcán del terrorismo islamista, y fiel al bizantinismo suicida de la extrema izquierda, exhorta a los españoles a distanciarse de Israel. Ese año un profesor de filosofía de la Universidad de Carolina del Norte, Don Habibi, condenó a A.I. en estos términos: Su obsesión sería sensata si Israel fuera el peor violador de derechos humanos en el mundo. Pero cualquier criterio objetivo mostraría que ello no es cierto. Incluso si salteáramos causa y efecto, y la necesidad de Israel de enfrentar una guerra existencial, nunca podría compararse su contienda con las de Sudán, Argelia o Congo. Como la de la ONU, la posición de la A.I. se relaciona más con la política que con los derechos humanos. El sociólogo Daniel Patrick Moynihan, quien activó con los Kennedy en el Partido Demócrata norteamericano y fue embajador de su país en la ONU a mediados de la década del setenta, acuñó un principio que lleva su nombre y reza más o menos así: «La cantidad de violaciones de derechos humanos en un país es inversamente proporcional a la cantidad de quejas sobre derechos humanos que se oyen en ese país». <b>Cuantas más protestas hay en algún lugar, más protegidos parecen estar allí los derechos humanos.</b> Aunque no se deduce de las ciencias exactas, la ocurrente definición refleja un aspecto olvidado de la realidad: como los Estados que más violan los derechos humanos también ahogan la libertad de expresión, las quejas provendrán habitualmente desde las zonas en donde es posible protestar. Un estudio de este año mostró que A.I. dedicó 48 documentos a Israel, 37 a Sudán, 17 a Hezbolá, 10 a la Autoridad Palestina y 2 a Arabia Saudí. La crítica ante datos tan contundentes generó una ilustrativa respuesta de parte del representante de A.I. en Israel, Amnon Vidan. Por un lado, éste admitió que a la organización le cuesta mucho contar con precisión los civiles libaneses muertos, debido a que los terroristas de Hezbolá en general no están uniformados y por ese detalle se los incluye en la categoría de «civiles». Pero por otro lado Vidan reiteró un principio moralmente pérfido: que A.I. espera de Israel un compartimiento mejor que el de sus enemigos precisamente por ser una democracia. Así se ratifica el síndrome Moynihan. Al momento de juzgar, A.I. será más estricta con los defensores de los derechos humanos que con quieres los infringen. Hay precedentes. Cuando se publicaron las caricaturas que mucho enojaron al mundo musulmán (30 de septiembre de 2005) A.I. aseveró que «el derecho a la libre opinión y expresión no es absoluto... conlleva responsabilidades y puede ser objeto de restricciones a fin de salvaguardar los derechos de otros...» En contraste, A.I. nunca ha salido en defensa del «otro» cuando éste es el judío, objeto en los países árabes de frecuentes campañas deshumanizadoras. A.I. reprende a Occidente cuando se defiende y cuando expresa libremente opiniones polémicas, pero perdona a sus enemigos cuando atacan y cuando difaman. Como no se trata de regímenes democráticos, pareciera que hay que ser más condescendiente con ellos. Junto a Moynihan cabe recordar a otro prohombre que bien simboliza la guerra que nos ha impuesto el islamismo. Cuando se produjo la masacre de 32 personas en la Universidad de Virginia (16 de abril de 2007) se destacó el heroísmo de un matemático israelí, Livio Librescu, sobreviviente del Holocausto y profesor de aerodinámica. A los 76 años de edad, Librescu usó su propio cuerpo como barricada para trabar la puerta del aula donde dictaba clase, y así impidió que el asesino Cho Seung-Hui ingresara a la sala de conferencias. Salvó de este modo la vida de sus estudiantes, que escaparon por las ventanas hasta que Librescu fue ultimado a balazos. Israel es Librescu: para sostener el portal de Occidente y sus libertades amenazadas, el país resiste solo la agresión de grupos como Hamás y Hezbolá. En lugar de gratitud, en general cosecha en los medios occidentales la acre incomprensión de aquellos a quienes está defendiendo. Parece que tienden a identificarse con los enemigos de Israel porque éstos no son democráticos, ergo hay que disculparlos. -- Fuente Original: EL CATOBLEPAS - Jerusalén <a href="http://www.nodulo.org/ec/2007/n064p05.htm">http://www.nodulo.org/ec/2007/n064p05.htm</a> Language A language of the resource spa Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Gustavo D. Perednik perednik@netvision.net.il August 1, 2007 Title A name given to the resource Entre Moynihan y Librescu amnista internacional amnon vidan centro de asuntos pblicos de jerusalm daniel patrick moynihan hezbol israel lbano librescu onu sudn Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Haeyong Chung Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Ha Won Lee Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2007-12-17 Description An account of the resource 2007 사건 그 후 <2> 美 버지니아 공대 총기난사 "8개월 지났지만 아직 못 잊어" 버지니아 공대생 가슴 속 상처는 그대로 총격현장 노리스홀엔 &#39;안전주의&#39; 벽보... 교실은 잠겨 학교, 심리상담사 늘리고 추모코너 만들며 치유나서 이하원 특파원(블랙스버그(미 버지니아주)) May2@chosun.com 미국 버지니아 공대의 악몽은 아직 끝나지 않은 것일까. 지난주 미국 버지니아주 교민사회는 또 한 번 가슴을 쓸어내렸다. 버지니아 공대의 한국계 4학년 학생 K군이 학교 인근 쇼핑센터 주차장에서 머리에 총을 맞아 숨진 채 발견됐다는 소식 때문이었다. 교민사회는 이 사건이 올해 4월 16일 32명을 살해한 &#39;조승희 난사사건&#39;과 관련이 있는 것은 아닐까 하는 초조감에 휩싸였다. 이후, 우울증을 앓아오던 K군이 스스로 목숨을 끊은 것으로 추정된다는 현지 경찰의 발표가 나왔지만, 이 사건은 우리 교민과 버지니아 공대 학생들에게 8개월 전의 악몽을 떠올리게 했다. ◆상흔 여전한 노리스홀 지난 5일 찾아간 버지니아 공대 캠퍼스에는 진눈깨비가 흩뿌리고 있었다. 4·16 총격사건 희생자를 애도하기 위해 만들어진 야외 추모관은 학생들의 발길이 가장 많은 드릴필드와 대학 본관 사이에 있었다. 야외 추모관에는 32개(희생자 숫자)의 작은 추모석이 1m 간격으로 놓여 있었다. 총알이 날아다니는 상황에서 끝까지 학생들을 보호했던 케빈 그라나타(Granata) 공대 교수 추모석 앞에 놓인 추모문이 눈에 띄었다. "자부심과 헌신으로 교수 생활을 한 사람.... 우리는 그를 기억하면서 회복하고 재건하고 활력을 찾아 더 뛰어나게 될 것이다. 그는 잊혀지지 않을 것이다." 야외 추모관에서 약 50m 떨어진 총격의 현장 노리스홀. 1층엔 &#39;안전 주의&#39; 벽보만 붙여 있을 뿐, 아무도 출입을 막지 않았다. 사망자가 발생한 2층의 4개 교실은 굳게 잠겨 있었다. 한낮이었지만 30m의 복도엔 아무런 인기척조차 느껴지지 않았다. 이곳에서 4·16 사건은 여전히 민감한 주제였다. 학생들은 아직도 가슴 한쪽에 남아 있는 그 아픔을 꺼내고 싶지 않은 듯, 8개월 전의 일을 물어보는 기자의 질문에 답변을 피했다. 노리스홀에서 만난 한 여학생은 기자를 잠시 쏘아보더니 "노 코멘트"라며 황급히 몸을 돌렸다. ◆학교측은 상처치유에 적극적 학교측은 이 사건을 숨기기보다는 드러내 놓고 적극 대처함으로써 1872년 개교 후 최대의 시련을 이겨내려는 듯했다. 이 학교의 홈페이지(www.vt.edu ) 한복판에는 &#39;우리는 기억한다&#39;는 추모 코너를 만들어 사건이 어떻게 발생했으며 후속조치가 어떻게 취해지고 있는지를 알리고 있다. 학교측은 총격사건 발생 후 학교 상담소의 심리 상담사를 대폭 늘려 학생들의 정신적 충격을 치유하고 있다. 지난 9월에 입학한 메이시 바네스(Barnes)양은 "입학 오리엔테이션부터 학과 수업에 이르기까지 학교측에서 이 문제를 털어놓고 상담의 중요성을 강조하고 있다"고 말했다. 야외 추모관에서 만난 에릭 웰치(Welch·경영학과)군은 "모두에게 매우 힘든 사건인데, 학교는 재발방지를 위해 여러 조치를 취하고 있다"고 했다. 그러나 버지니아 공대가 그 상흔(傷痕)을 깨끗이 지우는 데는 다소 시간이 걸릴 것 같다. 교정에서 겨울 풍경을 찍던 이 학교의 학보 기자 폴 플랫즈(Platz)군은 슬픈 눈망울로 나지막이 말했다. "그 사건은 버지니아 공대엔 마치 9·11 테러 같은 것이지요. 그 사건 이전과 그 이후의 일상이 어떻게 같을 수 있겠어요." ◆ 총격사건 거론 않는 교포사회 4·16 사건이 발생했을 때 정신적 충격을 크게 받았던 워싱턴 DC 인근의 재미 교포사회는 한인 교회를 중심으로 상처를 달랬다. 희생자 추모모임을 열었고, 희생자 가족을 위한 모금운동을 벌여왔다. 특히 북(北)버지니아의 한인교회들은 30만달러를 모아 버지니아 공대에 전달하기도 했다. 그렇지만 최근엔 가급적 이 사건을 거론하지 않는 분위기다. 버지니아 공대를 졸업한 재미 교포 A씨는 "좋지 않은 사건에 한국 사람이 관련돼 곤혹스러웠다. 모두들 이 사건을 입에 담지 않으려 하는 것 같다"고 했다. 버지니아 공대의 차기 한인 학생회장으로 선출된 유현승(대학원 산업공학과)씨는 "총격 사건 이후 한국인 학생이라는 이유로 불이익을 받거나 피해를 입은 사례가 단 한 건도 없었다"고 말했다. 한편, 조승희군의 부모는 여전히 버지니아주에 머물며 외부와의 관계를 끊고 지내는 것으로 알려졌다. 워싱턴DC의 주미 한국대사관 관계자는 "조용히 지내기를 바라는 부모의 의사를 존중, 별도의 접촉을 하지 않고 있다"고 말했다. -- Original Source: Chosun Ilbo <a href="http://news.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2007/12/18/2007121800045.html">http://news.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2007/12/18/2007121800045.html</a> Language A language of the resource ko Title A name given to the resource “9·11테러 같았던 ‘캠퍼스 총격’ ” 조선�보 chosun Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Haeyong Chung Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Ha Won Lee Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2007-12-17 Description An account of the resource 4·16 총격 사건이 발생했던 미국 버지니아공대 노리스홀 바로 옆 본관 건물에서 지난 5일 로렌스 힝커(Hincker) 부총장보를 만났다. 힝커 부총장보는 "분명한 것은 4·16 사건이 한국과는 아무런 관련이 없는, 미국에서 자란 한국계 미국인의 총기 난사 문제"라며 "나는 한국의 문화를 잘 모르지만 한국은 아무런 책임을 느낄 필요가 없다"고 말했다. ―4·16 사건의 아픔을 어떻게 치유하고 있나. "2만7000명의 버지니아 공대 재학생들이 받을 심리적 충격을 최소화하는 데 주력했다. 우선, 여름 방학기간 중 모든 교직원들에게 심리적 충격을 완화시키는 교육을 실시한 후 학생들과의 1대1 접촉을 강화했다. 4·16 사건 복구·지원팀을 학교의 정규조직으로 만들어 사망자 유족과 부상자를 도왔다." ▲ 로렌스 힝커 부총장보 ―그런 노력이 성공적이라고 평가하나. "학교와 재학생 동문으로 구성된 &#39;버지니아 텍 공동체&#39;가 위기를 극복하기 위해 최선의 노력을 하고 있다고 생각한다. 12월까지 모금된 850만 달러로 사망자 가족과 부상자를 돕기 위한 계획을 준비 중이다. 학교의 미식축구 시합이 있을 때마다 추모행사를 하고 있다. 지난 9월 미식축구 홈 경기에는 재학생과 동문들을 비롯, 6만5000명이 모여 희생자를 상징하는 32개의 풍선을 띄워 올리며 추모를 했다." ―한국 국민들도 이 사건을 가슴 아파했다. "직접 우리학교를 찾아 위로해 준 이태식 주미 한국대사를 비롯해서 한국 국민들이 보여준 관심과 추모는 놀랄 만한 것이다. 버지니아의 한국교회를 비롯한 한인단체는 수십만 달러의 성금을 보내왔다. 버지니아 공대는 한국 국민들이 보여준 위로와 성원을 결코 잊지 않을 것이다." -- Original Source: Chosun Ilbo <a href="http://news.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2007/12/18/2007121800047.html">http://news.