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...honestly confronted our past. And, judging by the response of the authorities, something positive may yet come out of the ordeal. Within hours, the director of Serbian police showed up to tell me that finding the attacker is a top priority. President Boris Tadic came over to express his support. Rade Bulatovic, the head of Serbia's main security agency, whom I had often criticized, phoned and offered help. Expressions of outrage and offers of help also came from judges, politicians, diplomats, colleagues and ordinary Joes. And on Monday at noon, traffic was blocked for five minutes...
...more so for the contrast with the crowd around them. Here was true, inexpressible grief surrounded by something sincere but much different: a massive auditorium that wanted to express outrage and sadness, but was overwhelmed by neither; 10,000 genuinely distraught but emotionally uncertain young people. The eeriness of the stadium overpowered the scene. There were thousands of kids filling their home team's sports arena looking to mourn but dressed for a ballgame, all while quiet, small agonies were going on in their midst...
...Flinchum said in the fall of 2005, English professor Lucinda Roy had "informally shared her concerns" about Cho's writing but had not filed an official report. Cho's writings "did not express any threatening intentions or allude to any criminal activity ... No criminal violation had taken place," Flinchum said. "Dr. Roy chose to reach out to this student out of concern...
...formal policy to address such situations, it does “all kinds of things in the neighborhood, and so we were just glad to be able to help them out.” According to Martin, students’ parents have sent e-mails to HUDS to express their gratitude—and HUDS was happy to play host to the youngsters. “I’m just glad that they were able to be there,” Martin said. —Staff writer Margot E. Edelman can be reached at medelman@fas.harvard.edu...
...radio show survives. The show draws 2 million daily listeners, and it's a more valuable property on radio than it was on TV. (It brings in about $15 million annually for CBS Radio compared with several million for MSNBC.) But the show has already lost advertisers, including American Express, Staples and Procter & Gamble...