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Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Diana Israel Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Diana Israel Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2008-05-12 Description An account of the resource University Commemoration - girl/student grieving under tree Language A language of the resource eng anniversary commemoration Drillfield 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 Adriana Seagle Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Diane Edbril and Daniel Loeb / The Philadelphia Jewish Voice Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2007-07-01 Description An account of the resource <p>Lessons learned on the 8th anniversary of Columbine. <i>-- Diane Edbril and Daniel Loeb</i> Yet another American gun massacre, and though the scale is more horrific, it is not surprising. The Virginia Tech massacre is not unlike the Amish schoolhouse shooting in Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania, late last year. Both of these, while unbearably sad, are hardly unexpected in this country. Our weak gun laws make it a certainty that the United States will continue to suffer recurrences of such preventable tragedies. There is a crying need for Americans to understand - It&#39;s about the guns! Phil Goldsmith, President of CeaseFire PA, said "Since the Columbine shooting tragedy it has become even easier to obtain guns, as well as high capacity ammunition magazines. Many states, including Pennsylvania, have passed pre-emption laws that have undermined the ability of local governments to enact stricter gun laws. (Pennsylvania has preempted local regulation of firearms for over a decade.) Concealed carry laws have multiplied. In addition, for the last six years, the US Department of Justice has required the destruction of gun purchase background check records after just 24 hours, a measure that has prevented a comprehensive review of those who may have acquired guns despite falling into a prohibited category." Currently:</p> <p><ul id="obj"><li>Most of our states do not require gun owners to be licensed and for guns to be registered.</li><li>Most of our states have not closed the gun show loophole, so thousands of guns are purchased without background checks.</li><li>Most states impose no limits on the number of firearms one individual can acquire, making it easy for illegal gun traffickers to supply the criminal element.</li><li>Many of our states do not update criminal history databases in a timely manner, making it easy for criminals to obtain firearms.</li></ul></p><p>Imagine how much worse this tragedy could have been if Cho Seung-hui had been in possession of a military assault weapon as is his "right" now that Congress has allowed the Assault Weapons Ban to expire. Cho Seung-hui was able to obtain firearms despite his psychological record since the burden of proof is on the government to prove that he was a danger to himself and those around him. However, when I get a driver&#39;s license, the burden of proof is on me to prove that my eyesight is adequate and that I understand the rules of the road. When I send my children to school or to summer camp, the burden of proof is on me to show that my children have been immunized and are not carrying any communicable diseases. Why not shift the burden of proof and require a recent attestation of sanity from a psychiatrist or psychologist before anyone can handle a firearm? Will the American people stand up to the gun lobby and demand change, or will the administration simply blame the media for not concentrating their coverage on the majority of universities which do not have gun violence at any given moment? As Phil Goldsmith observed: "Congress called for a Moment of Silence in response to this massacre. Indeed, a moment of silence is appropriate for such a devastating tragedy with such pain for families and students. But we also need loud, uncompromising noise, particularly in Pennsylvania, where too many of our citizens are being shot and killed in urban areas. The majority of Pennsylvanians favor sensible handgun laws, including Governor Ed Rendell. It is time for the majority&#39;s voices to be heard loud and clear." <i>For information about the Stop Gun Violence Through Peace, Action & Education - A Community-Based Interfaith&#39;s Conference on May 20 and the weekly vigils. See last month&#39;s article on <a href="http://www.pjvoice.com/v22/22007guns.aspx">Interfaith Initiative Against Guns</a>.</i> <b>Liviu Librescu Links:</b></p> <p><ul id="obj"><li><a href="http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2007/virginiatech.shootings/victims/profiles/liviu.librescu.html">CNN Tribute Page</a></li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liviu_Librescu">Wikipedia</a></li><li><a href="http://www.esm.vt.edu/~llibresc/RESUME%20L.%20Librescu.pdf">61 page resume</a></li><li><a href="http://www.chabad.edu/templates/articlecco.html?AID=504498">Family Condolence Page</a></li></ul></p><p>-- © 2007. Permission is hereby granted to redistribute this issue of The Philadelphia Jewish Voice or (unless specified otherwise) any of the articles therein in their full original form provided these same rights are conveyed to the reader and subscription information to The Philadelphia Jewish Voice is provided. Subscribers should be directed to <a href="http://www.pjvoice.com/Subscribe.htm">http://www.pjvoice.com/Subscribe.htm</a>. Original Source: <a href="http://www.pjvoice.com/v23/23001vatech.aspx">http://www.pjvoice.com/v23/23001vatech.aspx</a></p> Language A language of the resource eng Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Daniel Loeb (daniel.loeb@verizon.net) Title A name given to the resource Never Again? background checks firearms gun control gun violence guns librescu moment of silence 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 Kacey Beddoes Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Dick Durbin Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2008-04-19 Description An account of the resource By Dick Durbin RRSTAR.COM Posted Apr 17, 2008 @ 10:59 PM This week, our nation marked the anniversary of the tragic shootings at Virginia Tech that took 32 lives and wounded 17 other people. Just two months ago, our state was stunned