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2007/12/18/2007121800047.html</a> Language A language of the resource ko Title A name given to the resource “이달까지 850만달러 모금… 유족돕기 준비 중” chosun interview hincker Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Elva Orozco Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Héctor González Avilés Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2007-07-31 Description An account of the resource Creado por Héctor González Avilés 09/06/2007 a las 04:26 PM El diecinueve de abril del año dos mil siete, un coreano desquiciado, enajenado por entes satánicas, acribilló a tiros en su universidad, a sus compañeros, dándoles muerte. El asesino se suicidó como Balmaceda, de un balazo en la sién, el crimen conmovió mucho al pueblo norteamericano y todo el mundo entero tambien. La muerte asoló las aulas de la Universidad "Virginia Tech", ya nada será igual, pues la violencia y el terrorismo voltearon el mundo al revés. -- Fuente Original: AtinaChile <a href="http://www.atinachile.cl/content/view/37554/1er_CONCURSO_INTERNACIONAL_DE_POESIA_LIBRE_ATINA_CHILE.html">http://www.atinachile.cl/content/view/37554/1er_CONCURSO_INTERNACIONAL_DE_POESIA_LIBRE_ATINA_CHILE.html</a> Licencia de uso: <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/cl/"> Creative Commons Atribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 2.0 Chile. Language A language of the resource spa Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Creative Commons Atribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 2.0 Chile Title A name given to the resource Masacre de Virginia Tech (poema) poema Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. 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Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Haeyong Chung Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Hae In Lee Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2007-10-22 Description An account of the resource 이해인 수녀, 버지니아 참사 추모시 [중앙일보] 사랑과 용서의 시인 이해인(61.사진) 수녀가 버지니아공대 참사 사건의 희생자를 애도하는 추모시 &#39;이 부끄러운 슬픔을 딛고&#39;를 본지에 보내왔다. 수녀는 이번 참사를 지켜보며 "늘 우리만 먼저 생각하는 옹졸한 이기심을 용서받고 싶다"고 전했다. 이 부끄러운 슬픔을 딛고 바람에 흩날리는 벚꽃잎을 보며 하염없이 한숨만 쉬는 4월입니다 이 부끄러운 슬픔 속에 우리는 지금 어떻게 울어야 하겠습니까 어떻게 기도해야 하겠습니까 한국의 아들이 쏜 총탄에 맞아 무참히 희생당한 가족들을 부르며 절규하고 통곡하는 이들에게 어떠한 말로 위로를 해야 할지 알지 못합니다 왜 이런 일이 일어나야 하는지 현실이 아닌 꿈이면 좋겠다고 하늘을 원망해도 소용없는 답답함과 안타까움으로 잠 안 오는 날들입니다 &#39;지금은 그 누구를 탓할 때가 아니고 서로의 슬픔을 포옹해야 할 때&#39;라며 추모의 촛불을 켜는 버지니아 사람들에게 두고 두고 저주해도 시원찮을 살인자의 이름까지 희생자들과 나란히 추모의 돌에 새겨 두고 &#39;네가 그리도 도움이 필요했는지 몰랐다 네 가족의 평화를 빈다&#39;는 쪽지를 적어 놓는 그 넓고 따뜻한 마음들에게 &#39;정말 죄송합니다 용서하십시오&#39;라고 울면서 달려가 고마움의 악수를 청하고 싶습니다 함께 슬퍼하는 것이 어떤 것인지 위로와 용서는 어떻게 하는 것인지 만인에게 한마음으로 보여 주는 그 현실적인 용기와 지혜 앞에서 행여라도 우리가 민족적으로 피해를 보고 불이익을 당할까 노심초사한 그 시간들조차 부끄럽게 여겨집니다 늘 우리만 먼저 생각하는 옹졸하고 어리석은 이기심을 용서받고 싶습니다 이 부끄러운 슬픔을 딛고 우리는 이제 좀 더 따뜻하고 관대하고 폭 넓은 기도의 사람들이 되려 합니다 보이지 않는 이웃의 아픔과 슬픔과 약함을 내치지 않고 내 것으로 끌어안고 돌보는 사랑의 사람들이 되려 합니다 그동안 우리야말로 자기 자신을 사랑할 줄 모르고 남을 따돌리는 편협한 문제아였습니다 화를 잘 다스리지 못하는 인격장애인이었으며 희망보다는 절망을 먼저 선택하는 우울증 환자인 적도 많았습니다 고운 봄날 영문도 모르고 피 흘리며 죽어간 희생자들에게 사랑하는 이들을 잃고 비탄에 잠긴 유족들에게 말로는 다 못하는 위로를 오직 눈물의 기도로 침묵 속에 봉헌하렵니다 이토록 끔찍한 일을 저질러 너무 밉지만 또한 불쌍한 어린 영혼 조승희를 대신하여 두고두고 아파하며 참회하렵니다 타오르는 촛불과 장미향 가득한 버지니아공대 추모게시판의 글처럼 앞으로의 모든 삶에 우리도 어디서나 누구에게나 진심으로 이렇게 고백할 수 있길 바랍니다 &#39;당신 위해 기도합니다(Our prayers are with you)&#39; &#39;모두를 사랑합니다(We love you all)&#39; -- Original Source: Joins.com/ JoongAng Daily <a href="http://article.joins.com/article/article.asp?total_id=2702780 ">http://article.joins.com/article/article.asp?total_id=2702780</a> Language A language of the resource ko Title A name given to the resource 이해인 수녀, 버지니아 참사 추모시 joongang daily joins.com Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Sara Hood Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Hae Min Sung Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2007-08-24 Description An account of the resource By: Hae Min Sung, Contributing Writer Posted: 4/24/07 There was a Virginia Tech Massacre. Everyone was horrified. The killer committed suicide in the end, but he had already killed 32 people. Whenever I turned on the television, I saw the killer&#39;s face, and I watched the video clips the killer sent to NBC. I am a Korean. And at some point, I wish that I could speak some Japanese or Chinese so that I wouldn &#39;t have to admit it. That doesn&#39;t mean that I don&#39;t want to be a Korean or I hate my nationality. But for now, I really don&#39;t want to face. When I heard the killer was a Korean, I didn&#39;t want to believe it. Korea is a peaceful nation, and we don&#39;t do that kind of terrible thing, I thought. I didn&#39;t do it, but I am so ashamed as a Korean. He just ruined my country&#39;s name. There was a cherish ceremony in Los Angeles&#39; Korea town right after the massacre was broadcasted. Some people say it&#39;s an overreaction that Korean people blame themselves, so much so that many Americans scoff at Koreans. Unlike America, Korea is a nation of collectivism. Nation, society and groups come first, then individuals. That is why people are ashamed themselves as parents, as students and as Koreans. It is not only the killer&#39;s problem, but also Koreans&#39;. I don&#39;t know what to say to those victims&#39; families and to Americans. I cannot say anything but "I&#39;m sorry." Whenever people talk about the massacre, I really want to leave. Wherever I go, I feel like people see me in anger because I am Korean, even though I know that they really don&#39;t know whether I am or not. At some point, I am scared that people might hate me because I am a Korean. At another point, I am scared that people might hit me or say something because I am a Korean. I don&#39;t think that American people are that irrational to hit somebody only because they have the same nationality that killer has. But I am afraid because as a Korean, I am ashamed of myself. The killer said that the society made him like that and he didn&#39;t have any choice. He thought everyone hated him and treated him wrong, and he wouldn&#39;t run away from people and society anymore. I don&#39;t want to say something bad to a person who has the same nationality as I do. But the killer was a psycho, and his way to face "the enemy" was definitely wrong. Why are other people the enemy, and why does he think society is treating him wrong? What&#39;s he running from, and why does he have no choice but to kill people? What&#39;s wrong with this guy??!! I am so confused. I am so angry at him and feel so sorry for the victims, victims&#39; family and everyone, but at the same time, I felt so bad for him as a Korean. If he were not a Korean, I think, I might not feel this confusion; instead I&#39;d just blame the murderer and feel bad for people involved in the massacre. I wish that he were not a Korean. But he is; I cannot change that. I cannot change anything. I cannot do anything for the victims, their family and for people. I just can say I am so sorry. -- Original Source:<a href=http://media.www.smudailycampus.com/media/storage/paper949/news/2007/04/24/Opinion/Korean.Feelings.On.Virginia.Tech.Massacre-2876142.shtml>SMU Daily Campus - April 24, 2007</a> Language A language of the resource eng Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available SMU Daily Campus Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource "Norris, Mark William" <mnorris@mail.smu.edu> Title A name given to the resource Korean feelings on Virginia Tech massacre southern methodist university Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Na Mi Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Haiyan Cheng Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2007-07-22 Description An account of the resource Hi, all: Thank you all for your concern, I&#39;m safe. Here&#39;s what was happened to me yesterday. I&#39;m so proud of all my students, please pray for our community to recover from this huge lost and sorrow! Take care all! Haiyan Cheng ******************************************************** It was April 16 2007，a cold and windy morning for Blacksburg. I have class to teach at 9:05 AM. It is "CS4414-Issues in scientific computing", a class for senior student in CS and Math students. Whenever my advisor went to conference, I would take over the lecture. I went to my office in Torgerson Hall at 8:50, checked email, left my cell phone charging, (last Friday there was the bomb threat that made us evacuated immediately, that time I remembered to take my cell phone and laptop, but forgot the charger) and left laptop in the office and went to Norris Hall to teach. One of my colleagues asked earlier where is my classroom. I told him Norris 204 or 205 (the first classroom on the left hand side at the second floor), I&#39;m not sure. So the first thing I went to the second floor, Norris hall, is to check my room number. It is indeed 205, 204 is across the hall, I took a quick look at the classroom, about 20 students were sitting there, an old professor with white hair was taking his teaching material out of his briefcase. At 9:00 am, I went into the classroom, everything was as usual, the window opened a little bit, we can feel the breeze. I started the "Numerical solution of ODE" lecture. I covered analytical solution, discussion on existence and uniqueness, there was about 15 minutes left till the end of the lecture, it was about 9:40. Several loud "Band, Bang, Bang"came from outside of the classroom. They were really loud. I was not sure where it came from, but it seemed very close to us. We all thought it was some kind of construction. Then it stopped for 5-10 sec. I was about to start another topic on stability analysis. Then the sound came again. Teresa, the female student sitting close to the door stood up and went to check. I followed her, with the lecture note still in my hand. We were standing at the door, sticking our heads out and checking what happened. The sound came from room 208, the room across the hall, to the left of our classroom. The door is closed. I gazed at that door for 2 seconds. Then the door opened, a guy walked out, I only saw him 1 sec, but the most shocking thing is that he&#39;s holding a black handgun. He wears black, his face is square (roundish). Both I and Teresa came back in immediately, the gun shot right besides our ear. My ear is hurting by the loud sound. The first thing we came back in the classroom is telling everyone down, an Indian student said, let&#39;s block the door with table, so he can&#39;t get in. 4 guys in my class moved the big table next to the podium and blocked the door. (There&#39;s no window and no lock on the door. When there&#39;s lecture going on, usually we left the classroom door wide open.) While we were doing this, the gun shot keeps firing outside of the classroom. I and another girl were behind the podium. The other 2 girls were at the back of the classroom. 