https://april16.vtlibraries.net/items/show/90
description: There are times when the three hour time difference between the East and West coasts is significant in ways one could never imagine. On April 16, this time difference meant that when I arrived at work at 8:00 am the events at Virginia Tech had already occurred, although it would be some hours until a more complete picture about the magnitude of the tragedy became clear. In the days since I have again felt myself to be part of that unique family that is Hokie nation. I have been in contact with roommates, friends, and teachers that I had not spoken with in years. And I have thought a great deal about the meaning and implications of the shootings. In many ways, this is just part of my normal activities. I work for a research center that examines how forces of global change are transforming security threats that confront states and their citizens. I often spend much of my day thinking about threats and vulnerabilities from terrorism, crime, and infectious disease. But the events of April 16 have presented me with a challenge as I consider the events not only from a security studies perspective, but also as someone who lived in Blacksburg for five years and earned two degrees from Virginia Tech. A few years ago, the center I work for conducted a project on school safety and emergency preparedness. One of the lessons I came away from the project with was an understanding that school shootings occur in places that seem unlikely, most often suburban and rural areas. In this way, Virginia Tech is like many of the other campuses - California State University at Fullerton, the University of Iowa, San Diego State University, the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, Virginia Appalachian School of Law, the University of Arizona Nursing College, and West Virginia Shepherd Universityâï¿½ï¿½that have been victims of shooting incidents. None of these schools are located in areas that spring to mind as particularly dangerous or crime ridden. Another lesson I came away from our pr…
creator: Bryan McDonald
date: 2007-05-02
contributor: Bryan McDonald
language: eng

Intermediate April 16 memorial planned
description: Tech students are happy with proposed design By: Bryan Schamus (June 7) Virginia Tech released its plans today for an intermediate memorial for the victims of the April 16 shootings, one day after announcing that Norris Hall, the site of 31 of the 33 shootings, would reopen on June 18. The memorial site will be located on the Drillfield, in front of Burruss Hall, where a makeshift memorial sprung up after the shootings. "The university community, and particularly the students, has become attached to this location. It seems only appropriate that we continue this tradition with something more substantive while we begin the process of looking elsewhere on campus for a permanent and fitting memorial to honor the memory and lives of our fallen students and faculty," Tech President Charles Steger said in a press release. Thirty-two small, upright Hokie stones - each etched with the name of one of the victims - will be installed in crushed gravel and surrounded by a semi-circular walking path. Construction is expected to be completed by the time students return for fall semester. Students walking around campus today seemed content with the decision when they saw an artists' rendering of what the memorial would look like. "Wow, that looks nice," and "Very cool" were their reactions when I showed them a copy of the design pictured above. "I personally really like the design," said Sumeet Bagai, a coordinator of Hokies United, the group that helped erect the first temporary memorial on the Drillfield. "I think it affirms the university's commitment to what students want and is more of a permanent version of what Hokies United did." The intermediate memorial and its location were chosen by a committee of about half a dozen Tech community members, including four students. Vice President of Alumni Relations Tom Tillar chaired that committee. Part of the temporary memorial currently on the Drillfield is a 33rd stone with Seung-Hui Cho's name next to it. That stone was not placed …
creator: Bryan Schamus
date: 2007-06-27
contributor: Sara Hood
rights: Chris Winston <Chris.Winston@biglicku.com>
language: eng

Norris Hall reopening is one step toward healing
description: A student perspective By: Bryan Schamus (June 6) I will admit that I once uttered the statement, "There is no way any student should have to walk through that building again." Norris Hall being "that building" - the site on campus at Virginia Tech where 31 of the 33 people killed on April 16 were shot. But now, almost two months later, I just don't feel that way anymore. When the university announced Tuesday in a press release that Norris will reopen on June 18, I was surprised. But after the initial shock wore off (about five minutes), I was not only OK with it, I realized that I am very glad. A lot of fellow students agree. "I think it's a good decision," said Caitlin Czeh, a 2005 graduate who has lived and worked in Blacksburg for the past two years. "It seemed like it just the right amount of time. A decision now will give students and professors who will be working in that building time to acclimate themselves and prepare themselves for being in there. And it gives those students who won't be in there some closure." As announced, the building will open for office and laboratory use only. It once accounted for 5 percent of the classrooms on campus but will never be used for classes again. I understand that not every student will be ready to return to that now-infamous building. But once again, the university is bending over backward to take care of students; other arrangements will be made for those not wanting to return there. Personally, I feel very comfortable with this decision, especially since the engineering faculty themselves requested to move back in, according to the press release. Many of them had laboratory equipment and other materials necessary to do their research that would have been difficult to relocate or replace. "As someone who was here [at Tech] on April 16, I don't know if I could go back into the building, especially so soon," said Jennie Tal, a 2007 graduate and a fellow BigLickU writer. "But on the other side, while this is a little soo…
creator: Bryan Schamus
date: 2007-06-28
contributor: Sara Hood
rights: Chris Winston <Chris.Winston@biglicku.com>
language: eng

