1 20 1884 Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Sara AA Hood Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Andy Boyle Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2007-09-03 Description An account of the resource By: Andy Boyle Posted: 4/23/07 An unknown man called in a false bomb threat to Othmer Hall around noon Friday. The engineering building was closed for about two hours to students, faculty and staff members while authorities searched for explosives. Kelly Bartling, a spokeswoman for the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, said on Friday a man called Dean of Engineering David Allen&#39;s office and told an assistant, "I planted a bomb in the building, you bitch." The secretary called University Police, who advised her to leave the building and pull the fire alarm. Garret Schram, a junior civil engineering major, was in the building "30 seconds after the call." People were crowded around a desk talking quietly, he said. Schram was in the office getting lunch tickets for an E-week event that college was hosting. E-week is an annual celebration put on by the engineering college. Schram then ran out of the building with everyone else. The college&#39;s E-week included an open house meant for recruiting, displaying presentations, checking out labs and meeting with businesses that came for recruitment, said Joey Schaefer, a junior mechanical engineering major. At a press conference Friday, UNL Chancellor Harvey Perlman said the bomb threat wasn&#39;t real and other campuses across the country have had similar threats over the week. "Unfortunately, these are to be expected when we had a major event like we had at Virginia Tech," he said. Othmer Hall contains the Biological Process Development Facility, which researches vaccines for biological warfare agents, according to the facility&#39;s Web site, www.bpdf.unl.edu. John Ballard, the associate dean of the engineering college, said he didn&#39;t know if there was a hazard involved because of the facility&#39;s research in biological warfare. Othmer Hall was the first building evacuated, said University Police Chief Owen Yardley. Connecting buildings Nebraska Hall and the Walter Scott Engineering Center were evacuated about 20 minutes later. The last previous bomb threat called in to the university occurred in late September when a man approached a group of sorority members at the parking garage at 17th and R and claimed to have a bomb. Yardley couldn&#39;t comment on how the search of Othmer was conducted. He also would not confirm that the caller was a man. Earlier, Bartling told the Daily Nebraskan the caller was a man. "We know it was a phone call that was received by somebody in the department," Yardley said. Police procedure is to attempt traces on the phone call and investigate who is involved, Yardley said. He said a bomb threat is be a felony charge. Perlman said if a student were involved, he would like them to be punished as seriously as the university allows. "I would hope that the campus community would take this seriously," he said, "and if anybody hears or sees anything that would help in this investigation, they would notify campus police or Crime Stoppers or provide us with information." University Police can be reached at 472-3555. The Crime Stoppers&#39; phone number is 475-3600. -Daily Nebraskan senior reporter Johnny Perez contributed to this story -- Original Source:<a href=http://media.www.dailynebraskan.com/media/storage/paper857/news/2007/04/23/News/Othmer.Bomb.Threat.Perpetrator.Still.Unknown-2873794.shtml> Daily Nebraskan - April 23, 2007</a> Language A language of the resource eng Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Daily Nebraskan Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Josh Swartzlander <jdwriter19@yahoo.com> Title A name given to the resource Othmer bomb threat perpetrator still unknown university of nebraska Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Na Mi Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource China Daily/agencies Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2007-07-18 Description An account of the resource UPDATED: 11:01, April 18, 2007 Foreign politicians and media once again attacked America&#39;s "gun culture" yesterday. Australian Prime Minister John Howard said tough legislation introduced after a mass shooting in Tasmania in 1996 had prevented the US gun culture emerging in his country. After the shooting Australia imposed laws banning almost all types of semi-automatic weapons. "We showed a national resolve that the gun culture that is such a negative in the United States would never become a negative in our country," said Howard, extending sympathies to the families of the victims at Virginia Tech University. British Prime Minister Tony Blair and German Chancellor Angela Merkel also expressed their sympathies. Britain&#39;s Queen Elizabeth II was "shocked" and "saddened," a spokeswoman for Buckingham Palace said. Along with her husband, the Duke of Edinburgh, the queen is set to pay a two-day visit to Virginia early next month