4 guys are lying on the ground in front, pushing against the desk legs. After about 1 minute shooting in the hallway, the gunman approaches our classroom. He was trying to open the door, but those students push really hard, then he began to shoot the door. The bullets came through the door, woodchips and metal pieces are everywhere. One bullet even hit the podium. Two of my students at the back underneath the desk were calling 911 with their cell phones, and talking to the police, they told the police there were 11 people in classroom 205, the gunman is still outside shooting. After the gunman tried several times, he gave up and began to shot somewhere else. The gun shot keeps going, "Bang, Bang, Bang", all I can do is knee down there and pray to God "Please stop him, please stop the gun fire, please..." Then we heard the police car siren from outside. One student asked that if we should jump out of the window. It&#39;s only the second floor. But we all thought that we should stay here, until things are clear outside. The gun shot sounds further and further. But still not stop. Before we went out to check, we already heard about 20, after we came in, we heard about 30-40, or even more than that. It was terrible. We waited and waited....We heard several unclear shout from outside "show me your hand, show me your hand" etc...but we are not sure if that were police or not. Until finally there was the knock at the door. Those guys made sure they were police, and we opened the door. The police had a gun in his hand, asking us all hands up, and go to the back of the classroom. He asked if anybody got injured. We told him no, then he asked us to sit down, keep calm. Then he was about to leave. One student asked him to close the door, since we thought they might still be searching the gunman. He said we were safe, and called another police officer to come at the door, 1 minute later, the police officer told us to stand in a line and run after him, leave our personal stuff behind. I was standing close to the podium, so I quickly grabbed my key and coat, running with the police. I saw the clip on the floor right outside of our classroom. We try not to step on the blood and run quick. I didn&#39;t even look at the other classroom, but Lisa running right behind me started to cry, I turned around, held her hand, we run together out of the Norris hall and into the Randolph Hall, while still shocking, the first thing I did is borrowed a laptop from another student and sent an email to my husband and our research group, telling them I was safe. I am so proud of all my students, they did a great job. We did the right things to save our lifes. I am so sorry about those students and professors, I can&#39;t believe 1 hour ago, I saw them all sitting in the classroom. So far, my cell phone and laptop are still in my office in Torgerson hall, since the building is closed, I&#39;m almost disconnected from the outside world. All I did is using my neighbor&#39;s Internet to reply some messages that concerned about my safety. It was a terrible tragedy for Virginia Tech, for Blacksburg. Please pray for those families that lost of their loved ones. Let&#39;s all cherish every minute of our life. ******************************************************** Comments： I really admire that Haiyan is so brave and she even saved people&#39;s lives. I am pround of her and pround of being a Chinese. ******************************************************** I am a former VT student, I have read all the emails and news regarding this tragedy. I am so proud that we Chinese people have such a brave student who saved a lot of lives. May God bless all of us. ******************************************************** Hi Haiyan, Thank you so much. I am very proud of you. I sincerely admire your bravery and tact. We are all shocked by this unimaginable tragedy. Wish you all got recovered soon. ******************************************************** my dear friends blacksburg, means beautiful memory to me and my family. since yesterday, we were shocked. but piece by piece we know what happened. i&#39;m proud for all of you, been through this tragedy, we saw heroes arise, we saw people helping each other. ACSS did good job on calm down fellow members. every single one of you is a hero to me. my salute extend to all of you. my wife, my unborn child wish you all recover from this. it&#39;s a tough job to do, but we all believe in you. let&#39;s go hokies!!! zheng ******************************************************** Definitely, let&#39;s give Haiyan a big applause for what she did to save people&#39;s lives. Not everyone could keep calm and respond correctly like she did. Haiyan, you did a very excellent job! Pray for your recovering as soon as possible from the nightmare. ******************************************************** Frankly, telling truth doesn&#39;t necessarily mean defying of victims. Help identify truth is also a kind of respect, especially given so many questions not answered yet. Tell Media the truth is our responsibility and whether accepting or not is in their side. J.L ******************************************************** I guess I am one of the foreigners on the list and I want to say that I have sent Haiyan&#39;s story to several friends and family members. My mother, who lives in Gainesville, FL, said she read something like that story in her paper on Tuesday morning. My husband and I applaud the actions of Haiyan--what a brave and selfless thing to do, to be able to keep one&#39;s wit together and save others--and I think it&#39;s important that everyone&#39;s story be told when possible. As far as I can tell, the media is not ignoring stories--their goal is to gain as many viewers as possible. All students, regardless of ethnic origin or country, are part of the VT community. Thank you all for everything you bring to our country and our community. Tell your stories when you can. Everyone benefits. Cindy Bertelsen VT alumnae, HNFE ******************************************************** Dear all, First of all, Haiyan was definitely brave. She and her students (e.g.Teresa and the Indian student) had been a team acting smartly and bravely to save their lives. But more important, no matter she is a hero or not, we all love her and are so thankful that she survived this terrible event. Let&#39;s pray for the victims and their families and all the alives. Stay safe, ******************************************************** Hi, all: Again, thank you all for your concern about me. There are so many news about me right now in both US and China. I can&#39;t believe how fast the news spread these days. I got lots of emails and phone calls everyday day from all sorts of medias, (which made my cell phone airtime used up super quick, I guess most of you had the similar situation). I stayed after midnight in office to process emails. At first I returned every phone calls as soon as I got my cell phone, but some of the media started to dig my personal info, which I thought is totally unnecessary, the focus should be the tragedy. I think I&#39;m not a heroine, I wasn&#39;t one of the person who blocked the door. I&#39;m just one of the survivors, which is written in the short story and sent to you guys earlier. For most of the medias, all I told them was to use the story I wrote and the interview clip by Washington Post. That was my experience, that was what happened to me, according to my memory. Talking about the same tragedy again and again did bring my memory back to those horrible moments again and again. I wish you all can understand. All I want is to get back to normal life ASAP as you all wished. If necessary, I will talk to one of the major medias, so that there will only be one correct information source. There must be a reason that my life was spared, I wish all of us can learn something, live our life to the fullest, enjoy every moment with the loved one, think positive... Yesterday there was the disaster relief truck on campus that provided free food and drinks for all the community members. There are many counseling services on campus. Today while I stopped at the red light at the corner of college street and Main street. There was an American girl sitting on a bench, smiling and waving to the passengers and drivers passing by. There was a sign besides her reads: "Need someone to hear, I will listen. (Free hugs)...." I didn&#39;t cry when I was in danger, but at that moment I can&#39;t stop my tears running down. At this time, all we need is the healing, not only for me, but