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04-16-2007, 03:21 PM
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Great reminder VAgirl18. That's why I hated to repeat what the news stated since this is still a developing story (and the shooter is dead so we don't really know what was going through his head).
This story has totally distracted me at work. I just imagine sending my child off to college for an education and having this happen to him/her. How on earth does this community recover from this?
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This is sort of off topic, but I have a friend, who is an american, moved to Japan and totally reluctant to move back to the states. Part of the reason is that Japan bans guns so she feels a whole lot safer to stay on the streets.
Nowadays it's just too easy to get a firearm license if you don't have a background, which is terrifying...though I'm not going to debating whether the ban guns or not since we will need to open another thread for this.
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04-16-2007, 03:24 PM
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mppVT08!
mppVT08...
Please let us know that you and our sisters are safe!
Prayers for all those affected by this tragedy.
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04-16-2007, 03:29 PM
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04-16-2007, 03:36 PM
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Hopefully, we'll get similar reports from all groups at Tech. One of my best friends in grad school was a Chi O from VT. My thoughts and prayers to all Hokies and their families during this tragedy.
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04-16-2007, 03:42 PM
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I work at a large, Midwestern university, and everyone is in complete shock about the tragedy at Virginia Tech. Students are crowded around computers and televisions trying to get the most recent information. This hits a little too close to home for our students, faculty and staff. This is so unfair. Thoughts and prayers for the entire VT campus, community and all of those who are affected by this horrible event.
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04-16-2007, 03:59 PM
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this is so awful, the moment i heard i messaged my brother, because as luck would have it, two weeks ago the phi psi chapter at vtech took a road trip to his chapter. they had a blast, and he was really excited about all the new friends he'd made. now he's waiting for them to message back to tell him they're safe.
thoughts and prayers go out to everyone, vtech students, people who have friends at vtech, everyone. this is horrendous.
my entire class was in shock when they heard. and the pictures are horrendous.
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04-16-2007, 04:25 PM
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All of the SAEs at Va Tech are safe and accounted for.
www.sae.net
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04-16-2007, 04:39 PM
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All of the Alpha Chi's at Tech are okay.
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04-16-2007, 03:49 PM
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I'm pretty sure all of the Delta Gamma sisters are safe also. My cousin said all of her friends were okay, so I'm assuming that includes her sisters.
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04-18-2007, 01:25 AM
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mppVT08...
Please let us know that you and our sisters are safe!
Prayers for all those affected by this tragedy.
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thank you--- as you probably know already, my sisters and I are all accounted for and unharmed. right now, we are just trying to support each other and especially the chapters who were directly affected...
thanks for your thoughts and prayers and please keep everyone in the virginia tech community and the victims and their families in your prayers and thoughts. this is just a very hard time for everyone....... 
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04-18-2007, 02:06 AM
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One of the young men featured in the photos that appeared on the home page of many of the news sites yesterday is the nephew of my high school librarian, apparently. He was shot three times...the first time in the leg (which is the most serious injury), then in the behind and shoulder when the shooter came back to the classroom five minutes later.
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04-18-2007, 07:34 AM
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It was very heroic of the professor who survived the Holocaust to give up his life to save others. It is remarkable. It shows true heroism and courage. He escaped, lived a long and rich life, and now allowed others to live. Amazing.
My school already asked everyone to enter their cell phone numbers, so that they can text us in case there is an emergency like that. There is also a condolence message from the president.
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04-18-2007, 08:23 AM
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My school already asked everyone to enter their cell phone numbers, so that they can text us in case there is an emergency like that. There is also a condolence message from the president.
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That's an interesting way for your school to handle something like this. So many people change numbers so often, or don't use text messages, that I'm not sure how effective it might be in the long run though.
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04-18-2007, 11:27 AM
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That's an interesting way for your school to handle something like this. So many people change numbers so often, or don't use text messages, that I'm not sure how effective it might be in the long run though.
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we have a similar system that was just implemented, and a big long email about emergency preparedness just went out from the president:
In the event such a catastrophe befell the W____ community, we would provide multiple sources of information: via the Internet, voicemail, email, and personal communication. In addition to posting emergency messages on the University website and broadcasting these messages to the campus community via email and voicemail, we would contact students on their personal telephones and cell phones, using a new remote system that would enable us to reach them even if all campus systems were
inoperable. We also would work through the Residential Life staff to get the word out in person.
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04-18-2007, 01:50 PM
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It was very heroic of the professor who survived the Holocaust to give up his life to save others. It is remarkable. It shows true heroism and courage. He escaped, lived a long and rich life, and now allowed others to live. Amazing.
My school already asked everyone to enter their cell phone numbers, so that they can text us in case there is an emergency like that. There is also a condolence message from the president.
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My husband had him when he was at VT.
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