Liviu Librescu, profesorul de eroism
description: Un roman admirat in toata lumea Liviu Librescu, profesorul de eroism A supravietuit Holocaustului si comunismului, dar l-a ucis un student. Presa internationala scrie pe larg despre profesorul israelian de origine romana Liviu Librescu, care a murit salvandu-si studentii in timpul masacrului din campusul Universitatii Tehnice din Virginia. Profesor de peste 20 de ani in SUA, Librescu a murit in timp ce bloca usa de acces in sala de curs, pentru ca studentii sa poata fugi de atacator. Universitatea Politehnica Bucuresti (UPB) a declarat marti - zi de doliu in memoria profesorului Liviu Librescu, fost absolvent al Facultatii de Inginerie Aerospatiala. · Universitatile din SUA - in stare de alerta. Ieri s-a inregistrat inca o amenintare · Studentii de la Virginia - reporteri care au filmat cu telefoanele · Atacatorul de la Virginia Tech - un student de origine sud-coreeana · America sub soc: masacru intr-un campus universitar Moartea lui Librescu si a colegului sau, Profesorul Kevin Granata, a fost anuntata prima data pe site-ul oficial al institutiei. Articolul postat in versiunea engleza a HotNews.ro, despre moartea lui Liviu Librescu, a fost preluat pe blogurile Claremont Institute for the Study of Statemanship and Political Philosphy. Un material dedicat de Associated Press lui Liviu Librescu a fost preluat de sute de publicatii din intreaga lume. Articolul povesteste cum familia lui Librescu a primit e-mailuri de consolare de la studentii acestuia, care au povestit despre modul cum s-a jertfit pentru studenti. CNN, The Times, The New York Times si Haaretz se numara printre multele publicatii si televiziuni care au relatat pe larg despre cum i-a aparat Librescu pe studenti cu pretul propriei sale vieti. Pe site-ul oficial al Universitatii Tehnice din Virginia, a fost anuntat decesul a doi dintre dascalii universitatii: Profesor Liviu Librescu si Profesor Kevin Granata, morti pe data de 16 aprilie 2007, in timp ce isi tineau cursurile in cladirea Norris Hall de …
creator: C.Marin
date: 2007-06-08
contributor: Adriana Seagle
language: ron

Korean Reaction to VA Tech Shootings: Guilt vs. Solidarity
description: Sunday, April 22nd, 2007 At the risk of overanalyzing the events surrounding the shootings at Virginia Tech last week, I would like to offer one last set of observations. In my previous posts, I've acknowledged that certainly, there are many complicated emotions and reactions to these tragic events. This also applies to Koreans and Korean Americans, for whom this event stirs up additional feelings that include guilt, shame, and embarrassment based on the fact that the gunman was Korean American. As one article from New American Media describes, many Koreans felt that Cho's murderous rampage tarnished the image of Koreans and Korean Americans and that it would lead to a backlash against them. Korean government officials have also issued repeated apologies, perhaps fearing that an association with Cho would interfere with their diplomatic and/or economic relations with Americans. In talking about this particular issue with my Korean American colleagues, many of them observe that for whatever reasons, many Asian Americans in general, but Koreans in particular, are very quick to personalize and internalize the high-profile public failures of anyone identified as Korean or Korean American, and to therefore feel a deep and profound sense of humiliation and guilt about such events. The implication is that somehow, the entire Korean/Korean American community is "responsible" or "at fault" in some way for Cho's actions. In contrast, many Koreans/Korean Americans, particularly younger or more "Americanized" members, feel that while they obviously share in the shock, grief, and sorrow regarding the tragic events at Virginia Tech, their community should not have to feel that they are somehow responsible for what Cho did just because he was Korean American, in the same way that Whites as a collective group were not responsible for the shooting massacre at Columbine High School eight years ago, nor any of the other high-profile school shootings in recent American history. I happe…
creator: C.N. Le
date: 2007-06-06
contributor: Brent Jesiek
rights: C.N. Le (le@soc.umass.edu)
language: eng