for all the Hokies and families.I was really touched by the candlelight vigil last night, at the moment when all Hokies are united, I saw hope... I&#39;m available to you guys for visit, Thanks for ACSS and everyone in the community. Let&#39;s go! Hokies! Haiyan Cheng -- Original Source:Cheng,Haiyan&#39;s narrative, and compiled by Mi,Na Language A language of the resource eng Title A name given to the resource Haiyan Cheng&#39;s experience on April 16 and people&#39;s responses first hand accounts gun shot haiyan cheng indian student randolph hall Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Sara Hood Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Hamza Shaban Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2007-07-31 Description An account of the resource After reading Kurt Vonnegut&#39;s "Slaughterhouse Five," my 11th grade English teacher asked us, "Is death meaningful?" The question forced us to think about the line that appeared over and over in Vonnegut&#39;s book, the line that appeared after anyone died: "So it goes." My classremained silent, thinking. "So it goes," sounds light, almost casual. It would describe the feeling most of us get when we read some headline "30 dead in Iraq," or "Tsunami Claims Countless." Vonnegut&#39;s line seems fitting for some far off death, very distant from us, almost unimportant. But would I say "So it goes" after I learned my mother died, or my wife was killed? Would I say that casual line after yesterday&#39;s events at Tech? The death I once thought was far off, remote and alien, has now struck my life, my family and a campus just two hours away. Yesterday people said things like, "It could have happened to us," and "I have a close friend in that dorm." Yesterday people were "shocked" and "humbled." So if the university were to answer my 11th grade teacher&#39;s question, "Is death meaningful?" We would all shout, "of course it is!" Butsadly we only answer this now because of a vicious reminder. Death has become real, close and tangible. Only now do we recognize it. Of all the hypothetical questions and "what ifs" that plague our minds everyday, we seldom reflect on the one possibility that is certain -- our own deaths. We worry about Arab history midterms, internshipapplications, and getting a date for semi-formal, but we never think about the only thing in our lives that definitely will happen. Vonnegut&#39;s &#39;so it goes&#39; was not meant to cheapen life, but was a useful reminder that death will happen to us all. Do you remember that angry wind yesterday? The wind that burned your face and made your eyes water? We should carry a little bit of that wind with us every day, not to makeus hurt and weep, but to remind ourselves that we are all fragile and finite. If we do that, we won&#39;t need tragedy to wake us up. We will carry a vigor for life wherever we go. Because now we know each day has meaning, and we will strive to live each moment to its potential. Hamza Shaban CLAS II -- Original Source:<a href=http://www.cavalierdaily.com/letters.asp?pid=1583>The Cavalier Daily - April 18, 2007</a> Language A language of the resource eng Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Cavalier Daily Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Meggie Bonner <meggiebonner@gmail.com> Title A name given to the resource So it goes death mortality uva https://www.april16.vtlibraries.net/files/original/gators vt 2_cfee6ed6b7.jpg null Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2007-05-29 Omeka Legacy File The metadata element set that, in addition to the Dublin Core element set, was included in the `files` table in previous versions of Omeka. These elements are common to all Omeka files. This set may be deprecated in future versions. Capture Date 2007-05-29 22:25:47 Still Image A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Hannah Siburt Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Hannah Siburt Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2007-05-29 Description An account of the resource I am a doctoral student at the University of Florida but was born and raised in Blacksburg. This statue is of UF&#39;s mascots (Albert and Alberta)with a VT. It was very nice to see UF&#39;s support after April 16th. Language A language of the resource eng gators uf university of florida Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Sara Hood Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Hannah McBride and Andrea Rodi Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2007-08-13 Description An account of the resource By: Hannah McBride and Andrea Rodi Posted: 4/25/07 Acknowledging cultural repercussions of last week&#39;s Virginia Tech shootings, Koreans at Boston University said they have been facing racial pressures as details have emerged about the killer, who came to the United States from South Korea when he was a child. Although Koreans -- whose culture traditionally values community support -- initially did not know how to react to the Virginia Tech shootings, many agree they should not feel responsible for the actions of Virginia Tech senior Cho Seung-Hui and should not fear persecution when expressing their culture, said BU Korean Student Association Secretary Clara Pyo. "Because it wasn&#39;t racism-driven, personally, we can be sorry that it happened, but we shouldn&#39;t feel responsible," she said. Almost immediately after Cho shot and killed 27 students and five teachers before killing himself on the Blacksburg, Va. campus April 16, many Korean organizations -- in the United States and overseas -- prepared for racial backlash against them. Members of BU Asian groups say they have not received a backlash from their peers, and the shootings are not a reflection of their culture. Nevertheless, KSA discussed taking extra precautions before its Korean cultural show, "Lost in Translation," on Saturday. Officers considered postponing the show, and the Student Activities Office offered to bolster security for it, but the group decided to continue with almost no changes. "We didn&#39;t know if we should be afraid or if we should celebrate [our heritage]," said Pyo, a School of Education sophomore, "but we decided that if there was any hostility against us, we didn&#39;t want to be swayed by the incident." In the wake of the shootings, the media can affect Americans&#39; perceptions of Asians, said BU Asian Student Union President Lisa Tobari. "[Media portrayal] impacts the way you behave and the way you see yourself," the College of Communication junior said. "[However,] the fact that [Cho] is Asian . . . hasn&#39;t really affected our identities as Asian people living in America." In following traditional Korean values of taking responsibility in the community, some natives have taken the shootings personally and feel dismayed by them, Pyo said. "It&#39;s not our job to apologize for his actions as Koreans," she said. "Not to say it wasn&#39;t a big deal, but we had nothing to do with it." The Virginia Tech shootings are another point in history when a specific group of people felt at risk for racial discrimination in association with violence, said New England Korean News Editor-in-Chief Andy Min, who referenced the 1991 Rodney King incident, in which the black New York taxi driver was beaten by three white police officers and a Hispanic officer, sparking race riots. "Some people worry that we&#39;re going to get hurt from other people because we&#39;re Korean and the killer was Korean," Min said. For Korean immigrants like Cho, an American upbringing can conflict with Asian culture, which may leave children confused and isolated, Min said. "The children don&#39;t know why they came," he said. "There&#39;s a trauma and a breakdown between where they came from and what they&#39;re adjusting to." Trying to honor both American and Korean cultures in shows like "Lost in Translation," one of KSA&#39;s goals is to reconcile dual-heritage conflicts, Pyo said. "[Korean Americans] have the struggle of being appreciative of Korean heritage and being Americanized," she said. "[The show is] mixing Korean heritage with what we have experienced growing up here." Cultural student groups and other students have the responsibility to foster a sense of community for isolated students to avoid situations like the Virginia Tech shootings, Pyo said. "Anyone that feels alone or alienated needs to find a group to join for community," she said. "I think that was really missing with [Cho]." -- Original Source:<a href=http://media.www.dailyfreepress.com/media/storage/paper87/news/2007/04/25/News/After.Vt.Koreans.Prepare.For.Backlash-2879775.shtml>The Daily Free Press - April 25, 2007</a> Language A language of the resource eng Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Daily Free Press Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Matt Negrin <editor@dailyfreepress.com> Title A name given to the resource After VT, Koreans prepare for backlash backlash korean identity boston university Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Sara Hood Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Hannah Sung Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2007-08-19 Description An account of the resource I was appalled by the commentary titled "VT Killer Needs Closer Look" (April 23) that sought to explain Cho Seung-Hui&#39;s