to witness a similar tragic shooting at Northern Illinois University in which 5 students were killed and 17 were wounded. I cannot imagine the magnitude of heartbreak and pain for friends and families of those killed or the trauma borne by those who survived these tragedies. As we mourn the loss of so many promising young lives, it is important also to learn from these tragedies. So what are those lessons? The first is to consider the tortured mind of the shooter. Mental illness is an illness, not a curse. It can and should be treated. Many who receive appropriate counseling and medication lead normal, stable and happy lives. But our laws ignore this reality. We have created legal and financial obstacles to appropriate care. This year, for the first time in a decade, the U.S. Senate has passed a bill to give mental health parity with physical health under the law. The House of Representatives also has passed legislation, and we are negotiating a compromise to fulfill the promise of health parity for millions facing mental health problems. But the challenge of mental health on our college campuses is unique. Many mental illnesses manifest themselves in this period when young people leave the security of home and regular medical care. The responsibility for the students&#39; well-being shifts many times to colleges and universities struggling with limited resources. The situation is growing worse. Studies show that 10 percent of college students have contemplated suicide and 45 percent have felt so depressed that it was difficult to function. Colleges also are encountering students who 10 to 20 years ago would not have been able to attend school because of mental illness, but who can do so today because of advances in treatment of such illness. To meet the increased need, many schools have tried to increase mental-health education and outreach efforts. But the ratio of students to counselors is growing. Currently, there is only one counselor for every 2,000 students on our college campuses. NIU and Virginia Tech taught us that mental-health parity and better campus counseling services are not only critical in preventing these tragedies, but in dealing with the aftermath. The victims were not just those who were killed or injured in the shootings. Others have mental scars that are less obvious than bullet wounds but often slower to heal. The emotional trauma experienced by many students, faculty and families might require years of therapy and counseling. Finally, when the unthinkable does happen, as it did at Virginia Tech and NIU, we need to respond quickly and effectively to the immediate and long-term needs of the affected college community. Our colleges and law-enforcement agencies have made great strides in preparing for and responding to active-shooter situations, progress reflected in the admirable response to the NIU shootings. But we also need to view these violent tragedies on our campuses for what they are — catastrophes, like natural disasters, that require a sustained and coordinated recovery effort in the months that follow. We have a federal agency to deal with hurricanes, earthquakes and floods. But there is no central federal resource to help guide college communities through the recovery process. In the days and weeks after the shootings in DeKalb, NIU officials found themselves being led in circles through the bureaucracies at the federal departments of Education, Justice, and Health and Human Services, not to mention numerous state agencies. These entities, all of whom were well-meaning, often didn&#39;t talk to one another, forcing school officials and victims&#39; families to navigate a red-tape maze to find answers to even their simplest questions. Just as we expect a coordinated emergency response to a flood or tornado, we need to ensure that victims, their families and college communities are able to receive similar assistance in the wake of these personal disasters. Reflecting on the loss of his own son, the well-known minister the Rev. William Sloan Coffin once said, "When parents die, they take with them a portion of the past. But when children die, they take away the future as well." As we mourn those lost at Virginia Tech, NIU and other schools across the country, we must learn from these incidents, work to avoid them and improve our response when they do occur. Dick Durbin, a Democrat, is a U.S. senator from Illinois. Licensed under Creative Commons <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/">Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 Generic</a> -- Original Source: <a href="http://www.rrstar.com/opinions/x1498098116">http://www.rrstar.com/opinions/x1498098116</a> Language A language of the resource eng Title A name given to the resource On-campus mental illness issues unique anniversary counseling mental health mental illness niu northern illinois 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 Adriana Seagle Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Die Tageszeitung Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2007-07-04 Description An account of the resource KOMMENTAR VON ADRIENNE WOLTERSDORF Der tödliche Amoklauf auf dem Campus der US-Hochschule in Blacksburg, dem mindestens 33 Menschen zum Opfer fielen, ist der schlimmste,der sich bislang in der Geschichte der Vereinigten Staaten ereignet hat. Doch er bildet nur den blutigen Höhepunkt einer ganzen Serie von schrecklichen Schulmassakern dieser Art. Kaum ist das spontane Entsetzen überwunden, drängen sich die nahe liegenden Fragen auf: Wenn die größten Gefahren, denen US-Amerikaner ausgesetzt sind, zu Hause und um die Ecke in der Schule lauern, warum wird dann nicht das Naheliegendste getan? Warum gibt es keine effektive Waffenkontrolle? In allen Fällen waren es die allzu leicht zu erlangenden Waffen, die das Desaster erst ermöglichten: Das ist längst eine Binsenweisheit. Doch es gehört zum amerikanischen Ritual post mortem, dass das Geschehene zuerst betrauert wird, um im nächsten Satz auf das Recht des amerikanischen Bürgers, seine eigene Knarre zu besitzen, zu pochen. Es sei in der Verfassung so verbrieft, verkündet allen voran die National Rifle Association, die Lobby der Gewehrliebhaber. Was so viel heißt wie: Es ist in Marmor gehauen. War die Nation nach den Terrorattacken vom 11. September nicht sofort