Immigrant Status of VA Tech Gunman: Does it Matter?
description: Thursday, April 19th, 2007 Following up on my last post about Seung Hui Cho, the Virginia Tech gunman, the evidence that’s coming out seems to suggest that among other things, he felt ridiculed for his social class background (at least in comparison to the ‘rich’ kids that he railed against in his suicide note and video) and for being quiet -- but apparently not specifically for being Asian. In other words, it does not seem that he was lashing out in reaction to incidents of racial prejudice or discrimination. I personally feel somewhat relieved to know that prejudice can now be removed from the equation. Why is that comforting to know? Because to me, it means that Asians and Koreans on the one hand, will not have to engage in the “blame game” with non-Asians on the other (specifically those who would have been the perpetrators of prejudice against him). Nonetheless, a different aspect to the media’s coverage of his situation has gotten my attention and that of many others. Specifically, a lot of analysts, commentators, and observers have brought up the fact that he originally immigrated to the U.S. from Korea. One example of this is to refer to him in the traditional Asian way of using the surname first -- Cho Seung-Hui, instead of the American version-- Seung-Hui Cho. Does his immigrant status make a difference in trying to understand what he did? For many Asian Americans, the answer is no. First of all, even though he was originally from South Korea, he immigrated at a relatively early age -- 8. According to sociologists and demographers, that makes him part of the “1.5 generation” -- in between the first generation (that would be his parents) and the second generation (those born in the U.S.). The distinction of being 1.5 generation also includes being raised and socialized primarily as an American. In other words, most of his formative schooling took place in the U.S. and by all accounts, he was perfectly fluent in English. In fact, he was so Americanized that …
creator: C.N. Le
date: 2007-06-06
contributor: Brent Jesiek
rights: C.N. Le (le@soc.umass.edu)
language: eng

Asian Identity of Virginia Tech Gunman
description: Tuesday, April 17th, 2007 By now, I’m sure everybody has heard of the tragedy that took place yesterday, Monday April 16, at Virginia Tech University. Words cannot adequately convey the profound shock and sadness that I feel about this unthinkable human catastrophe. As an educator, a parent -- as a human being -- I am struggling to come to grips with the enormity of what happened but at the least, I want to convey my deepest, most sincere condolences to everyone affected by these killings. You may have also heard that gunman has been officially identified as an Asian American -- Seung-Hui Cho, a 23 year old senior English major at Virginia Tech who originally immigrated from South Korea in 1992. The Associated Press article cited above notes that he was referred to school counselors after his instructors found his creative writing rather disturbing. The Chicago Tribune also reports that he apparently left a rambling suicide note that railed against “‘rich kids,’ ‘debauchery’ and ‘deceitful charlatans’ on campus” and that he had committed several strange and violent acts in recent weeks. As a sociologist and Asian American Studies scholar, I will try to to put some sociological context into this horrific tragedy and several initial reactions come to mind: If the gunman were White, his racial identity would go virtually unnoticed and unmentioned. However, because he was a person of color, much will probably be made of his racial identity. Specifically, because he was Asian American, much of the nation’s attention will be turned to examining what kinds of cultural characteristics may have influenced his behavior. Also, inevitably, there will be some extreme reactions from xenophobes and people with anti-immigrant positions, perhaps along the lines of “This is what happens when we let in all kinds of immigrants, so we need to shut down our borders” or “We let in these damn foreigners and give them a chance at a better life and this is how they return the favor?” In addi…
creator: C.N. Le
date: 2007-06-06
contributor: Brent Jesiek
rights: C.N. Le (le@soc.umass.edu)
language: eng

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creator: 牛震
date: 2007-08-16
contributor: Na Mi
language: zh-Hans

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date: 2007-07-22
contributor: Na Mi
language: zh-Hans

