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...Harvard’s efforts in response to these situations and Virginia Tech have focused on improving crisis response tactics, Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs at Princeton Katherine S. Newman says that universities like Harvard are very unlikely places to experience rampage shootings such as the one in Blacksburg. Her research on school violence has found that most of the reported instances of school shootings have occurred in “highly conformist” and isolated rural areas where there are few alternatives for students who feel isolated from the primary social groups. Because of Harvard?...
April 16 was one of those. Six Americans died in Iraq that day, the same morning as the massacre in Blacksburg, Va., that claimed 32 lives. The service members were not much older than the students at Virginia Tech, their families' losses no less unimaginable. Their stories were never widely told until...
...addition to selling 50 million records, Kelly was an ex-husband to the late singer Aaliyah before she could vote and is currently battling a charge of soliciting a minor for child pornography. The man needs image rehab, and the fact that he seems to be jumping on the Blacksburg bandwagon is, you know, gross...
...diplomas on my office wall bearthe Virginia Tech seal. The university and the Blacksburg community hold a special place in my heart. Virginia Tech was an idyllic refuge from many of the social issues that plague too much of modern-day America. Today it is stained by the actions of a lone coward, and a little piece of me has died inside. The media have criticized the responsiveness of police and university officials as politicians debate the merits of gun control. So-called experts have provided explanations for an insane act. In the end, we will continue to ignore...