bereit, alles in ihrer Macht Stehende zu unternehmen, zukünftige Angriffe mit allen Mitteln zu verhindern? Es mag unfair sein, diese beiden Ereignisse nebeneinanderzustellen. Doch die bürgerlichen Freiheiten, die jeden US-Bürger vor staatlicher Verfolgung und Schnüffeleien schützen sollen, stehen in der Verfassung. Bei denen aber war man sich 2001 schnell einig, dass sie zu zugunsten der Terrorbekämpfung vorübergehend - und vielleicht für immer - ausgesetzt werden müssten. Das Recht auf Waffenbesitz dagegen ist historisch gewachsen und eng verknüpft mit der Eroberung des Kontinents. Das macht eine rationale Diskussion darüber nicht einfach. Der Amoklauf von Blacksburg ist ein erneuter Warnruf an die US-Gesellschaft, sich endlich von überkommenen Denkmustern zu trennen. Tut sie das nicht, muss sie lernen, auch in Zukunft mit solchen Massakern zu leben. Denn Amokläufer wird es vermutlich immer geben. Aber man könnte es ihnen schwerer machen, zur Tat zu schreiten. -- Mit freundlicher Genehmigung der taz - die tageszeitung. 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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 Dinah Cardin Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2007-07-17 Description An account of the resource By Dinah Cardin/salem@cnc.com GateHouse News Service Fri Jul 13, 2007, 12:29 PM EDT Salem - Paducah. Jonesboro. Columbine. They may sound like destinations toured by a small garage band, but if we reach back in memory, they are actually cities that have suffered at the hands of teenage angst combined with dangerous weapons. The Virginia Tech massacre this past spring was a wake-up call to institutions of higher education all over the world. High schools may have their metal detectors and movies starring Michelle Pfeiffer about tough street kids and their violent behavior, but colleges have so far been wide open to strangers and incident. As Shane Rodriguez, deputy director of the Salem State College Police Department, says, when Seung Hui Cho fatally shot 32 students and faculty at Virginia Tech, he created "our 9-11." Last July, campus police placed an officer on the task of emergency preparedness. But Virginia Tech put the wheels into rapid motion. "When people send their sons and daughters to college, the last thing they expect is that they will be gunned down in a classroom or residence hall," says Rodriguez. That&#39;s why on June 29, Essex District Attorney Jonathan Blodgett convened the first annual Essex County College Summit, linking campus security departments with the state police and the FBI. Officers from Salem State, Northern Essex Community, Endicott, Marion Court and Gordon colleges discussed their various security measures and listened to Col. Mark Delaney from the state police outline a training program for dealing specifically with school shooters. One of the most unique questions posed to Delaney was whether students should be locked in or out during a hostile shooter situation. His answer? Less moving parts means less confusion for law enforcement. Lock the doors, get away from the windows and wait for the "cavalry." The cavalry could be any number of local, state and federal law enforcement officers. But getting them on campus can take a while. That&#39;s why it comes down to campus police to initially act in a situation. The FBI terrorism division told the officers to develop a plan and then stick with it, practice it and learn from it. Without being too invasive in students&#39; lives. Part of this, says Rodriguez, involves reaching out to police departments in Swampscott and other surrounding towns, including them in the plan to call in every available law enforcement officer. Officers from Salem State College will participate in the state police&#39;s active shooter program later this month, along with officers from the Salem Police Department. The state-funded program involves donning swat team equipment and simulating locking down a school to reach the ultimate goal of eliminating the violent threat and saving lives. The only cost to police departments is for the paint balls they will be shooting out of their weapons. <b>Being prepared</b> Across the North Shore, college officials are working to tighten security in time for the fall semester. Of them all, Salem State is probably at the highest risk for a violent attack since the city is difficult to get in and out of, the college encompasses four separate campuses and two new residence halls are being built. It&#39;s not only the largest in the area and constantly growing, Salem State is a big commuter school and is soon going to university status. Needless to say, there is a lot going on. All of this poses a big challenge for safety. Arming officers at Salem State is simply a necessity to protect the students and staff, says the chief of campus police. They started carrying patrol pistols a couple of years ago. "We finally came to the conclusion it was time," says Salem State chief of police Bill Anglin. "We&#39;re our own little city now." Schools are also looking to use technology to keep students away from campus in case of such an emergency. For two years, the state is funding a text messaging system on all state college campuses that will alert students of emergencies as well as snow days. During registration, the college will be collecting cell phone numbers from students. It&#39;s been proven, says Robert Paterson, chief information officer at Salem State, that you only need 65 to 70 percent of student phone numbers for the system to work. There are enough students hanging out together that the word gets around. "The big thing that we learned from Virginia Tech is you need to have multiple channels of communication to the community," says Paterson. The lesson of overloaded communication channels has been learned on 9-11 and during Hurricane Katrina. Even on Thanksgiving, phone lines get jammed. The school is still working out the final cost when the two-year state funded initiative runs out. Salem State is the only college in Essex County with armed officers. But that could soon change. "We&#39;re moving closer in that direction," says John Soucy, environmental, health and safety officer at Gordon College. This might come as a surprise for a religious institution. "We like to think the Lord is protecting us," says