motives in the Virginia Tech massacre. Overall, I got the sense that the article was trying to pin the blame of the Virginia Tech tragedy on the "typical" Asian-American immigrant household as somehow having stunted Cho&#39;s emotional development and ultimately his judgment in making the decision to take the lives of 33 people. The author makes sweeping generalizations about Asian-American families that show a severe misunderstanding of East-Asian culture. Many parenting practices of some Asian-American immigrant parents may seem backward from the Western point of view and may be misinterpreted as stern and unaffectionate. However, we can&#39;t discount these parenting styles just because they&#39;re different and don&#39;t always fit the Western norm. There are thousands of people who have grown up in immigrant families, and many of them have had difficult experiences adjusting to life in the United States. It doesn&#39;t make them any more likely to become emotionally traumatized and commit mass murder. Secondly, just because UC Irvine has a large Asian population does not necessitate the sudden need to worry about a UCI student becoming the next perpetrator. This is precisely the kind of dangerous mentality that sets in during times of crisis: that because one person of a racial group committed an atrocity, all the other members of that group are suddenly "on notice." Lastly, it is absolutely ridiculous to speculate that Cho might have not ended up the way he had if he&#39;d had better presents as a child. Most parents do the best to provide for their children but it is impossible for them to satisfy every single one of their children&#39;s material wants. At a certain point, people should wise up and recognize the difference between needs and wants, and that material gifts are not the same thing as a parent&#39;s love. Perhaps the author should have thought about what sort of inferences he was making about the children of the Asian-American immigrant experience before making these ill-conceived assumptions about Cho&#39;s background. Hannah Sung fourth-year cognitive sciences and political science double-major -- Original Source:<a href=http://www.newuniversity.org/showArticle.php?id=5793>New University - April 30, 2007</a> Language A language of the resource eng Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Zachary Gale <newueic@gmail.com> Title A name given to the resource Letter to the Editor: Asians, Parents Should Not Be Blamed for VT Tragedy https://www.april16.vtlibraries.net/files/original/Hokie Stones_11b003b637.jpg null Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2007-05-30 Omeka Legacy File The metadata element set that, in addition to the Dublin Core element set, was included in the `files` table in previous versions of Omeka. These elements are common to all Omeka files. This set may be deprecated in future versions. Capture Date 2007-05-30 12:05:48 Still Image A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Chad Newswander Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Harold Neal Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2007-05-30 Description An account of the resource Flowers, pictures, letters remembering each of the 32 victims of the Virginia Tech Massacre. Original source: <a href=" http://www.flickr.com/photos/cameraslayer/470549711/"> http://www.flickr.com/photos/cameraslayer/470549711/</a> Licensed under <a href=" http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommerical-NoDerivs 2.0</a> Language A language of the resource eng Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Permission: Harold Neal http://www.flickr.com/photos/cameraslayer/470549711/ Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommerical-NoDerivs 2.0 Title A name given to the resource 32 hokie rocks hokie stones memorial Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Brent Jesiek Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Harold X. O&#39;Boyle Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2007-05-27 Description An account of the resource Harold X. O&#39;Boyle / <a href="http://www.the-extremist.com/">The Extremist</a> (Blog) May 03, 2007 Mass murder invariably gets the Victim Disarmament Lobby into a lather promoting safety through helplessness. The Virginia Tech shooting is no exception. A brief but honest look at how the world works, however, should convince any but the most craven cowards that there is not much safety in being as helpless as a newborn. Acts of senseless violence will never be stopped by simply declaring them illegal. It is ironic to me that many of the same people who so adamantly oppose self-defense in the face of violence are the same who claim that boosting "self-esteem" is the highest goal of education. Once we&#39;ve created people enthralled with their own individuality and inestimable worth how can it be that the lives of those people are not worth defending? Education authorities create "defenseless victim zones" where if confronted by violence students are expected to stand and deliver, whether the delivery involves their property or their dignity. The theory is based on the idea that life is immeasurably precious, to be preserved at any price and that a sane criminal, like a thief or a rapist, will let you live if you just lie nice and still. But what if he isn&#39;t a nice sane criminal? What if he just wants to kill you? There was a time, long before years of government schooling and media propaganda had removed the spine from so many Americans, when the failure to defend yourself was considered the equivalent of suicide. That theory was based on the idea that life was a gift from the Almighty, not to be taken lightly or abused. Educational discussion in those days more often centered on "self-respect" and "courage" than "self-esteem." In keeping with the modern preference for self-esteem over self-respect Virginia Tech is a "gun free school zone." That means only law enforcement personnel and psychopathic killers can have weapons on campus. On the day of the recent shooting not a law enforcement officer could be found until after the psychopath had already shot more than 50 people and himself. The cops that did show up, and the SWAT teams, hid behind their cars until the shooting stopped. Then they rushed inside the building and threatened all the survivors with sudden death till everyone was properly prone. Despite the death toll and the utter failure of the police to protect anyone, college officials are steadfast in their enthusiasm for maintaining the campus as a "Defenseless Victim Zone." According to a spokesman, the administration wants students to "feel safe" on campus. I have to agree that "feeling safe" is an important part of a good education. But just think of how a policy that actually provided some safety would make everyone feel. There is no way to know whether the dead and wounded at Virginia Tech "felt safe" attending class in a gun free zone. I&#39;m sure it finally dawned on them that no matter how they felt, they were in big trouble. The shooter ignored laws against carrying a gun without a permit, bringing a gun on campus, assault and murder. The idea that another gun law or "gun free zone" or psych test would have prevented this tragedy is as about as credible as a Senator&#39;s promise. In an astonishing turn of events Virginia higher education authorities already had experience with a campus shooting that should have made the solution to the safety problem clear. Five years ago at a law school not far from VT 43-year-old exchange student Peter Odighizuwa shot two professors with a 38 caliber handgun. He also killed a student in the same building and wounded three others. But unlike today, Virginia colleges in those days were not a Helpless Victim Zones. Two students, Tracy Bridges and Mikael Gross, acting independently, ran to their cars to retrieve handguns when they heard the gunfire. Gross was an off-duty police officer in his home state of North Carolina. He got his 9mm pistol and body armor from the car. Bridges returned with his .357 Magnum. They approached Odighizuwa from different sides and proved that guns are not just for killing. Bridges yelled for the shooter to drop his weapon. He dropped it and several unarmed students subdued him. Gross went back to his car for handcuffs to detain the shooter until police arrived. Other school attacks have also been cut short by armed civilians. A vice principal who got a handgun from his car stopped a student shooter in Pearl, Mississippi and detained him until police arrived. A restaurant owner in Edinboro, Pennsylvania used a shotgun to convince a shooter at a school dance to surrender. He did it without firing a shot himself. Israel had to deal with armed attacks on schools in the 1970s. These were attacks by terrorists, not students, and even then there were cries for disarmament instead of self-defense. Instead of disarmament, the Israelis decided to arm and train their teachers. Terrorists went looking for easier targets. The school attacks stopped. The belief that guns cause murder is like believing that spoons cause obesity or that matches cause arson. The problems of school violence won&#39;t be solved by increasing the helplessness of potential victims. When confronted by bad guys with guns we always call good guys with guns. Good guys with