to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the Jamestown Settlement, her first visit to the United States in 16 years. Iran, at loggerheads with the United States over its nuclear program, spoke out against the killings. "Iran condemns the killing of Virginia university students and expresses its condolences to the families of victims and the American nation," Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad Ali Hosseini said in a statement. European newspapers saw a grim inevitability about the shootings, given the right to bear arms which is enshrined in US constitution. In Italy, the Leftist Il Manifesto newspaper said the shooting was "as American as apple pie". More than 30,000 people die from gunshot wounds in the United States annually and there are more guns in private hands than in any other country. But a powerful gun lobby and support for gun ownership have thwarted attempts to tighten controls. "It would be vain to hope that even so destructive a crime as this will cool the American ardour for guns," the Independent newspaper said in a commentary. Gerard Baker, a columnist for The Times newspaper, feared worse was yet to come: "The truth is that only an optimist would imagine Virginia Tech will hold the new record for very long." France&#39;s Le Monde newspaper said such episodes frequently disfigure the "American dream". "The... slaughter forces American society to once again examine itself, its violence, the obsession with guns of part of its population, the troubles of its youth, subjected to the double tyranny of abundance and competition," it wrote. Campaigners in other countries where gun ownership is common expressed fears of a similar massacre. -- Original Source:: China Daily/agencies <a href="http://english.people.com.cn/200704/18/eng20070418_367507.html">http://english.people.com.cn/200704/18/eng20070418_367507.html</a> Language A language of the resource eng Title A name given to the resource &#39;Gun culture&#39; again target of criticism after killings gun culture gun ownership Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Sara Hood Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Claire Morgenstern Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2007-07-31 Description An account of the resource Forum | Claire Morgenstern The day following the Virginia Tech shootings, a message from President Cohon was sent out via e-mail outlining procedures for seeking psychological counseling and reassuring us that we had security on campus. The university wished to provide reassurance that "it couldn&#39;t happen here." Two days later, on April 19, Carnegie Mellon endured its own potential nightmare. A graduate student was apprehended by police with a three-foot-tall, torpedo-shaped metal cylinder in the backseat of his car behind Smith Hall. Police determined that the object was benign — though they would not, or could not, reveal what it was used for. Not exactly a reassuring scenario. The entire incident lasted less than two hours, and most students were blissfully unaware of it. Officials sent out no e-mail warning, issued no official evacuation or lockdown order. Even now, after 10 days, Official Communications has yet to explain the incident or reassure the campus. No press release has been posted on our own university website, though Media Relations spent hours in the wake of the incident talking to local TV and newspaper reporters, presumably to ensure they had the latest information. University Police literally hung up the phone when asked for information. Despite the horrific events at Virginia Tech and all that we had supposedly "learned" there, Carnegie Mellon made precisely the same potential mistake — cutting off communication to the campus community. President Cohon&#39;s post-Virginia Tech e-mail was similarly ambiguous. Serving more as a liability waiver than an instructional tool, it put the burden on students to seek help in an effort to return to normalcy. Cohon and the administration should first hold up their end of the deal by ensuring campus saftey through effective communication instead of arbitrarily offering counseling. That e-mail also linked to an obscure university website that — who knew? — outlined campus safety procedures. This site, ehs.cmu.edu, previously firewalled, was only made accessible in the wake of the Virginia Tech massacre. Still, its utility is limited. A student who visits the site can learn how to prepare for heat rash, SARS, or West Nile virus — but not what to do when he sees someone wielding a handgun. Environmental Health and Safety&#39;s (EH&S) emergency communication consists of AlertNow, a system that enables the department to make 5000 phone calls a minute to alert floor marshals of a campus emergency. This system was not implemented on April 19 — an unforgivable decision in the age of text and instant messaging, PDAs, and podcasts. Furthermore, the system only alerts floor marshals and RAs, enabling those who are already in a building to stay there and offering no instructions to those already outside — exactly what happened at Virginia Tech. Carnegie Mellon can do better. Days