Editorial: The necessary right of self-defense
description: From the May 2007 Print Edition Respectfully observing tragedy is never easy. Tempering a respect for the deceased and their families with a desire to draw upon lessons from the tragedy to prevent future occurrences is touchy. Indeed, allegations have already been levied that some have exploited the Virginia Tech shootings for political gain. Within hours of the attack, gun-control advocates began a full-fledged campaign against gun-rights politicians, as many in the media were quick to call for increased regulation of guns, ostensibly to prevent future tragedies. We at the Patriot give our condolences to the families of the deceased, and pray for a quick recovery of those affected by the attack. At the same time, we take a firm stand against gun-control advocates who attempt to offensively use the recent tragedy to silence other voices. The aftermath of Columbine was no different. Second Amendment advocates were branded "insensitive" and politicians seized the opportunity to put gun-control measures on the table. However, Virginia Tech bears little resemblance to Columbine. Though the first two student deaths in the dormitory were unexpected, the subsequent slayings in Norris Hall could have been prevented with adequate campus security and warnings. The issue at question should be the shoddy campus security and an administration's apparent complacency in the face of red flags; campus officials issued only an e-mail warning to students after the first two victims were found murdered. Virginia Tech's administration is not unique. UC Berkeley's own stance on security is laughable, in the face of a locus of crime around People's Park. Vagrancy exists as a catalyst for crime, yet is permitted to continue. Admittedly, muggings and university shootings are on separate planes, but the complacency about student safety is the same. Unfortunately, it takes a tragedy before bureaucratic and disconnected administrations get serious about student safety. Despite the fact that th…
creator: California Patriot
date: 2007-08-05
contributor: Brent Jesiek
rights: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.5 License
language: eng

Room 206 by Cameron Girard
description: To Students, Faculty, Staff and Friends at VTU: On April 16th 2007, a day before my 16th birthday, a tragedy that you know all too well struck your campus, your city, and the entire United States. I received our local paper and couldn't believe what I read. I tried initially to shake off the event and continue with my own life, but I couldn't. My mind was constantly filled with questions... "How?"... "Why?" To help articulate my thoughts, I took this newspaper and over the next few weeks wrote the song contained on this CD. For mostly selfish reasons I put to words and music what I've observed through my 16 years on this earth. These lyrics aren't meant to have a complex political or religious meaning; rather they should be taken just as a straight forward observation. I hope that this song can help comfort and heal those that need it, and to put at ease a few questions that April 16th 2007 left heavy in your hearts and minds. Sincerely, Cameron Girard Chelsea, Michigan (Submitted by Cam's dad, Tom Girard)
creator: Cameron Girard
date: 2008-04-09
contributor: Tom Girard
language: eng

On One Year Anniversary of VT, Many Move On But Remember
description: By Can Tran April 16, 2008 April 16, 2008, marks the one year anniversary of the Virginia Tech massacre as Korean student Cho Seung-hui in a fit of madness and depression went on a shooting rampage as he took the lives of thirty-two students and teachers on the Virginia Tech campus, before turning the gun on himself. This day would forever be engraved as a moment of darkness in the history of twenty-first century American let alone for Virginia Tech. While a year has pasted with many working hard to move away from the dark incident, there are those that are still coping. Many have lost friends and family members in the Virginia Tech shooting. Bryan Cloyd lost his daughter Austin, in the VT shooting. "I won't be able to walk my daughter down the aisle at her wedding. I won't be able to bounce her children on my knee," Bryan Cloyd said. He added: "And I don't think it's helpful to dwell on that, because where that leads is just more sadness. I think what's helpful to do is to dwell on what can be. What can we do with what we have?" In the case of Cho, the one responsible for the shooting; there are no public memorials planned. In related news, eight months after the Virginia Tech shooting, 21-year-old Korean student Daniel Kim had taken his own life. His father, William Kim, said that the school was not taking the warning signs of suicide that serious. In the case of Daniel Kim, he fell into state of depression out of fear that he could be mistaken for Cho Seung-hui. The scars of the Virginia Tech shooting could extend towards South Korea, whose government had issued an apology for Cho's actions. On an interesting note, the one year anniversary of the Virginia Tech shooting comes on the same day as the Democratic debate in Pennsylvania between Democratic frontrunners Senator Hillary Clinton of New York and Senator Barack Obama of Illinois. On that note, the hot button topic could be gun ownership rights. In Pennsylvania, there are almost one-million licensed hunters. …
creator: Can Tran
date: 2008-04-19
contributor: Kacey Beddoes
language: eng