Soucy. Still, he says, public safety is service oriented and having firearms makes you a better servant. "It&#39;s better than standing and watching it happen," he says. <b>&#39;No warnings&#39;</b> At last week&#39;s summit, Julia Cowley of the FBI&#39;s National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime told the assembled that there are three major categories of violent youth — the mentally ill, the antisocial and the "normal." They have often engaged in behavior that has caused concern for others. In a study of 41 offenders from 37 schools, the findings showed that the violent youth almost always felt bullied. Kip Kinkel, from Cowley&#39;s home state of Oregon, said over and over that he had "no choice" when he killed his parents and then shot students. Beware, said Cowley, of the "injustice collector." But school shootings can also result from the angry ex-husband of a faculty member, she reminded the group. In a slide presentation, she showed disturbing drawings done by the offenders. They were often dark and violent, showing the classic violent youth characteristics of narcissism and lack of empathy. They often tell no one beforehand if they are serious about doing the act and may plan it forever. "Eric and Dylan planned their attack for nearly a year and there were no warnings," she said of the Columbine shooters, speaking almost intimately about those in her area of expertise. Matt Gallagher of the FBI&#39;s Victim Assistance Program is someone school officials don&#39;t want to get to know. His office assisted Virginia Tech after the shootings. Gallagher spoke of the mistakes made there, like when faculty members were counseling one another. This summer, Salem State is refining their plan, talking about resources and grants. Rodriguez is putting in long hours during a relatively quiet time for a college campus. His enthusiasm for the topic of preparing for a school shooting seemingly has no bounds. "We don&#39;t want to be caught off guard," he says. "We want to be as prepared as possible. Virginia Tech forced us to take a real hard look at it. We&#39;re diligent now." -- Original Source: Boston, MA - Town Online <a href="http://www.townonline.com/homepage/x117549697">http://www.townonline.com/homepage/x117549697</a> Licensed under <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0</a>. Language A language of the resource eng Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Title A name given to the resource Security 101: Salem State and other campuses step up safety boston fbi police safety salem state college security 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 Don Lucas 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: Don Lucas Posted: 4/30/07 Two weeks ago, I was shocked once again when a maniac took so many innocent lives at Virginia Tech. I focused on the many news events that followed this tragedy in my home state. I reflected on the campus, wrapped in such scenic beauty, where my many of my friends attended and later taught. Virginia Tech is a university in which many of my former students attended. It is also a university where my former students and I visited while teaching and performing music. As I continued to watch the television coverage throughout the week, I had many reflections and feelings, including shock, outrage and compassion. Late last week, officials posted a letter written by the sister of the murderer. Her words touched me very much. I felt her pain and hurt for those who suffered at the hands of her brother. I perceived her words to be most sincere and heartfelt. In a week of such tragedy, this is the moment that produced my tears. I couldn&#39;t help but think she didn&#39;t have to write that letter. But she did. In the last ten years, I have had the opportunity to teach and perform music in South Korea on four occasions, most recently at Yonsei University in Seoul. During my first trip, I remember an older man looking me straight in the eyes and thanking me for the United States&#39; intervention in his country years ago. I am very proud of the United States&#39; involvement in the Korean War. South Korea is a beautiful country, a beautiful culture and a beautiful people. The Daily Free Press&#39;s article ("After VT, Koreans prepare for backlash," April 25, p. 1) quite, and cited the Korean values of community support. I would like to add the values of courtesy and a great work ethic. At the end of the Korean War, South Korea was one of the poorest countries in the world. Today, South Korea has the eighth-highest gross national product wordwide. I read in a recent book by Lee Iacocca that of all international students recently rated in math and science, Korean students scored the highest. The Virginia Tech killer did not reflect Korean values. But his sister did. I also have been reflecting on many of the Korean students at Boston University whom I interact with on our campus. These students continually demonstrate an excellence with dignity and class. I was so pleased to see written in the article that there have been no backlash incidents reported among the BU community. I am proud of our BU community in this regard. It is understandable to regret when a tragedy has happened by persons from one&#39;s own culture. I have felt this many times as a U.S. citizen. I have also felt pride in the United States. But I hope the readers of the Free Press will join me in answering Clara Pyo and all the students of the Korean Student Association. Yes, Pyo should celebrate, because her heritage, the heritage of South Korea, is still a proud heritage. Don Lucas Associate Professor of Music and Chairman, Brass, Woodwind, Percussion College of Fine Arts 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 LETTER: Shooter didn&#39;t represent Korea blame korean identity representation 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 Dona Wheeler Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Dona Wheeler 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 My youngest son, Travis Miller graduated from Virginia Tech in 2006, and my experiences goe back gto my early teens. As a woman, a Mom, and a researcher, the events of April 16, 2007, grabbed my full attention, and still do. You see, since 1993, I have been treated for a condition, called Bipolar/Manic Depression. My