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Wednesday, April 18th 2007Tech community begins healing process
The crisp night air on the Virginia Tech Drillfield was punctuated with vivacious chants of "Let's Go...Hokies" and luminated with thousands of candles, as the Tech community rallied around the memory of the 32 victims of the deadliest shooting spree in United States history, while simultaneously making strides in the recovery process...
Press conference held, chilling details revealed
In a press conference held yesterday at approximately 9:23 a.m., Virginia Tech Police identified the gunman as Cho Seung-Hui, 23, a South Korean native and resident alien who was an undergraduate senior English major at Tech...
Holocaust survivor slain
Professor Liviu Librescu was slight of build and long of tooth, Stephen Schuler said. The sophomore engineering major (who had skipped Librescu's class Monday morning) was shocked when he first heard that his professor had thrown himself at the door of his Norris classroom, instructing his students to flee out the windows while he held off Cho Seung Hui, the 23-year old shooter who police say terrorized the Virginia Tech campus Monday...
Students leave campus for home
With Virginia Tech President Charles Steger cancelling classes until Monday, April 23, many of the approximately 9,000 on-campus residents in Blacksburg are heading home...
Column: Convocation ceremony
This doesn't happen to us. It just plain doesn't happen to us. It's one of those things you see on the TV and think "My God!" For a while, you're glued to the TV, in shock and horror. But then you move on, because it wasn't us. So it wasn't real...
The life of Christopher James Bishop
Christopher James Bishop, known as Jamie in his five years at UNC, was killed Monday in the tragedy that left 33 dead on the campus of Virginia Tech. He was 35...
Column: Kaine gets the job done
Tim Kaine's last two day's are like nothing he's ever experienced. The governor arrived in Tokyo, Japan at 6 p.m. Monday, Tokyo time. Jetlagged, he went straight to bed. Less than six hours later, around midnight, he received a call from his office, informing him about the shootings in Blacksburg...
Community reaches out helping hand
On all the downtown Blacksburg streetlights, fluttering yellow ribbons with the words "In Loving Memory" commemorate those lost in the tragedy at Virginia Tech on Monday morning...
Tuesday, April 17th 2007
Convocation Brief
At 12:40 p.m., Cassell Coliseum had only one-fifth of its seating left. Students, state troopers and Secret Service poured into the coliseum awaiting the 2 p.m. convocation. As 2 p.m. drew nearer, tensions grew throughout the room. Families were ushered in, faculty filled the nine chairs on stage, and President George W. Bush and First Lady Laura Bush entered Cassell at 2:15. Zenobia Hikes, Vice President...
Horrific details surrounding massacre trickle out
In a series of press conferences held last night at The Inn at Virginia Tech, Virginia Tech President Charles Steger, Virginia Tech Police Chief Wendell Flinchum and University Spokesperson Larry Hincker confirmed a preliminary number of 15 injured along with the 32 fatalities by a gunman on campus in addition to his suicide...
Church offers comfort to mourning Tech community
Last night at 7:30 p.m. Saint Mary's Catholic Church in Blacksburg held Mass to allow those touched by yesterday's events to reflect and pray. Father Rob Cole was the celebrant and offered his condolences to the families of the victims. He began his homily by saying that he did not have answers to "why," but said that those answers will come days, weeks or months later. He was here to give a sense of "hope."...
10,000 strong for 32
I can vividly remember a night nearly three months ago when ice and snow covered Virginia Tech's campus. Tech's athletic department had opened the men's basketball game against Maryland to all students because older fans outside of Blacksburg couldn't get to Cassell Coliseum safely...
Photographer mistaken for shooter
Shaozhuo Cui has done a lot in his two years as a Collegiate Times photographer. But nothing will trump yesterday, when the senior computer science major and CT photo editor found himself staring down the barrels of two heavily armed police officers because he "fit the profile."...
Seeking light in the darkness
A strong and unseasonable chill surrounded the Wren courtyard last night as students and faculty gathered in remembrance of yesterday's Virginia Tech shootings, resulting in 33 deaths - the deadliest shooting in U.S. history...