Virginia Tech, Imus and Curve Balls
description: [Philosophical Musing on Media Culture] By Carl Davidson 20 Apr 2007 The universe throws curve balls at us, now and then. It seems to want to wake us up, and teach us lessons in impermanence and interconnectedness. Take the killings at Virginia Tech. A strange, quiet young Korean man, Cho Seung-Hui, writer of tortured and violent plays and screeds, makes his own solipsistic martial arts-gangsta video of himself, and sends it to the media, in the course of slaughtering 32 people, then killing himself. The media sensationalizes it. MSNBC ratings go through the roof as its images are repeated, to millions and millions, then all the networks join in the frenzy. As expected, other troubled youth respond, in copy-cat fashion, often only with words, and scares shut down numerous classes across the country. At the same time, discussions of 'healing' get underway. Talk show commentators are having a time of it. I hear both liberal and conservatives alike carry on about 'looking in the face of evil' and trashing the notions of illness and therapy. Rush Limbaugh and one caller on his show go on about how the Korean youth is an 'America hater,' 'suicide bomber,' and simply evil. Retired FBI guys talk about 'training' students to be able to respond better, and hiring tougher 'security.' People debate police tactics, censorship and guns. Then a British paper goes to a tiny hut in Korea, and a reporter talks to the boy's grandparents, who say he was a bad kid and 'deserved to die' for his sins. But the grandparents also reveal the poverty of his parents as they immigrated to the U.S. Most important, they reveal their grandson was diagnosed early with autism, but the poverty all around prevented them from doing much about it, either in Korea or here. Autism is recently growing with unusual speed in the US. Parents, rich and poor, are desperate for help, since dealing with an autistic child is often beyond any couple, however well off. One radio personality, Don Imus, takes up their…
creator: Carl Davidson
date: 2007-06-10
contributor: Brent Jesiek
rights: Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication
language: eng

Todos somos Virginia Tech
description: Creado por Carlos Albaladejo 18 de Abril del 2007 10:44 am Es la frase más repetida en las últimas horas en el sector educativo norteamericano. La triste noticia de la matanza provocada por un estudiante asiático en la universidad de Virginia Tech ha provocado reacciones a lo largo y ancho del país: desde autoridades gubernamentales y universitarias hasta familiares y amigos pasando por las incontables respuestas aparecidas en tan poco tiempo en la Red. Hoy vamos a hablar de esto último, dado que la reacción en la Red está siendo abrumadora, merece la pena decicarle un post al tema. Antes de ello, es inevitable descargar esa opinión subjetiva que todos llevamos dentro, así que tendrán que perdonarme por el abuso del medio para expresar una opinión personal. Entiendo que el derecho a tener un arma de fuego es un derecho fundamental recogido por la Constitución de los Estados Unidos, y que, por tanto, la conveniencia o no de ese derecho es un debate muy difícil. Nunca ha sido sencillo poner en tela de juicio parte de una Constitución, con todas las dudas, las polémicas y las manifestaciones de uno y otro lado que se derivan de este tipo de discusones. Lo que no entiendo es por qué, ante la dificultad de echar mano al motivo que se presenta como de mayor evidencia cada vez que algún adolescente armado pierde la cabeza en EE.UU., se acaba arremetiendo siempre contra otros posibles motivos que a poco que se analicen caen por su propio peso. Me refiero a la continua acusación que se hace a los videojuegos violentos cada vez que ocurre una desgracia. En España los adolescentes también pasan muchas horas jugando a Grand Theft Auto, y ninguno de ellos se hace con un arma y dispara contra sus compañeros de clase. Sencillamente, porque en España no es fácil conseguir un arma. Recuerdo que cuando José Rabadán asesinó a su familia con una katana en Murcia se habló largo y tendido de la conveniencia de productos para adolescentes como Final Fantasy, per…
creator: Carlos Albaladejo
date: 2007-07-19
contributor: Elva Orozco
rights: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5
language: spa