guns are like taxi cabs and waiters, the more there are the less time you have to wait for one. Mr. Rogers doesn&#39;t become Mr. Hyde just because he has a pistol in his pocket. Declaring insanity illegal won&#39;t eliminate insanity. We can only be prepared to minimize the damage that the worst among us can do. To do that we must abandon insane policies that make us "feel safe" while in fact increasing danger. The only sane response to insane violence is to allow armed people to defend themselves and others. The tools and will to confront evil with self-respect, courage and dignity will improve self-esteem more than any number of useless gun laws designed to make us "feel safe." -- Original Source: <a href="http://www.the-extremist.com/2007/05/defenseless_vic.html">http://www.the-extremist.com/2007/05/defenseless_vic.html</a> Licensed under <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5</a>. Language A language of the resource eng Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5 Title A name given to the resource Defenseless Victim Zones blog commentary gun control Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Brent Jesiek Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Harry Mok Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2007-06-14 Description An account of the resource <p><b>April 24, 2007</b></p> <p>It was pointed out to me the other night that I&#39;m a living, breathing embodiment of the stereotypical quiet Asian.</p> <p>I was among a few friends and some friends of friends in the bar at AT&T Park prior to a San Francisco Giants game. I was the only Asian American male in the group, but there was a loud, gregarious Asian American woman. The two Asians in the group seemed to be polar opposites, something that was apparent to everyone at the bar. I&#39;ve been thinking about expectations and stereotypes since news broke that the gunman in the Virginia Tech killings was Korean American. My evening at the bar made me ponder it some more.</p> <p>Everyone else was more than a few drinks ahead of me, and I had driven to the ballpark, so I was nursing a beer. I was also concentrating on the game, which had started and was being shown on the bar&#39;s TVs, though this is no excuse for being withdrawn when among friends, and even friends of friends. </p> <p>It didn&#39;t go unnoticed by the others, who gave me a few jabs about being so quiet and that I should "keep it down." It was also very apparent that Unusually Loud Asian Woman, who I didn&#39;t know, was no quiet Asian. So much so that I was told to stand next to her so "osmosis" would quiet her down. After taking a place next to Unusually Loud Asian Woman and seemingly calming her down, a Friend and Friend of Friend asked me, "have you ever met a Chinese woman who&#39;s like this?" </p> <p>So on the one hand, I&#39;m quiet so I&#39;m Walking Stereotype, but on the other hand, Unusually Loud Asian Woman is just having a good time at a bar, but there seems to be something out of place with that as well.</p> <p>The comments and events I describe were all in good fun. We&#39;re all aware of our differences and perceived differences. It&#39;s what you do with that knowledge that can cause problems. There was no malice that night. I did start thinking more about stereotypes afterward. Reading Jeff Yang&#39;s analysis of Virginia Tech shooter Seung-Hui Cho&#39;s race in <a href="http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/04/19/cho_shooting/">Salon.com</a> gave me more food for thought. The article really hit home on the effect stereotypes can have.</p> <p>Yang&#39;s story and <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/19/us/19korea.html">many others</a> since the shooting also talk about the collective gasp that many Asian Americans let out when news broke that the killer was Korean American. As a journalist, I worried that the media would focus on Cho&#39;s race without any context, as Thomas Huang writes about at <a href="http://poynter.org/column.asp?id=58&aid=121748">Poynter.org</a>. Many Korean Americans felt a collective sense of guilt, as did many people in South Korea, even though Cho hadn&#39;t lived there since he was a boy.</p> <p>Emerson College journalism Professor Paul Niwa, quoted in Yang&#39;s article, has a viable explanation:</p> <blockquote>Most of the perpetrators of mass school killings have been white. After those shootings, do you think white people felt guilty that the shooter was white? Do you think white people felt that since the shooter was white, that the shooter would give society a bad impression of whites? A shooter can be white and nobody thinks that race played a part in the crime. But when someone nonwhite commits a crime, this society makes the person&#39;s race partially at fault.</blockquote> <p>I don&#39;t mean to belittle the killings at Virginia Tech by drawing an analogy to my night at the bar, but I think some of what Niwa says is at play. Sometimes I can have the personality of a cardboard box, so I&#39;m Walking Stereotype, but for non-Asians who are socially awkward, they&#39;re just quiet. And Unusually Loud Asian Woman can&#39;t be herself, either, without being, well, Unusually Loud Asian Woman.</p> <p>There is nothing innate to being "quiet" and being Asian American. I know plenty of Asian Americans who are more like Unusually Loud Asian Woman, and at times envy them for their ease around people. But I am who I am. The cardboard box that once held the really quiet, painfully shy kid is open. I&#39;ve been making my way out. Unfortunately, it appears that whatever was holding back Seung-Hui Cho burst to tragic results.</p> <p>Posted by <b>harry</b> at April 24, 2007 10:07 AM</p> <p>--</p> <p>Original Source: Hyphen Magazine Blog<br /> <a href="http://www.hyphenmagazine.com/blog/archives/2007/04/virginia_tech_s.html">http://www.hyphenmagazine.com/blog/archives/2007/04/virginia_tech_s.html</a></p> <p>Licensed under <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/1.0/">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 1.0</a>.</p> Language A language of the resource eng Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 1.0 Title A name given to the resource Virginia Tech shootings Bring Out Stereotypes asian asian american sterotypes https://www.april16.vtlibraries.net/files/original/16blocks-HOKIES-THANKS_8ad0e96bca.pdf null Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Brent Jesiek Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Hart Fowler Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2007-11-19 Description An account of the resource (PDF, 6.9 MB) by Hart Fowler Photos by Christina O&#39;Connor From concept to design to action, Peter Sforza was the man behind the scenes orchestrating Virginia Tech&#39;s message of gratitude, making this Thanksgiving one of positive reflection. Provided courtesy of Hart Fowler and 16 Blocks <a href="http://www.myspace.com/16blocksmagazine">http://www.myspace.com/16blocksmagazine</a> Language A language of the resource eng Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Hart Fowler and 16 Blocks Magazine 16blocksmagazine@gmail.com Title A name given to the resource The story behind the Hokies Thank The World project 16 blocks hokies thank the world sforza thanks vt thanks you Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Heather Munro Prescott Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Heather Munro Prescott Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2007-06-06 Description An account of the resource 4-30-07 <b>Mental Health is Everyone&#39;s Business: Historical Reflections on the Virginia Tech Shootings By Heather Munro Prescott</b> <i>Ms. Prescott is Professor of History at Central Connecticut State University. Her book, Student Bodies: The Influence of Student Health Services on American Society and Medicine will be published by University of Michigan Press in Fall 2007.</i> <i>A man&#39;s college days, collectively, are usually his happiest. Most of mine were not happy. </i>--Clifford Whittingham Beers, <i>A Mind That Found Itself </i>(1908) Clifford Whittingham Beers&#39;s words came to mind as I followed the news coverage of Cho Seung-Hui&#39;s shooting rampage at Virginia Tech last week. I empathized with the victims and their families and for the community; it was a tragic and terrible loss of life. As the days wore on, I began to have another reaction to the events. Since I am a historian and a client of mental health services, the heated discussions about what to do with "deranged" students like Cho that appeared in various mainstream media seemed all too reminiscent of earlier incidents of discrimination against mentally ill individuals. One especially troubling article by crime novelist and psychologist <a href="http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110009977">Jonathan Kellerman in the Wall Street Journal</a>, placed the blame for the shootings on the anti-psychiatry and deinstitutionalization movement of the 1960s and 1970s. He argued for stricter laws for involuntarily committing students exhibiting disturbing thoughts or behavior, declaring it was better to "err on the side of public safety rather than protect individual liberty at all costs." This cavalier attitude, combined with the sensationalistic footage of the "madman" on NBC, seemed to me a step backward in a century-long battle to safeguard the civil rights and enhance the public&#39;s understanding of mentally ill individuals. <i>A Mind That Found Itself</i> represented a landmark in this struggle. Likened to <i>Uncle Tom&#39;s Cabin</i> in its vivid description of the horrors of asylum life, the book launched a nationwide movement to reform institutions for the mentally ill. Beers, along with other Progressive Era reformers such as Jane Addams and Julia Lathrop, went on to form the National Committee for Mental Hygiene (NCMH). This organization aimed to take psychiatry beyond the asylum walls and use the discipline to address problems in homes, workplaces, schools, and other institutions. Like other public health organizations at this time, the NCMH aimed their preventive efforts at youth in schools and colleges, believing intervention was most effective during adolescence when the personality was most malleable. Supporting the work of the NCMH were studies of psychiatric problems among soldiers during the Great War. According to Dr. Stewart Paton, a lecturer in neurobiology at Princeton University and a former member of the American Expeditionary Forces Medical Corps, "Peace no less than War produces &#39;shell shock.