losses have been many, and severe, as in those 14 years, due to the disease, I had no judgment, no sense of reality. I have all my charts, and I now know I was very over medicated by my EX Dr of some 12 years. Life altering changes occured, for myself, and my 3 sons [who were not educated, nor had therapy] which resulted in Dad walking away, after 5 years. Treating mental illness, as something one chooses, or can "snap out of" is extreamly uneducated. The past 3 years, I have dedicated myself to research, and to understanding the past, as to understand the present, and hopefuly simplifly the future. Including my sons somewhat in the exploration, led to estrangement, and Family Protective Orders. I was not included in my son&#39;s graduation of 2006. Isolation, since 1993, continues from my family, but I now have a better understanding, throught my faith, Buddhism. I accept my part, and thankfully, injoy a full remission, which requires no prescriptive medication at present. But there is still fall out, and I am fighting the good fight, to bring awareness to Virginia, the Nation on the subject of Mental Health. Trying to understand April 16, 2007, I did know perhaps better that most, how Cho might have acted out his terror, his emense anger, at his perceived rejection, his isolation. I think he fell through the many "cracks" as it were, and that as a state with a D- rating by Nami, [mental health ass.] we have the chance for change. I wrote a Letter to the Roanoke times, on a bill before Congress, up in September for vote, on teaching K-12, good mental health. Yes, we need the tools, we need the education, to demistify, what is baseicaly a "chemical imbalnce", widely unreported, and over or undermedicated, and yes, ignored by too many. It is up to each of us to know, and to be aware of the very real symtoms, of mental illness. And I personaly want to do all I can to help, as I council freely in my hometown, happily 2 friends have also seen the "root&#39; of their depression, and no longer take prescription medication, and are doing great. It is a process, and that is called life. Language A language of the resource eng Title A name given to the resource Enlightened mental health mental illness parent therapy 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 Donald Ward 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 In the cold shadows of Cabell hall, I sit and pray for sun.I stare up past Homer&#39;s statueto the Rotunda up the Lawn.I can see the flag through trees,half-mast, flicks of red and white.And though I&#39;m proud to call it mine,my heart is filled with spite.Lives gone in an instant,more than just too fast.These thoughts chill my bones,as the cold wind breezes past.It&#39;s a wind that will hold memories,of our neighbors to the southwest.It will remind us of the shortness of life,and how each day on earth is blessed.And as the sun pierces shadows,and begins to fill my hair,I think of the precious things,that we and Hokies share.Our high school classes,Virginia clay, and the fertile ground itself;school pride, mountains, and the dogwoods that dot Our commonwealth.Their colors orange and maroon,ours are orange and blue,suggest we have our differences, you and I,but are very much like you, too.I think commonwealth is the perfect wordto describe how that we respond.We reach out and hold them close,and keep in unity through Our bond.So forget that they are Hokie stone,and we, Jeffersons red brick.Theres so much more that unites Us,than simply the school we picked.I remember our motto, Sic Semper Tyrannus,So aged and not so appropriate.Perhaps better is We are a Commonwealth, And We shall not forget. Donald Ward -- 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 Commonwealth sympathy unity uva 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 Dong Wook Kim Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2007-12-07 Description An account of the resource 美대사관 앞 추모 촛불 집회 18일 오후 서울 종로구 주한 미국대사관 앞에서 미 버지니아공대 총기 난사 희생자들을 추모하는 촛불집회가 열렸다. 50명의 참가자가 버지니아공대를 상징하는 &#39;VT&#39; 모양의 촛불 앞에 모여 성조기와 태극기를 함께 들고 희생자들의 넋을 기리고 있다. 전영한 기자 포털에 누리꾼 추모 댓글 쏟아져 미국 최악의 총기 참사 용의자가 한국 교포 학생인 조승희(23) 씨로 밝혀지면서 인터넷에서 희생자들을 추모하는 물결이 퍼지고 있다. 참사가 빚어진 지 하루가 지난 18일 일부 누리꾼을 중심으로 희생자 유가족과 미국 국민에게 애도를 표하는 촛불 집회를 열자는 의견이 나오고 있다. 한 인터넷 포털 사이트에 개설된 &#39;총기 난사...애도를 표합니다&#39;라는 제목의 누리꾼 청원에는 이날 9000명이 넘는 누리꾼이 애도를 표하는 검은 리본 아이콘(▶◀)과 함께 고인들의 명복을 빈다는 의견을 올렸다. 또 희생자를 추모하는 &#39;인터넷 카페&#39;가 하나둘씩 생겨나고 있고 22일 오후 7시 서울시청 앞에서 촛불 집회를 열겠다며 누리꾼들의 동참을 제안하기도 했다. 누리꾼 조창훈 씨는 자신의 블로그에 남긴 &#39;버지니아텍의 슬픈 이야기...촛불 의식을 해야 하지 않을까&#39;라는 제목의 글에서 "국가적인 차원에서 희생자에 대한 애도의 촛불 의식이라도 해야 하지 않을까 생각한다"며 "총을 쏜 사람과 총에 맞아 숨진 사람, 그렇게 안타까운 이들의 영혼을 달래 줘야 한다"고 말했다. 한 누리꾼은 참사 사진과 &#39;지금이라도 우리가 나서서 동포들에게 힘을 주고 미국 유가족들에게 안타까운 마음을 보내야 한다&#39;는 글을 음악과 함께 엮은 추모 동영상을 제작하기도 했다. 참극과 관련한 기사를 읽은 누리꾼들은 댓글에 검은 리본 아이콘을 달고 있으며 의견 내용과 상관없이 제목을 &#39;고인들의 명복을 빕니다&#39;로 쓰고 있는 사람도 많이 보였다. 이 밖에 많은 누리꾼도 &#39;무고하게 죽어간 사람들을 위해서 추모 집회를 열어야 하지 않을까&#39; &#39;미국 내 한인들을 위해서라도 우리나라에서도 추모 사이트를 하나 만들어 고인들의 넋을 위로해야 할 것&#39; 등의 의견을 밝혔다. 일부 누리꾼은 버지니아공대에서 열린 추모행사의 실시간 동영상을 소개하며 미국의 추모 물결을 국내 누리꾼들에게 소개하기도 했다. 보수단체인 라이트코리아, 북핵저지시민연대 등의 회원 40여 명은 오후 7시 서울시청 앞 서울광장에 모여 버지니아공대 총기 참사 희생자 추모 촛불 집회를 열고 주한 미대사관까지 행진한 뒤 대사관 맞은편 나무에 희생자 32명을 기리는 검은색 리본을 맨 뒤 묵념의 시간을 가졌다. 김동욱 기자 creating@donga.com -- Original Source: Donga Ilbo <a href="http://www.donga.com/fbin/output?sfrm=4&n=200704190135">http://www.donga.com/fbin/output?sfrm=4&n=200704190135</a> Language A language of the resource ko Title A name given to the resource 희생자 애도하는 촛불집회 열자 donga Document A resource containing textual data. 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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 Dong Wook Kim Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2007-12-07 Description An account of the resource 미국 최악의 총기 참사의 용의자가 한국교포 학생인 조승희(23) 씨로 밝혀지면서 인터넷에서 희생자들을 추도하는 물결이 퍼지고 있다. 참사가 벌어진 지 하루가 18일 일부 네티즌들을 중심으로 희생자 유가족과 미국 국민에게 애도를 표하는 촛불 집회를 열자라는 의견도 나오고 있다. 한 인터넷 포털사이트에 개설된 &#39;총기난사...애도를 표합니다&#39;라는 제목의 네티즌 청원에는 오후까지 총 7900여명이 넘는 네티즌이 애도를 표하는 검은 리본 아이콘(▶◀)과 함께 고인들의 명복을 빈다는 의견을 올렸다. 네티즌 조창훈 씨는 자신의 블로그에 남긴 &#39;버지니아텍의 슬픈 이야기...촛불의식을 해야 하지 않을까&#39;라는 제목의 글에서 "국가적인 차원에서 희생자에 대한 애도의 촛불 의식이라도 해야 하지 않을까 생각한다"며 "총을 쏜 사람과 총을 맞아 숨진 사람, 그렇게 안타까운 이들의 영혼을 달래줘야 한다"고 말했다. 한 네티즌은 참사 사진과 "지금이라도 우리가 나서서 동포들에게 힘을 주고 미국 유가족들에게 안타까운 마음을 보내야 한다"는 글을 음악과 함께 엮은 추모 동영상을 제작하기도 했다. 