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...read “The Bell Jar” and pity myself had to come to an end. Which is why I’m kind of confused—3EB? This millenium? Really? Like, they’re totally a good band and all (Mid-90s Locution Alert: “…NOT”). And I admire lead singer Stephan Jenkins’ long-term dedication to being an unrepentant rock star diva, even though he’s not actually a rock star anymore. But I’ve always thought that the point...

Author: By Alwa A. Cooper and Kimberly E. Gittleson, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Love it or Hate it: Third Eye Blind | 4/25/2007 | See Source »

...time span Nunn said was classified but estimated might be as brief as 5 or 10 minutes - might all but guarantee a nuclear exchange. Nunn told the Senators that both Washington and Moscow should work to jointly take their nuclear arsenals off what he called the hair trigger alert. "There is no need, 15 year after the Cold War, [for] both nations to be able [to] destroy each other within an hour or two. And for the president of Russia to have only a few very crucial minutes to decide whether a false warning is in play or whether...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Nuclear Nightmare | 4/21/2007 | See Source »

...meeting also evaluated the use of communication technologies between security forces—an issue that has come to the forefront as questions have surfaced about why, after the initial two murders, Virginia Tech administrators and police forces did not alert students about the shooting...

Author: By Noah S. Bloom, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Police Ponder Campus Safety | 4/20/2007 | See Source »

Universities are hierarchical places, tolerant of eccentricity, protective of privacy but alert to risk. Giovanni wrote a letter to department head Roy, in part because she wanted to create a record that could lead to removing Cho from her class. Giovanni said she was prepared to quit over the issue. Roy, for her part, saw the anger as well. "He seemed so sad inside," she said, and she shared her concerns with campus police and counselors. They told her that unless the threats were explicit, there was little they could do. So Roy took him on as a private student...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Darkness Falls | 4/19/2007 | See Source »

...killer's plans. In 40% of cases, that knowledge actually included detailed descriptions of precisely where and when the attacks would happen. Klebold and Harris went so far as to post their lethal ruminations on the Web. The key, Pollack insists, is for friends and family members to be alert to these and other cues and to act on them - fast. "Connection, connection, connection," he says. "It's through these connections that people in authority, when they hear certain things, can provide the appropriate help...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inside a Mass Murderer's Mind | 4/19/2007 | See Source »

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