&#39; " By the late 1920s, Princeton and at least twenty other private and public colleges and universities had added mental hygiene to their health services on at least a part-time basis. Establishing counseling services on the college level was not easy, however. Despite the efforts of Beers and the NCMH, mental illnesses, even minor ones, still carried an overwhelming social stigma. Indeed, it was during the 1920s that many states passed laws calling for the involuntary sterilization of "mental defectives." Another formidable obstacle was opposition from faculty members, who believed that mental hygiene services were simply coddling students who could not meet academic standards. Yet diligence by college mental health experts, as well as a high incidence of psychiatric problems in the military during the Second World War, provided additional justification for counseling programs for the nation&#39;s young people. The 1947 report issued by President Truman&#39;s Commission on Higher Education lent further support, arguing that these institutions should not only train the intellect, but also foster emotional growth and social adjustment. Dana Farnsworth, Director of Harvard University Health Services, argued in 1954 that mental health was not only the responsibility of health care professionals, but was everybody&#39;s business. This included students themselves, whom he believed should play a role in planning and organizing health services. Farnsworth&#39;s call for a student-centered health service would have unintended consequences in the ensuing decade, as students demanded freedom from "institutionalized paternalism," which permitted campus health centers to release confidential patient information to other campus officials, parents, and prospective employers. At this time, homosexuality was still considered a mental illness, and grounds for dismissal from many colleges as well as exclusion from the U.S. military and civil service. Some campus psychiatrists, including Farnsworth, blamed student uprisings on permissive parenting that caused a growing gap between intellectual and emotional maturity in late adolescence. Robert Coles, a research psychiatrist from the Harvard University Health Service, and Joseph Brenner, a physician from the M.I.T. health service, who served as medical staff for the Mississippi Summer Project in 1964, challenged this viewpoint. They found that the student volunteers were far from "immature" or "psychopathic." Rather, most student volunteers displayed extraordinary bravery in the face of constant danger, serving as exemplars for mental health professionals on how to advance human dignity and freedom. This activism by students and sympathetic professionals contributed to the passage of the Family Educational and Privacy Act of 1974, which was intended to protect students&#39; rights to privacy. The passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in 1990 provided further protections for mentally ill students. Earlier this year, Virginia became the first state in the nation to pass legislation prohibiting colleges and universities from expelling or punishing students "solely for attempting to commit suicide, or seeking mental-health treatment for suicidal thoughts or behaviors." Last week&#39;s tragedy has caused many to consider revoking this law. If accomplished, this measure would be a major setback in the history of mental health services on college campuses. Not only is it impossible to predict which emotionally disturbed students will commit violent acts, the threat of sanction would deter mentally ill students from seeking treatment. It also overlooks larger structural problems, including cutbacks to student counseling services, lack of insurance coverage, and most importantly, persistent cultural myths about mental illness that prevent troubled individuals from obtaining the help they need. The time has come to heed Beers&#39;s call, cease stigmatizing the mentally ill, and provide full access to the supportive mental health services that all Americans deserve. <b>Related Links</b> <a href="http://hnn.us/articles/37806.html">HNN Hot Topics: School Shootings</a> -- Original source: History News Network <a href="http://hnn.us/articles/38250.html">http://hnn.us/articles/38250.html</a> Language A language of the resource eng Title A name given to the resource Mental Health is Everyone&#39;s Business disability rights history mental health Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Haeyong Chung Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Hee Jeong Yoo Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2007-10-19 Description An account of the resource 미국 버지니아공대 총기 난사 사건에 대한 기사들을 보고 있으면 사건의 결과는 너무도 자명한 데 반해 전개 과정은 상대적으로 명료하게 연결이 안 되는 부분이 많다는 생각이 든다. 보다 더 모호한 것은 범인으로 밝혀진 조승희씨의 범행 동기이고 궁극적으로는 &#39;그가 과연 어떤 사람이었는가&#39;에 대한 해답이다. 과연 어떤 사람이었기에 상식적인 수준에서는 도저히 이해할 수 없는 사건을 일으킨 것일까? 죽은 이에 관한 글을 쓴다는 것은 매우 조심스럽다. 지금까지 밝혀진 그의 행적과 그가 남긴 단서들을 통해 누가 어떤 추측을 한다고 해도 그것은 단지 추론일 뿐이다. 그 성근 추론들 사이를 메우는 진실이라는 것은 결국 아무도 모르는 일일 가능성이 많다. 단지 그가 살아 있는 동안에 겪었을 수 있는 어려움들을 조금 일반화해 봄으로써 우리 사회에 또 다른 조승희가 출현할 가능성을 줄이려는 시도를 해보는 것이 고작 남아 있는 사람들이 할 수 있는 최선일 것이다. 몇 가지 키워드로 그를 추측해본다. 선언(Manifesto) 보도에 의하면 그는 첫 번째와 두 번째 범행 사이의 두 시간 동안 NBC 방송국에 자신의 &#39;선언&#39;을 담은 비디오를 만들어 보냈다. 그가 비디오에서 보여준 것은 굳은 표정, 격앙되어 있지만 어조의 변화가 없는 목소리, "가진 자들"이란 말로 짐작할 수 있는 타인에 대한 적개심과 거의 망상에 가까운 수준의 피해사고, 예수가 자신을 박해했다거나 머릿속에 암을 집어넣었다는 다소 기괴한 내용의 이야기들, 앞뒤가 잘 맞지 않는 사고(思考)의 흐름, 그리고 뭔가 공감하기 힘든 정서 등이었다. 정신과 의사의 눈으로 비디오에 나타난 모습을 보면, 그의 정신에는 심각한 균형의 상실, 즉 일종의 정신병적 상태가 나타났음에 틀림없어 보인다. 이 비디오를 보는 일반인이 &#39;정신병은 폭력적이고 위험하다&#39;는 오해를 갖게 되지 않을까 우려하게 될 정도로 그의 상태는 혼란스러워 보인다. 물론 정신병은 심리적 질환이 아니라 뇌의 질환임이 잘 알려져 있다. 인간의 뇌가 생각하고 감정을 느끼고 행동을 조절하는 시스템이 제대로 균형을 이루어 작동하지 못하면 정신병이 생긴다. 어떤 시스템에 고장이 일어났느냐에 따라 정신병의 종류가 나뉜다. 하지만 조승희씨의 경우, 뇌신경 시스템이 오랜 시간 신경세포에 가해진 부하(負荷)를 이기지 못하고 탈선해 버린 것이 아닐까 하는 생각이 들 만큼, 비디오에 나타난 그의 모습은 뭔가 좀 절박해 보인다. 무엇이 그의 뇌신경이 가진 적응능력을 잠식해 갔고, 또 무너지게 한 것일까? 외톨이 여러 보도에서 나온 조승희씨의 모습을 종합해보면, 그는 심지어 초등학교 때부터도 급우나 교사의 눈에 띄지 않고 기억에도 남아 있지 않은 소년이었다. 지독한 외톨이였고, 항상 말이 없고, 말을 걸어도 대답하지 않거나 대답하는 데 20초 정도 걸리고, 속삭이는 목소리로 답하고, 실내에서도 선글라스와 모자를 착용하고, 늘 혼자 방에서 지내고, 친구가 없는 것처럼 보이고, 틀어박혀 게임만 하고, 방에는 책상과 컴퓨터와 책밖에 없었으며, 뭔가 &#39;이상하고 석연찮은&#39; 사람이었다고 묘사되고 있다. 또 일부는 그가 고교시절 심각한 따돌림을 당했었다고 증언하고 있다. 그가 타인과의 관계를 거의 유지하지 않았기 때문에 그에 대한 이해 가능한 묘사를 얻는 데는 한계가 많지만, 적어도 그가 매우 오랜 기간 고립되어 왔다는 것은 사실인 것 같다. 그렇게 스스로를 고립시키는 &#39;패턴&#39;은 단기간에 형성되는 것이 아니다. 그런 특성이 성격과도 같이 공고할수록, 그 뿌리는 더 어린시절에 있기 마련이다. 추측컨대 그는 오랫동안 또래들로부터 따돌림을 당해왔을 것이며, 거기서 벗어나려는 나름의 시도는 번번이 실패했을 가능성이 있다. 그가 어릴 때부터 &#39;이상하고 석연찮은&#39; 기질을 갖고 있었기 때문에 또래들과 어울리기 어려웠는지, 아니면 또래들과 어울리지 못하다 보니 그런 사람이 된 것인지는 알 수 없다. 어쩌면 두 개의 고리가 서로 맞물린 악순환을 반복하고 있었는지도 모른다. 하지만 어떤 쪽이든 그 결과는 유사하다. 실제로 많은 아이가 학교폭력, 그리고 집단 따돌림의 피해자가 되고 있다. 이유는 여러 가지이다. 잘난 척해서, 장애가 있어서, 너무 소심하고 자기 주장을 하지 못해서 또는 너무 공격적이고 또래들을 배려하지 않아서 등 이유는 다양하다. 따돌림을 당하는 피해자는 우울하고 위축되며 자신감과 자존심의 손상, 수치심 그리고 크나큰 무력감을 경험한다. 동시에 가해자에 대한 분노와 증오를 마음속에 쌓아 두게 된다. 청소년기가 되어 신체적으로 성숙해지고 자기 주장이 강해지면 그렇게 축적된 분노와 증오는 점점 더 표면 위로 드러나게 된다. 하지만 따돌림의 희생자들은 어릴 때부터 건강한 또래 관계를 경험해보지 못했기에 자신의 부정적인 감정을 적절한 수위와 방법으로 표현하고 타인과 소통할 수 있는 방식을 잘 배우지 못한다. 그 결과 그런 자신의 감정을 미숙하고 뒤틀린 형태로 표현하거나 자기보다 더 약한 타인을 향한 폭력으로 표출하기도 한다. 어떤 경우에는 주변의 누구도 믿지 못하고 의심하는 피해의식을 갖고 있으면서 스스로를 사회 속에서 고립시킨다. 아마도 조승희씨는 그와 유사한 문제를 겪고 있었던 것이 아닌가 생각한다. 어떤 글이나 영화를 보고 그것을 창작한 사람의 심리를 분석하거나 평가하는 것은 위험한 일이다. 개인의 창작물은 그 사람의 무의식적ㆍ의식적 심리상태를 반영하는 것이긴 하나 그것이 작품으로 변용되는 과정에서 수많은 각색 과정을 거치므로 그것이 곧 그 사람의 상태를 직접 반영하는 것은 아니기 때문이다. 하지만 조승희씨가 수업시간에 과제로 제출했다는 두 편의 희곡은 그에 대한 작은 단서들을 제공한다. 필자는 그 가운데 하나인 &#39;리처드 맥비프&#39;의 일부를 읽어 보게 되었다. 희곡에는 리처드 맥비프라는 계부, 어머니 수(Sue), 그리고 존(John)이라는 세 사람이 등장한다. 그 희곡은 그들 셋 사이에서 벌어지는 폭력과 증오와 분노의 폭발이 내용의 전부라고 해도 과언이 아니다. 주인공들은 서로를 증오하고 성적으로 모욕하며, 죽이려고 하거나 죽이는 상상을 하거나 실제로 죽이지만 그 안에 스토리의 개연성은 별로 없다. 다시 말해 그가 쓴 글들은 이야기로 변용된 자기 표현이라기보다 날것 그대로의 증오와 분노를 나열해 놓은 것에 가깝다. 희곡의 내용보다 그가 과제로 그런 글을 제출했다는 사실, 즉 그것을 공식적 논평의 대상으로 교수와 급우들 앞에 드러냈다는 행위 자체가 더 인상적이다. 조금 다른 예로, 많은 청소년들이 팬터지 소설을 쓰면서 마음속에 억압된 분노와 환상을 표현하는데, 그 강도를 조절할 수만 있다면 그것은 어느 정도 건강한 일이다. 이런 경우 대개는 인터넷 공간에서 자신의 작품을 공유하고 평가 받는다. 이들이 자신의 작품을 대중 앞에 드러내는 것은 일종의 소통하고자 하는 의사표현이다. 소설의 내용으로 포장되어 있기는 하지만 결국 타인과 공유되는 것은 그 밑에 흐르는 정서인 것이다. 