참극과 관련한 기사를 읽은 네티즌들은 댓글에 검은 리본(▶◀)을 달고 있으며 의견 내용과 상관 없이 제목을 &#39;고인들의 명복을 빕니다&#39;로 쓰고 있는 이들도 많이 보였다. 아이디 &#39;알비대장&#39;은 블로그에서 "대단히 유감스러운 일이 아닐 수 없다. 한국의 젊은이들아, 광화문 시청광장으로 나가라. 진심으로 희생자들을 애도하면서 촛불을 들라. 세상이 한국을 주목하고 있다"라는 글을 소개했다. 이밖에 많은 네티즌들도 "무고하게 죽어간 사람들을 위해서 추모집회를 열어야 하지 않을까", "미국내 한인들을 위해서라도 우리나라에서도 추모사이트를 하나 만들어 고인들의 넋을 위로해야 할 것"등의 의견을 밝혔다. 일부 네티즌들은 미국 버지니아공대에서 열린 추모제의 실시간 동영상을 소개하며 미국의 추모물결을 국내 네티즌들에게 소개하기도 했다. 김동욱기자 creating@donga.com -- Original Source: Donga Ilbo <a href="http://www.donga.com/fbin/output?sfrm=4&n=200704180453">http://www.donga.com/fbin/output?sfrm=4&n=200704180453</a> Language A language of the resource ko Title A name given to the resource 국내 네티즌들, 미 참사 추모 물결 donga Document A resource containing textual data. 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Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Sara Hood Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Doug Eshleman Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2007-06-22 Description An account of the resource <b>Comments to Manna adviser offer first glimpse of Cho family reaction</b> By Doug Eshleman Princetonian Staff Writer While family members of the Virginia Tech gunman have secluded themselves during the last three days to avoid media attention, his older sister, Sun-Kyung Cho &#39;04, reached out to a close friend and spiritual adviser from her Princeton days yesterday, offering the first glimpse of how the shooter&#39;s closest relatives are reacting to Monday&#39;s killings. At a discussion forum organized yesterday by the Korean American Students Association (KASA) to help students cope with the shootings, Manna Christian Fellowship director Rev. David Kim told the group that Cho — a member of Manna while at the University — called and talked to him over the phone yesterday morning. Some of Cho&#39;s conversation with Kim focused on the guilt he said she&#39;s feeling in the aftermath of her brother&#39;s actions. Kim said that Cho apologized for any negative repercussions Koreans on campus may have experienced after Monday&#39;s shooting. The 23-year-old Cho Seung-Hui — who shot himself after taking the lives of 32 people Monday on the Virginia Tech campus — immigrated to the United States in 1992 from South Korea, along with Sun-Kyung and their parents. "When she called, one of the first things she did was she apologized because she felt so bad for the Koreans on campus," Kim said. Several Korean students and alumni have expressed anxiety regarding a possible nationwide backlash against their community following the Virginia shootings. Kim added that in the next few days, Cho would release a public statement on behalf of her family, since her parents do not speak English. Cho has taken a leave of absence from her job with a State Department contractor, ABC News reported yesterday, and her parents left their Centreville, Va. house Monday before media members swarmed the location. Cho could not be reached yesterday. She declined to comment when contacted on her cellphone Tuesday. In an interview after the forum, Kim said that Cho is "doing okay and [that] she appreciates the support of the Manna community that she knows." He added that he wanted to respect Cho&#39;s privacy by restricting his public comments about her, emphasizing his desire not to "compromise [his] ability to support her as a friend." Manna, a Christian undergraduate group, has historically had heavily Asian-American membership though its website emphasizes that it seeks diverse student involvement. Cho was involved with the group during her time at the University, but it remains unclear whether her affiliation with Manna reflected her family&#39;s religious beliefs or convictions she developed on her own. Cho was an economics major who interned at the U.S. Embassy in Bangkok during the summer after her junior year. She also wrote briefly for The Daily Princetonian. Kim said he had known Cho when she was an undergraduate at the University and described her as "one of the sweetest people." He also said that though her family was in great need of support, Cho told him that rumors and media reports that her parents had attempted suicide were untrue. During the discussion last night, some Korean students said they could not help feeling somehow connected to Cho Seung-Hui. "I can&#39;t help feeling a relation to him," Jin-Hee Kim &#39;07 said. "I feel connected to him even though there is no pressure from others." She explained that, like Cho Seung-Hui, she has two foreign-born Asian parents. "We feel embarrassed because we associate him as one of our own," Jae Han &#39;09 said. Andrew Kim &#39;10 said he felt differently about the situation. "I think the feelings that we have are a manifestation of what the media is putting into us," he said. He added that he believes the media tends to emphasize Cho&#39;s ethnicity unnecessarily. "I feel that it is important to not become part of that." But, he emphasized, as a Korean, he does not feel threatened or uncomfortable on campus. Juyoung Chung &#39;10 said he, too, hopes that the tragedy at Virginia Tech will not become too closely tied to the Korean ethnicity. "Even though Koreans can feel associated, I hope people recognize that this was an isolated event," he said. -- Original Source: <a href=http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/archives/2007/04/19/news/18166.shtml> Daily Princetonian - April 19, 2007</a> Language A language of the resource eng Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Kavita Saini <ksaini@Princeton.EDU> Title A name given to the resource Cho &#39;04 calls campus friend cho family response princeton sunkyung cho 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 Kacey Beddoes Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Doug Finke Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2008-02-26 Description An account of the resource Doug Finke GateHouse News Service Fri Feb 15, 2008, 09:31 PM EST SPRINGFIELD, IL - Northern Illinois University&#39;s response to Thursday&#39;s shooting rampage may have been helped by what state officials learned from last year&#39;s massacre at Virginia Tech University. A Campus Safety Task Force was created to see what could be learned from the Virginia Tech incident and how those lessons could