virginia+tech

Northern Illinois shooting calls attention to new era

Posted by Lizzie on Feb 18, 2008 - 11:59 pm

Three days ago a gunman opened fire in a lecture hall on the campus of Northern Illinois University, killing five students and himself. The University was able to respond using its emergency preparedness plan similar to the one being worked on here. But I am not writing this about how Northern Illinois reacted, because they achieved lockdown status within seven minutes, which for a campus of over 25,000 students is pretty darn good.

The reason I am bring you all this post is because while I peruse the news on a somewhat consistent basis, many of you don’t. When I asked a group of my friends about this today, only two of them knew about it. We have got to start paying attention to the news so that we can learn from these tragedies and avoid their occurrence. I can not even wrap my mind around what it would be like to a part of such a horrendous situation as this one or the one at Virginia Tech.

I am not your mom and I don’t like being told what to do either, but please, be safe, take care of your friends and be aware of what is around you. 

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Throw up is gross, period.

FEAR THE MOP

Posted by Lizzie on Feb 23, 2008 - 06:50 pm

I know many athletes have a favorite or lucky meal they eat before a big game, but Virginia Tech’s Dorenzo Hudson might want to change his, after he vomited during the VA-Tech basketball game against the University of Maryland Feb. 20.

I mean Maryland was not even wearing their yellow uniforms.
Of course, Maryland fans lived up to reputation chanting “THAT’S DIS-GUS-TING.”

...News flash, it is.

If you’re easily offended, as Perez would say don’t click here. 

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$11 million for VA Tech victims

Posted by Kelly on Apr 11, 2008 - 11:44 am

The families and survivors of the Virginia Tech shooting will be receiving $11 million from the state to cover medical expenses or to compensate for the loss of a loved one.  The 21 families represented in the suit have yet to make a final decision on the terms of the settlement.  Recently it was proposed for the families to receive the following amounts:

That proposal called for representatives of each of those killed to receive $100,000. A pool of $800,000 was set aside for the injured in the plan, with individuals eligible to receive up to $100,000 apiece. Families of those killed could seek additional money from a $1.75 million hardship fund, and other money was to be set aside for attorneys’ fees and a fund for charities.

No matter how much money, what happened that day will always follow those affected by this tragedy.  Since it cannot be erased a compensation is the least that the state can do.

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we are all still hokies

Remembering VA Tech one year later

Posted by Kelly on Apr 16, 2008 - 09:09 am

The one year anniversary of the tragic Virginia Tech shootings has drawn much media attention.  Here are some of the many stories you might find of interest:

The victims: where are they now?
Changes in dealing with mental health problems in college
Day of remembrance and mourning at VA Tech
Students carrying guns on campus: solution or more of a problem?
Shooter’s parents speak out

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