그가 희곡을 타인들 앞에 내놓았을 때, 그는 어쩌면 자신의 마음속에 있는 뒤틀린 분노가 얼마나 크고 강렬한지 누군가 알아차려 주기를 바랐는지도 모르겠다는 생각을 한다. 결과는 불행하게도 주위의 모든 사람이 그의 분노에 놀라고 겁에 질려 그를 조심스럽게 피하도록 만들었지만 말이다.(&#39;조씨의 희곡 내용이 너무 끔찍한 나머지 동료들이 매우 조심스럽게 논평해주었으며, 교수조차 조씨에게 최종 논평을 강요하지 않았다&#39;.ㆍ중앙일보, 2007년 4월 17일자) 그가 타인과 관계를 맺는 방식 역시 늘 비슷하지 않았을까? 물론 언론에서는 그가 여학생들을 스토킹한 행동 때문에 정신과에 입원한 적이 있다고 보도했지만 누군가 좀더 적극적으로 나서서 그를 지속적으로 치료 시스템과 접촉시켜 주었다면 지금과 같은 결과를 미리 막을 수 있지 않았을까 하는 안타까운 마음이 든다. "너 때문에" 사건 초기에 보도를 통해 알려진 사실 중 하나는, 그의 기숙사 방에서 "너 때문에 이 일을 저지른다"는 메모가 발견된 것이다. 또한 같은 노트에 "부잣집 아이들, 방탕함, 기만적인 허풍쟁이들"을 비난하는 내용도 있었다고 한다. 비디오에도 역시 "모든 것을 가진 사람"에게 자신의 행동의 책임이 있음을 명시하고 있다. 당시에 "너"를 단지 "헤어진 여자친구" 정도로 해석하는 것은 좀 성급하다는 생각이 들었는데 그 추측은 어느 정도 맞은 것 같다. 오히려 그는 자기 자신을 포함한 세상의 모든 사람을 적으로 생각하고 있었을지 모른다. 그의 부모가 어떤 사람인지, 어린시절에 어떤 아이였는지는 알려진 바 없지만 그가 길지 않은 생애를 살아오면서 과연 누군가를 진심으로 믿고 애정을 쏟은 적이 있었을까 궁금해지는 부분이다. 그가 결국 자살했다는 것도 중요하다. 스스로에 대한 최소한의 애착이 소멸될 때 사람은 자살에 이른다. 그가 저지른 대량학살은, 그것이 자살이든 더 이상의 학살을 막기 위한 경찰 측의 조치이든, 종국에는 자신이 파괴되는 것으로 결말지어질 것이 너무나도 자명한 행위이다. 다시 말해 그에게는 &#39;마지막 보루&#39;, 즉 어떤 상황에서도 자신을 저버리지 않을 누군가가 존재한다는 데 대한 믿음이 없었던 것 같다. 그런 믿음은 삶의 초기 수년간 안정된 양육에 의해 형성된다고 한다. 그는 삶의 어느 시점에선가, 아마도 아주 초기에 뭔가 손상을 겪었고, 이후에도 그것을 회복할 기회를 갖지 못했을 수 있다. 그래서 그의 머릿속 누군가(아마도 망상세계 속의 박해자)가 자신을 "구석에 몰았다"고, "단 하나의 선택권만을 주었다"고 하는 그의 말은 상당부분 곧이 들리는 구석이 있다. 초등학교 2학년 때 미국으로 건너간 이민 2세로서 그의 생활이 어땠는지는 알 수 없다. 그리고 궁금하다. 그가 겪은 어려움들이 과연 이민 2세로서 완전히 미국 사회에 동화되지 못한 불확실한 정체성의 문제와 관련이 있었을까? 그의 경우라면 아마 영향을 꽤 받지 않았을까 추측해본다. 실제로 비디오를 통해 들려 오는 그의 영어는, 영어를 모국어로 하는 미국 동부인들에 비하면 어딘가 어눌하다는 점도 인상적이다. 아마도 좀더 융통성 있고 사교적이며 자신의 능력을 잘 활용할 줄 아는 아이였다면 적응하는 데 큰 문제가 없었을지 모른다. 하지만 어떤 면에서든 다소 취약한 아이였다면 문제는 달라진다. 그의 경우를 보며, 요즘 광풍에 가까운 조기유학 붐에 대한 우려를 하지 않을 수 없다. 진료실을 찾아 오는 아이들 중 많은 경우가 중학교 또는 고등학교 때 미국이나 캐나다로 유학을 떠났다가 적응이 어려워서 우울증이나 적응장애를 겪고 있다. 그들의 고민은 다양하다. 언어와 또래 관계 문제로 겪는 어려움은 물론이고 부모와의 소통 단절 또한 큰 문제 가운데 하나이다. 적지 않은 경우에 아이의 적성이나 능력, 그리고 미래에 대한 걱정과 두려움 등을 고려하지 않은 채 부모의 일방적 결정으로 유학을 보내고, 그런 아이들은 혼자 고민거리들을 떠안은 채 위축되어 간다. 더 많은 경우에는 부모 자신의 가치관조차 제대로 서 있지 않은 상태에서 그저 남들이 하니까 서둘러 유학을 보낸다. 부모가 함께 유학을 떠나지 못한 경우, 아이들은 일탈행동을 할 수 있는 가장 취약한 대상이 된다. 부모 중 한 명이 함께 간 경우에도, 부모는 부모대로 외국 생활에 적응하느라 힘에 겹고, 아이의 심리적 어려움을 살펴줄 여력이 없다. 살핀다고 해도 속수무책인 경우가 많다. 경제적 여유가 없는 경우에는 더 말할 것도 없다. 다시 말해, 준비가 미처 되지 못했거나 부모와 자녀 간 건강한 의사소통이 이뤄지지 않은 상태에서 자녀를 낯선 문화에 무리하게 이식시키려는 노력은 모르는 사이에 아이를 병들게 할 수 있는 것이다. 인종과 문화가 상이한 사회에 통합된다는 것은 생각만큼 만만한 일이 아닌 것이다. 조금씩 들려오는 그에 관한 몇 가지 사실들을 읽으면서 생각해보면, 끔찍하고 소름이 돋는 와중에 그에 대한 연민이 일어난다. 그가 저지른 것은 과연 "정신병에 걸린 부적응자의 치정과 질투"가 부른 어이없는 사건일 뿐이었을까. 어쩌면 그보다 조금 더 포괄적이고 깊은 뿌리를 가진 사건은 아닐까. 파괴와 증오와 분노, 그 밑바닥에 숨죽인 상실과 소외와 외로움, 그리고 많은 부모들과 스승들과 친구들이 다시 생각해보아야 할 소통의 문제, 가치관의 문제들이 조승희라는 사람 안에 엉켜 있는 것을 본다. 어느 봄날 아침에, 인간 비극의 정점에서 벌어진 한 사건에, 진심으로 애도를 표한다. 유희정 분당서울대병원 신경정신과 교수 Hee Jeong Yoo , MD, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry Seoul National University Language A language of the resource ko Title A name given to the resource 정신과 의사가 분석한 ‘버지니아 비극과 조승희’ seoul national university Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Brent Jesiek Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Helena Cobban Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2007-05-23 Description An account of the resource Posted by Helena Cobban at April 16, 2007 04:33 PM Tragedy has <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/6560685.stm">struck</a> the community at Virginia Tech, our state&#39;s "other" fine flagship university, which is located around 120 miles southwest of my hometown, Charlottesville. Apparently a single gunman went on a rampage there earlier today and killed at least 30 members of the university community-- most likely, most of them students. Obviously, this is a truly horrible blow for all members of the community there. Equally obviously, we know that communities throughout Iraq have been suffering blows as huge as this one-- or on occasions, even larger blows-- on a daily or almost daily basis throughout the past 3-4 years. Many communities in sub-Saharan Africa suffer from gun violence on this scale, too. And last week, Algeria, in North Africa, was the scene of two extremely lethal suicide bombings... Can we all unite in grief together, and in sad wonder at the senselessness of ultra-lethal weapons and the tragedy of their widespread availability and use in many different parts of the world? Can we unite in sad wonder at the depth of alienation and hopelessness that leads some people to engage in mass killings, even sometimes to the point of throwing their own lives into the project, as well? Can we unite with a commitment to support, help, and try to repair all those bereaved by these and other acts of violence? Can we unite around a strengthened commitment never ourselves to resort to violence, and to redouble our search for the nonviolent ways that <u>always do exist</u> to resolve any differences among us as humans? I have only been to Virginia Tech once. It was a magical half-day I spent there, in the summer of 2005. The Friends General Conference (FGC), which is the main body of &#39;liberal&#39; north American Quakers, was holding its annual summer gathering in a small part of Tech&#39;s beautiful campus, which is built from flinty blue-grey stone in the incredibly beautiful foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. I wasn&#39;t a participant in the gathering, but I made a special trip there one evening to spend a few hours with my dear friend Misty Gerner, who was then in a fairly advanced stage of her cancer. Misty, her husband, and I walked around the beautiful lawns a bit, and had dinner at a small nearby restaurant. Then Phil (the husband) left Misty and me alone a while. We walked and talked a whole lot more. She was wracked with bouts of pretty intense physical pain but her spirit was radiant. I prefer to remember Tech&#39;s campus as the place where I talked with Misty on that sunny evening about life, death, love, God, justice, peace, and the Middle East... She died last summer. Maybe a little part of her still hovers over the Tech campus. If so I hope she can help to comfort the many shocked and bereaved people there today. God forgive us all for having let the spirit of violence permeate our communities and animate our actions to this extent. -- Original Source: <a href="http://justworldnews.org/archives/002479.html">http://justworldnews.org/archives/002479.html</a> Licensed under <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/1.0/">Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 1.0</a> Language A language of the resource eng Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 1.0 Title A name given to the resource Tragedy at Virginia Tech blog commentary Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Haeyong Chung Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Hoken Song Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2007-10-22 Description An account of the resource 무슨 군사작전 암호와도 같은 이 단어, &#39;이스마일 액스&#39; 속에는 수줍음 타는 내성적 소년이 잔혹한 학살범으로 변해 간 정신분열의 과정과, 미국 사회에 깊숙이 내장된 울타리구조를 규명하는 코드가 함축되어 있다. 전문가들은 이 단어를 세 가지로 풀어냈다. 쿠퍼의 소설 &#39;대평원&#39;에 나오는 등장인물 &#39;이스마엘 부시&#39;, 멜빌의 소설 &#39;백경&#39;의 화자(話者) 이름, 그리고 구약성서 창세기편 아브라함의 아들 이스마엘. 앞의 두 인물은 고립을 자처한 아웃사이더, 세 번째는 신의 아들이자 심판자다. 조승희는 이 세 인물을 복합해 &#39;타락한 중심&#39;을 폭력적으로 심판하는 &#39;신의 도끼&#39;를 자처했다. 이 복합화 과정은 정신분열증의 산물이지만, 미국 이민자들이 정체성을 찾는 길에 부딪는 일종의 덫 같은 것일 수 있다. 최초의 덫은 언어다. 언어는 소통의 도구이자 감성과 정서를 표출하는 수단이다. 의미를 실어나를 개념을 모르면 체험을 공유할 대상이 사라지고, 악센트가 다르면 세상이 바뀐다. 주류사회는 물론 주변부에도 자신을 접속할 수 없다. 언어의 세계가 얼마나 중대하면 세 살 때 이민을 가 프린스턴대 창작과 교수가 된 이창래가 &#39;원어민(native speaker&#39;이라는 소설을 썼겠는가. 주인공 &#39;헨리 박&#39;(Henry Park)은 대학 출신 청과물상인 아버지의 고독한 세계와, 시장 선거에 출마한 정치인 &#39;존 강(John Kang)&#39;의 허위의 세계를 냉정하게 응시한다. "(이민자) 말들의 도시. 거리의 외침은 우리가 거의 알지 못하는 언어로 이루어진다." 이 이방인의 세계와 주류사회의 공존은 사유 능력과 교양의 공간에서 가능하다. 그러나 소년 조승희는 말의 감옥에 갇혔을 것이다. 텍스트를 소리내 읽지 못해 여러 번 좌절했을 것이고, "고 홈(네 나라로 가라)"이라는 친구들의 비아냥에 적개심이 타올랐을 것이다. 영문과 진학은 그에게 &#39;말에 대한 복수&#39;였다. NBC에 보내진 그의 글에서 증오심으로 버무려진 난해한 단어들이 많이 발견되는 것은 우연이 아니다. 언어의 울타리를 삶의 애정으로 녹일 지혜보다 응징 욕망이 먼저 그의 마음을 점령한 탓이다. 혹여, 말의 감옥을 부수고 나오면 또 다른 울타리가 기다린다. 인종의 울타리는 말의 장벽보다 훨씬 단단해 학력과 교양으로도 뚫기 어려운 구조적 장애물이다. 헨리 박의 처는 백인 여자인데, 그의 메모장에는 남편을 묘사하는 십여 개의 목록이 장난스럽게 적혀 있다. 그중 &#39;황화(yellow peril)&#39;와 &#39;이방인(stranger)&#39;은 인종적 단절의 축조물이다. 미국의 한인촌에 모여 사는 1세대 이민자치고 자녀가 부모 근처에 둥지를 틀기를 바라는 사람은 별로 없을 터이다. 그러나 그게 어렵다. 많은 자녀가 인종의 경계선을 넘지 못한다. 조승희가 &#39;너(you)&#39;라고 지칭한 일반적 대상이 인종인지 부유층인지는 분간할 길이 없다. 아마 통제되지 않는 정신분열의 신경 줄기를 타고 혼류되었을 것이다. 인종의 경계선을 넘는 길이 종교다. 건국의 명분이 그랬듯 미국적 정신과 윤리도 종교적이기에 개신교를 통해 동화의 길을 단축할 수 있다. 그런데 이민자들이 접속하는 곳은 미국 교회가 아니라 대체로 한인 교회다. 한인 교회는 이민자의 정착을 돕는 진입항이자 적응과 동화 과정을 지원하는 문화교습소와 같다. 그런데 종교의 영역을 담론.실천.공동체.제도로 나누면, 개신교 담론이라는 &#39;관념 영역&#39;을 제외하고 나머지 &#39;현실 영역&#39;들은 여전히 주류사회와 공유면적이 작다. 교회가 그를 순치하지 못한 이유다. 자아도취적 과시 증세를 보였던 조승희는 그 모든 단계를 단숨에 넘는 길을 망상 속에서 찾았을 것이다. 자신을 모세나 예수로 동일시하는 것, 그리고 심판자로 나서는 것. 그리하여 누아르 폭력 영화 같은 끔찍한 참사가 초래되었다. 미국 이민사에서 한국인은 모범적 사례로 평가받는다. 남달리 근면 성실하고, 미국적 가치를 존중할 줄 아는 민족으로 정평이 났음은 두말할 나위가 없다. 조승희가 저지른 참극은 대부분 그의 정신결함 탓이지만, 타인종의 진정한 &#39;미국인 되기&#39;를 방해하는, 미국 사회 깊숙이 내재된 유리벽(glass wall)들이 얼마나 얇아졌는지 미국민 스스로도 성찰할 계기인 듯싶다. 미국이야말로 인종연합으로 힘을 기른 사회 아닌가. 송호근 서울대 교수·사회학 Hoken Song, Professor Department of Sociology Seoul National University -- Original Source: Joins.com/JoongAng Daily <a href="http://article.joins.com/article/article.asp?total_id=2704145 ">http://article.joins.com/article/article.asp?total_id=2704145</a> Language A language of the resource ko Title A name given to the resource `이스마일 액스` 코드 풀기 joongang daily joins.com