before the Virginia Tech massacre, Princeton University instituted the Connect-ED alert system. It enables campus leaders to send simultaneous alerts to individuals through landline and cellular phones, text messaging, and e-mail in a matter of minutes using contact information provided by each member of the campus community. While no one could expect such a system to be implemented tomorrow, we have the right to expect basic, essential information to be disseminated promptly through the systems we already have, specifically e-mail and the university website. The university&#39;s actions, or lack thereof, are completely insufficient. Clearly, "it could never happen here" is not a valid excuse; hopefully, no student, let alone 33, will have to die before the university improves its safety measures. -- Original Source: <a href=http://www.thetartan.org/2007/4/30/forum/bomb_scare>The Tartan - April 30, 2007</a> Language A language of the resource eng Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Tartan Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Shawn Wertz <swertz@andrew.cmu.edu> Title A name given to the resource University safety procedures leave students in the dark campus safety cmu emergency notification Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Sara Hood Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource ELI DILE Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2007-08-19 Description An account of the resource By: ELI DILE Staff Writer Posted: 5/22/07 The Virginia Tech massacre in late April was a shocking reminder of the importance of campus safety. Pitt, which spends more than $9 million annually on security measures, has many organizations and programs that promote safety on campus. First and foremost, the Pitt police department safeguards the lives of students every day and represents the third largest police force in Allegheny County. In addition to officers on foot, bicycle or motorcycle, the department includes 74 commissioned police officers and has a minimum of four cars patrolling Oakland&#39;s streets during each shift. There are four Pitt police stations on campus. They are located at Sutherland Hall, Sennott Square and two locations on Forbes Avenue, one between the Barco Law Building and David Lawrence Hall. The other is the new Public Safety Building located at 3412 Forbes Ave. Students can report crimes by calling the Pitt police at (412) 624-2121 or by dialing 4-2121 on a campus phone, going to one of the stations or by using the anonymous tips portion of the Pitt police&#39;s website at www.pitt.edu/~police. More than 500 emergency phones, which students can use to contact Pitt police in case of an emergency, are located across campus. Exterior and garage phones are easily identifiable by their blue lights. In addition, nearly 300 surveillance cameras are spread throughout the campus and are monitored 24 hours a day. The University also maintains many other safety measures beside the University police. In the event of a campus-wide emergency, the communications center at the Public Safety Building is equipped to lock down 80 percent of Pitt&#39;s buildings. Also, the University can send emergency e-mails to students, faculty and staff and make emergency announcements over the public address systems in campus buildings. Pitt&#39;s Office of Sexual Assault Services provides counseling and medical services for anyone who has been sexually harassed or abused. Students can reach OSAS at (412) 648-7930. Each term the University offers a one-credit personal-defense course, which teaches students to defend themselves and escape from an attacker. Security guards control access to all residence halls. Students must present their student IDs, which are then swiped through an electronic system by the guards, to gain access to their residence halls. Guests wishing to enter a residence hall must first have a student who lives there sign them in. Guests must also be signed out or the resident may face a fine. Each residence hall has a resident assistant on every floor. Their duties include supervising fire evacuations, resolving roommate disputes, and handling vandalism, disorderly conduct, medical and psychological emergencies. RAs are on duty every evening, including weekends and holidays. Each residence hall has a resident director to supervise the RAs. In all residence halls, dorm-room doors can only be opened with either a key or the occupant&#39;s student ID followed by a four-digit code. The University also urges students to practice common sense when traversing the campus. Students should stay in well-lit and highly-traveled areas. When running or walking, students should travel with someone and carry a whistle. Students should also familiarize themselves with emergency phone locations. -- Original Source:<a href=http://media.www.pittnews.com/media/storage/paper879/news/2007/05/22/NewStudentGuide/University.Enacts.Many.Campus.Security.Measures-2906644.shtml>The Pitt News - May 22, 2007</a> Language A language of the resource eng Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Annie Tubbs <annietubbs@gmail.com> Title A name given to the resource University enacts many campus security measures campus security pitt university public safety security university response Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Sara Hood Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Jenna Nierstedt Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2007-08-14 Description An account of the resource <b>Police plan to arrest part-time MET student today</b> By: Jenna Nierstedt Posted: 4/19/07 A part-time Boston University student allegedly threatened to recreate the Virginia Tech shootings at Wheelock College late Monday, according to police, who took the man to a hospital and plan to arrest him today. Andrew Rosenblum, 20, allegedly sent online messages to a woman he had dated in 2005, threatening to kill her and her friends at Wheelock, a private college of mostly women in Boston, according to the Boston Police Department. The woman received multiple instant messages "with some very threatening words" late Monday night, according to the BPD, the same day a Virginia Tech senior shot and killed 32 people and himself on the campus. Shortly after receiving the messages, the woman placed an emergency call to the BPD. BPD immediately notified the Needham Police Department, whose officers picked up Rosenblum at his parents&#39; house in Needham early Tuesday morning. NPD Lieutenant John Kraemer said the department turned over custody and care of Rosenblum to Newton-Wellesley Hospital. Hospital representatives said Rosenblum&#39;s name did not appear in their database, but they said it is possible he was placed in the psychiatric ward, where patients are not registered in the hospital&#39;s system. "The victim in question did exactly the right thing in saving and printing the threatening messages and notifying police immediately," said Jake Wark, a spokesman for the Suffolk County District Attorney&#39;s Office. Wark said the BPD received an arrest warrant for Rosenblum, and upon arrest, Rosenblum will be charged with threat to do bodily harm. He will be brought to BPD District B-2 of Roxbury, where he will be arraigned in the Roxbury Division of the Boston Municipal Court Department. Police said they hope to arraign Rosenblum today. BU officials confirmed that Rosenblum is a registered part-time student at Metropolitan College and is taking two courses this semester, although he is not seeking a degree. Dean of Students Kenneth Elmore acknowledged Rosenblum&#39;s situation but declined to comment. A Wheelock statement mentioned its representatives attended Tuesday&#39;s meeting with other universities and law enforcement agencies to discuss campus security measures for Boston schools. "We are continuing to assure our students and faculty and staff that our campus continues to be safe, and that obviously, campus safety continues to be paramount," said Wheelock Public Relations Director Rochelle Rosen. Rosenblum hosts a video-game review show on an MTV website, but he is not directly employed by MTV, said company public relations representative Jennifer DeGuzman. Segments from Rosenblum&#39;s show appeared on an MTV.com video-game show June, 30, 2006 and Aug. 25, 2006, DeGuzman said. "I think people are reading into this story and automatically assuming that he&#39;s a host on MTV," DeGuzman said. -- Original Source:<a href=http://media.www.dailyfreepress.com/media/storage/paper87/news/2007/04/19/News/Bu.Student.Allegedly.Threatened.Shootings-2852999.shtml> The Daily Free Press - April 19, 2007</a> Language A language of the resource eng Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Daily Free Press Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Matt Negrin <editor@dailyfreepress.com> Title A name given to the resource BU student allegedly threatened shootings campus safety copycat threats threats boston university Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Na Mi Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Li Xuejiang Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2007-07-18 Description An account of the resource UPDATED: 17:04, April 19, 2007 A total of 33 people, including the gunman Seung-Hui Cho, 23, were killed Monday at Virginia Tech University in the deadiest shooting rampage in modern US history. The whole of the United States is stunned and shocked, and so is the entire world. At the time when people, full of sympathy, are plunged themselves in an extreme sorrow and grief, they cannot but naturally ask such a question: Why it (the shooting rampage) has been again occurred in the U.S., and again in on the campus? In fact, this is not beyond people&#39;s expectations, as it is neither the first tragedy, nor the last, because there are two reasons involved: First, the Second Amendment to the US Constitution specifies that the American people are endowered with the "right to keep and bear arms", which cannot be encroached upon. So the sale and purchase of firearms are legal in the United States according to law. Consequently, a large number of American families possess guns. Approximately 200 million guns are owned privately