Otra vez el holocausto
description: Por Carlos Alberto Montaner 1 de mayo de 2007 Cuando Seung-Hui Cho fue a entrar pistola en mano en la clase de aeronáutica para asesinar a sus condiscípulos en Virginia Tech, el profesor Liviu Librescu, un anciano de 76 años, menudo de cuerpo pero dotado de un carácter firme, se lo impidió durante unos minutos mientras sus estudiantes huían por las ventanas. Finalmente, el joven asesino hirió de muerte a Librescu y siguió su recorrido en busca de nuevas víctimas. Librescu era el scholar con más publicaciones de toda la universidad. Un verdadero sabio en su campo de investigaciones. Esto sucedió el 16 de abril, precisamente en Yom Hashosha, el día en que se conmemora el Holocausto que arrasó sin piedad con seis millones de judíos europeos entre 1935, cuando Hitler promulgó ''las leyes de Nuremberg'', con las que despojó de derechos a las personas de esta etnia o religión, hasta 1945, cuando los aliados entraron en los campos de exterminio y, horrorizados, encontraron a un puñado de despojos humanos que habían logrado sobrevivir milagrosamente. Uno de esos sobrevivientes del Holocausto había sido Librescu, entonces un adolescente en su Rumanía natal, a quien el destino todavía le depararía otra experiencia monstruosa: el establecimiento de la dictadura comunista en Rumanía, también teñida por el antisemitismo, la irracionalidad y la barbarie. A fines de los setenta, afortunadamente, por una gestión de Menajem Begin, consiguió emigrar a Israel y, unos años más tarde, desembarcó en Estados Unidos donde acaba de morir heroica e inesperadamente a manos de un muchacho enloquecido. Traigo a cuento la historia triste y gloriosa de Librescu porque llega en medio de un debate mundial: ¿qué hacer con los canallas que niegan la existencia del Holocausto? En Canadá y en algunos países de Europa los parlamentos han aprobado leyes por las que sancionan a quienes niegan el exterminio masivo de judíos, alegando que esa falsedad estimula el odio rac…
creator: Carlos Alberto Montaner
date: 2007-08-01
contributor: Elva Orozco
rights: Gabriel Gasave Reasearch Analyst Center On Global Prosperity The Independent Institute ggasave@independent.org August 01, 2007
language: spa

Virginia Tech rampage by Latuff2
description: Artist's Comments Reconstitution based on accounts of survivors of the Virginia Tech College shooting rampage, where 32 people were massacred by a gunman. (SECOND UPDATE - April 18) More accurate depiction based on photos taken by the own gunman. (UPDATE - April 18) Adding new items to image, according witnesses. 1 - Glock 9mm pistol in his right hand 2 - Glasses 3 - Jeans 4 - Maroon cap -- Original submitted to deviantart.com on April 17, 2007: http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/53411839/ Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 License.
creator: Carlos Latuff
date: 2007-05-24
contributor: Brent Jesiek
rights: Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5
language: eng

Cho Seung Hui by Latuff2
description: Artist's Comments Ask yourself... -- Original submitted to deviantart.com on April 20, 2007: http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/53664372/ Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5.
creator: Carlos Latuff
date: 2007-05-24
contributor: Brent Jesiek
rights: Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5
language: eng

Cho Seung Hui comics by Latuff2
description: Artist's Comments Experimental black and white comics on Cho Seung Hui, the Virginia Tech gunman. -- Original submitted to deviantart.com on April 23, 2007: http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/53830744/ Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 License.
creator: Carlos Latuff
date: 2007-05-24
contributor: Brent Jesiek
rights: Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5
language: eng

Cho Seung Hui comics 2 by Latuff2
description: Artist's Comments Experimental black and white comics on Cho Seung Hui, the Virginia Tech gunman. -- Original submitted to deviantart.com on April 24, 2007: http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/53908783/ Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 License.
creator: Carlos Latuff
date: 2007-05-24
contributor: Brent Jesiek
rights: Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5
language: eng

Cho Seung Hui comics 3 by Latuff2
description: Artist's Comments Experimental black and white comics on Cho Seung Hui, the Virginia Tech gunman. -- Original submitted to deviantart.com on April 28, 2007: http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/54219309/ Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 License.
creator: Carlos Latuff
date: 2007-05-24
contributor: Brent Jesiek
rights: Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5
language: eng