be implemented here. Representatives from state colleges and universities, including NIU, attended task force meetings. One of the most important lessons discussed was getting information to students as quickly as possible. "The response at Northern Illinois, from our standpoint, was extraordinary," said Mike Chamness, chairman of the Illinois Terrorism Task Force. Students were notified within 20 minutes that a shooting occurred, to take cover and stay away from some parts of the campus, Chamness said. At Virginia Tech, it took more than two hours to issue an alert. Students at NIU also were relaying text messages to each other. One idea discussed by the task force was that colleges should use multiple means to convey an emergency message to students, including encouraging the use of text messaging. Rep. Rich Myers, R-Colchester, said Western Illinois University in his district just went through a drill to notify students in case of emergency. "They sent text messages to cell phones, voice mail, e-mail," Myers said. "As I understand it, it was a very successful test." What to do after an emergency is only part of the task force&#39;s responsibility. It is also examining prevention. A full report is scheduled to be delivered April 1. "A mental health survey is still being completed," Chamness said. "That purpose is to look at ways to identify potential issues and how to deal with those, how to get help to those people." That will probably require the assistance of students themselves. "Be alert. If you see something that looks suspicious, don&#39;t be shy or embarrassed about picking up the phone and calling law enforcement authorities," Chamness advised. "You may be the person who helps prevent something." At the same time, Chamness said there didn&#39;t seem to be the "red flags" in the NIU case that there were at Virginia Tech. "I don&#39;t think there&#39;s a panacea out there for how you stop this," he said. "You&#39;re talking about somebody who walked into a classroom." Chamness said state officials will meet with NIU staff in coming weeks to assess what happened and what parts of the response plan worked and if any didn&#39;t. Rep. Dan Brady, R-Bloomington, said he wants two House committees — Higher Education and Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness — to convene a joint session in a few weeks to review the NIU situation. "I want to have a joint hearing once reports are released and more information can be obtained as to how we can be better informed and better prepared," said Brady whose district includes Illinois State University. "Even though it looks like everyone worked in synch, there&#39;s always something to learn." Doug Finke can be reached at (217) 788-1527. Licensed under <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0</a>. -- Original Source: <a href="http://ghns.ghnewsroom.com/regional_news/midwest/illinois/news/x230383197">http://ghns.ghnewsroom.com/regional_news/midwest/illinois/news/x230383197</a> Language A language of the resource eng Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Title A name given to the resource NIU response helped by Virginia Tech lessons campus safety task force e-mail house committees mental health survey niu northern illinois university text messages 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 Doug Gill Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2007-08-16 Description An account of the resource By: Doug Gill Posted: 5/7/07 I love British comedies. So I just had to see "Hot Fuzz" a couple weeks ago. It&#39;s the latest action-comedy-murder-mystery-thriller from the makers of "Shaun of the Dead," directed by Edgar Wright and starring Nick Frost and Simon Pegg. Expecting both a good time and a hearty laugh, I suddenly found myself feeling alone in a crowded theater and very uneasy. Why? In the movie, Nicholas Angel (Pegg) is a hot-shot London police officer whose arrest record makes his co-workers look bad. So they transfer him to an idyllic English village where there hasn&#39;t been a crime in more than 20 years. Yet Angel suspects that the week&#39;s five gruesome deaths were really murders. After all, people don&#39;t just accidentally blow themselves up, loose their heads or stab themselves in the throat with hedge clippers, do they? Maybe in the big city of London they do, but certainly not in Sandford, the community that cares. I soon found myself feeling very unsettled. What triggered my unease was a scene that generated the most laughter from the audience, a homage to the American western. Angel rides into town on a white horse sort of like Clint Eastwood. Loaded down with guns and ammunition, he surprises the murderous villagers who thought they&#39;d killed Angel the night before. They open fire on him in a very explosive and gory scene. Yet everyone in the audience, including myself, guffawed and cheered approvingly as our avenging Angel took out the NWA one-by-one: the friendly couple who run the pub, the kindly village priest and the grinning grocer played by former James Bond actor Timothy Dalton. A woman two rows in front of me leaped from her seat. "All right!" she shouted. Turning to her neighbor, she quipped, "Serves &#39;em right!" A bunch of guys behind me began really whooping it up. I could hardly hear the gunfire over them. Yes, all of us were really getting into it. And who wouldn&#39;t have? The bad guys were getting their comeuppance for being so wicked. Still, I found myself sitting alone in the dark, feeling troubled. Then a still, quiet voice said, "A gunman has killed 33 people this week at Virginia Tech. Why are we laughing?" Back in the theater, I could no longer see the humor in bullets ripping through the air and tearing into people&#39;s shoulders or legs. Instead, I could only see the victims of last week&#39;s shootings along with their grieving family members and friends. Squirming in my seat, I hoped that none of them were watching this movie. I didn&#39;t want them to see people being shot at - even if they were the bad guys. Feeling queasy, I certainly didn&#39;t want them to hear our cheers and laughter as blood splattered across the screen and bodies fell to the ground. Granted, "Hot Fuzz" is just a movie. Our hero only wounded the villains so they couldn&#39;t shoot back. Heck, his name was