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BEYOND BLACKSBURG
2008-04-16 09:35:00 by Yolanda Coulazon the anniversaryTwo days before,I scratched the earthbeneath the columbinein my garden.Pulled weedsthat overwintered there,ripped up their roots,thought nothingof their sweat and sap.Columbinesprouts from sand and soil,cuts through cracksin the asphalt path.Columbine—stuck in my mind;a different meaning nowsince ’99.The columbineshe spits her seeds;like weeds they multiply.Her vibrant bloomsless beautifulfor her name.Today—Virginia,violence- multiplied.Virginia,her nameshall never be the same.Virgin rage,virgin blood,virgin tears,Virginia.Yolanda Coulaz is a poet, photographer, editor, and founder of Purple Sage Press. She teaches poetry workshops to middle and high school students throughout Long Island and coordinates and hosts the Farmingdale Library Reading Series. Coulaz edited and published the anthology For Loving Precious Beast to help benefit Loving Touch Animal Rescue. Her first book of poetry Spirits and Oxygen is being used in an advanced course i...
Blacksburg Police Believe V-Tech Killer Acted Alone; Final List of Names re
2007-05-02 21:52:00 Police investigating the worst mass shooting in American history strongly believe that the gunman, Cho Seung Hui, acted alone when he shot and killed 32 students and faculty before killing himself on April 15 at the Virginia Tech University campus in Blacksburg, Virginia.Here is the final, confirmed list of names of the V-Tech shooting victims from the Associated Press:_ Ross Abdallah Alameddine, 20, sophomore from Saugus, Mass._ Christopher James Bishop, 35, according to Darmstadt University of Technology in Germany, where he helped run an exchange program._ Brian Roy Bluhm, 25, civil engineering graduate student from Stephens City, Va. He had previously lived in Iowa, Detroit and Louisville, Ky._ Ryan Christopher Clark, 22, of Martinez, Ga., senior majoring in psychology._ Austin Michelle Cloyd, sophomore international studies major and member of the honors program from Blacksburg, Va. Cloyd and her family previously lived in Champaign, Ill._ Jocelyne Couture-Nowak, French instruc...
Counselors Arrive in Blacksburg, Va
2007-04-24 07:16:00 BLACKSBURG, Va., April 23 -- As thousands of students returned to class Monday at Virginia Tech, they were greeted by legions of people who came to help.
By: Get rich
Blacksburg: Let the Healing NOT Begin!
2007-04-17 21:12:00 By Gary Corseri4/17/07When I had cable, I found myself using CNN as a kind of background music, deluding myself that I could tune out the nonsense and tune in when something important came up, and thus. I thought, I was staying ?informed.?But after a while I realized that I was not informed; I was simply distracted by side-show stories, and lulled by the repetitiveness of dull reporting. I also found that, like a junkie, I needed a bigger and bigger ?fix? to keep me going, to excite me, to make me feel connected to the bigger world.But a couple of years ago, I gave up cable and reclaimed a morsel of my sanity. Thus, I got the news about the slaughter at Virginia Tech little by little during the day, gauging the progress of the unfolding tragedy with a picture here, a sound byte there?much as we gauge the progress and lack thereof in Iraq.The first thing I heard was Ed Schultz, a ?progressive? talk-radio jock who was arguing with one of his call-in listeners that this was an ?isola...
Bad Day at Blacksburg Made Worse By the Media
2007-04-17 01:26:00 In light of a tragedy where at least 31 persons were murdered on Virginia Tech’s campus, it is understandable that everyone is anxious to know what happened. Likewise, it is understandable that there’s an onslaught of reporters laying down a barrage of question to the school president and the chief of campus police.Watching the earlier press conference, there seems to be a frenzy of questions regarding a lock down, almost to the point of being accusatory. However, how easy is it to lock down an open campus. President Steger reminded the group that the school has 26,000 students and 9,000 students on campus at any time. The difficulty in notifying every student to stay away or to stay put is daunting to say the least. The contrast between locking down an entire college campus versus locking down individual buildings , as would be the case with public schools, is not something that should be overlooked. After the fact, it is easy to point fingers to say, "why didn’t you do this"...
Tragedy in Blacksburg, VA
2007-04-16 23:50:00 It's not Redskins related though I believe tragedies of this level affect all of us and deserve mention for comment and reflection. ABC News has the story: At least 32 people are dead in what may be the biggest mass shooting in modern American history -- and the death toll may rise. Although we all hope it doesn't. The shooting occurred on the Virginia Tech campus in Blacksburg, VA, just 250 miles outside of Washington D.C. Though the death toll has fluctuated, at least 20 (though likely more) were pronounced, making this the deadliest shooting on a US campus in history. Thoughts and condolences are with the victims and their families. As has been stated more eloquently elsewhere, the shooting is tragic and senseless and totally avoidable. I have very little patience for this brand of gross, unfortunate and unnecessary crazy that leads to lost lives. Again, my thoughts, prayers, and condolences are with the victims and their families and all affected.
By: Hogs Haven
Shooting in Blacksburg
2007-04-16 19:52:00 Be sure and throw up a good word for the families of the victims of today's shooting at Virginia Tech University. Katherine Coble I believe says it best when she blames the "rabidity of the soul." I agree.
Black Day In Blacksburg
2007-04-16 17:32:00 This morning 22 33 people (incl. the shooter) lost their lives on the campus of Virginia Tech. UPDATE: Reports from WDBJ state that there may be upwards of 20 fatalities. UPDATE 2: The gunman is dead. Just in from CNN: One person was killed and several were wounded in two shootings on the Virginia Tech university campus ...
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