Angel for heaven&#39;s sake. Nonetheless, in the wake of that week&#39;s tragedy, I felt as though I had disrespected the dead and, in some albeit small way, also contributed to a collective insensitivity toward violence in American culture today. And this is a disturbing feeling - a very disturbing feeling indeed. -- Original Source:<a href=http://media.www.thelantern.com/media/storage/paper333/news/2007/05/07/Opinion/Film-Violence.Not.Funny-2896365.shtml>The Lantern - May 7, 2007</a> Language A language of the resource eng Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Lantern Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource GERRICK LEWIS <lewis.1030@osu.edu> Title A name given to the resource Film violence not funny film violence gun culture gun violence humor ohio state 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 Dr. Michael Brown Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Dr. Michael Brown Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2007-05-02 Description An account of the resource The following is from my 4/19/07 post on my blog, Ocular Fusion. The URL is <a href="http://www.ocularfusion.net/?p=661">http://www.ocularfusion.net/?p=661</a> ------------------------------ It&#39;s been said that there are no more than six degrees of separation between every person on earth. But when I heard that 32 innocents had died in Monday&#39;s massacre at Virginia Tech, it hit me how large and complex that particular web of relationships would be and how far it would extend across the country and even the world. I grew up in Southwest Virginia and was a graduate student at Virginia Tech and a resident of Blacksburg for 2 years. One of my first thoughts when I heard the news was, that in this particular case, there would likely be no more than two degrees of separation between one of the victims and me. Unfortunately, I was right. Paul is my best friend from my Blacksburg days. I met him and his wife Janette at the Blacksburg Church of Christ, and when my wife joined me there in June, 1985 after we were married, the four of us became fast friends and remain so to this day, despite the geographical distance which separates us. Paul graduated with a PhD in Engineering Mechanics and is now a professor of civil engineering at Colorado State University. I emailed him yesterday and asked him how he was and if he had heard from any of our mutual friends. He replied that he had not, but he went on to reminisce about the three years that he had spent cordoned off in Norris Hall, "becoming one" with the intricacies of dynamics and structural analysis and also about a man he met there-Liviu Librescu. He was the 75-year-old professor and Holocaust survivor who held shut the door of Room 204 of Norris Hall as the assailant attempted to enter his classroom. That brave deed allowed enough time for most of his students to escape through the windows. He and another student were eventually shot and killed, however. Their offices were located close together in those days, and Paul had come to know Librescu when he first arrived on sabbatical in 1985. Librescu apparently liked what he saw in Blacksburg (what sane person wouldn&#39;t?). He decided to stay there and gained a full time teaching position at Tech. He had continued to teach to the ripe old age of seventy-five, impressing his students and colleagues with his depth of experience and wisdom and his gentlemanly and scholarly manner. As he faced the dark wrath of Cho Seung-Hui, Librescu was staring into the face of a familiar evil. He stood in the breach protecting his young charges as a man who had suffered-and survived-the senseless brutality, atrocities and nihilism of a Nazi concentration camp. But this time, there would be no escape. Last night, I called Dave and Terri, close friends from Harding who now live in Blacksburg. Dave is director of human resources for a large automotive parts manufacturer while Terri teaches in a local public elementary school. Dave was still at work, but I talked with Terri who understandably sounded exhausted and somber. As you might expect in a university town like Blacksburg, everybody knows somebody, and in her case, the web of connections hit very close to home. Among the dead was one of their neighbors, Jocelyne Couture-Nowak, a French instructor who was gunned down in Room 211 of Norris Hall. She was the wife of Jerzy Nowak, a horticulture professor, and had a teenage daughter who is a friend of both of Terri&#39;s children. Dr. Kevin Granata, a world-renown researcher in biomechanics whose speciality was the movement dynamics of cerebal palsy, was also an acquaintance. Terri had worked with his wife, who was a PTSA leader and active volunteer at the elementary school, and taught their children as well. For Terri&#39;s daughter Brooke, a senior at Blacksburg High, star lacrosse player and future Hokie, Black Monday was a cold and harsh reminder that the killer angels among us know no bounds. Austin Cloyd, a freshman who had moved to Blacksburg from Champaign, Illinois when her father took an accounting professorship at Tech, was in the same French classroom as Ms. Couture-Nowak. A year ago, she had been in the same French classroom as Brooke at Blacksburg High. I saw an interview with Austin&#39;s parents last night on NBC. They bravely faced the world through their tear-clouded eyes and reminded us all of how important it is to make good memories when you can, because, as her father said, "you never know when that&#39;s all you&#39;re going to have left." Terri and Dave have talked with Brooke in recent days. Their question: "Are you sure you want to stay and go to school here?" Her steely reply: "Now more than ever." Thirty-two innocent lives, two degrees of separation. As I watched the chilling footage of Cho Seung-Hui&#39;s "multimedia manifesto" last night on NBC news, it occurred to me that we are all connected to this event, two degrees or not. Everyone, that is, except him. For Cho Seung-Hui, who apparently wasn&#39;t connected to his own humanity much less that of his neighbor, the degrees of separation were infinite-a number so large as to be ultimately incomprehensible. A number so large as to be ultimately fatal. Language A language of the resource eng Title A name given to the resource Two Degrees of Separation blog