in the U.S., which has a population of 300 million, note relevant statistics released by the US Department of Justice. It has been reported that Seung-Hui Cho, the gunman on the Virginia campus killings, bought his first gun, a 9mm handgun, on March 13 at Roanoke, Va. Gun store, and he timed the purchase of his two firearms to be far enough apart that he would not run afoul of the "one gun a month" law. Why does the United States still not amend its Constitution to ban the use of firearms after a frequent occurrence of mass killings with guns? Almost every shooting rampage is followed by a nationwide debate on whether or not the possession of firearms should be banned. But bills for banning the ownership of guns will not be passed in Congress in the end. This, however, has something to do with the influential and powerful National Rifle Association of America, or NRA. Having a membership of some 3 million that includes arms dealers, rich hunters and firearms fans, the NRA has both money and the vote with a significant impact in both Congressional and presidential elections. Any amendment of the US Constitution has to be rectified with a two-thirds majority at both chambers of US Congress and, therefore, the rigid draft firearms banning code remains a "still born in the womb". And gun owners seem to have some kind of reason, alleging that it is the gunman not the gun that kills people and the guns themselves cannot massacre people automatically. Second, every society is made up of all kinds of people, and an undeniable reality is that a handful of people do not have a "sound" or healthy mind or character and still a small member of people are somewhat in mental disorders. Once these people seize firearms, others will be exposed to an immense threat. Relevant statistics show that close to half the killers have mental problems of some sort and, so for the sake of safeguarding social security, it is a must to reduce or prevent their accesses to firearms. Just imagine how is it possible for the gunman in the campus shooting rampage in Virginia Tech to massacre so many people if he had only a sword or a knife, not two guns in hand? Furthermore, to make an in-depth analysis of its causes, a kind of culture to adore the force has been fostered and spread in the process from the War of Independence in 1776 to the subsequent extension westward in the late 18th century and early 19th centuries. In the meantime, violence and bloodshed scenes have been kept flooding "cowboy" movies and audio and visual products based on high-tech Star wars. This has created notions in minds of kids to worship the force and resort to it to solve problems. On April 20, 1999, two teenagers, aged 17 or 18, killed 12 fellow students and a teacher and wounded 24 others before taking their own lives at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado. What they did was solely simulated and designed with meticulous care on audio and visual items to peddle or spread violence and crimes. Seung-Hui Cho, a South Korean American student, has been in the U.S. from a very young age. If he was in South Korea, a nation of his birth instead of the U.S., would a tragedy of such a scale could happen? To date, the entire world has been mourning with a deep grief over victims in the Virginia campus killing rampage, and another round of debate for prohibition of firearms ban is in sight in the United States. If only the loss of 33 precious young lives on the Virginia campus will arouse the awareness and introspection of American statesmen. </b> <i>By People&#39;s Daily Online, and its author is Li Xuejiang, a top PD resident reporter in the U.S.</i> -- Original Source: People&#39;s Daily Online, China <a href="http://english.people.com.cn/200704/19/eng20070419_368006.html">http://english.people.com.cn/200704/19/eng20070419_368006.html</a> Language A language of the resource eng Title A name given to the resource Ponderation over shock from US campus shooting rampage cho constitution culture gun control second ammendment seung-hui cho Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Sara Hood Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Martha Kim Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2007-07-11 Description An account of the resource By: Martha Kim Issue date: 4/24/07 Section: Letters to the Editor To the editor: As a Korean-American, I am appalled at the media&#39;s focus on the fact that the Virginia Tech killer was a "resident alien" from South Korea, even though he has lived in the U.S. for 15 of his 23 years of life. Had Cho Seung-Hui been born in a Western European country, his nationality would not have been a focal point of the news coverage. I feel that Koreans in America, or even those in Korea, should not feel the need or obligation to apologize for the actions of one man. Cho did not speak or act on behalf of Koreans everywhere, and he most certainly does not represent the attitudes Koreans have. My parents emigrated from Korea and many of my friends are also the children of Korean immigrants, yet none of us feel any desire to repeat what this man has done. So why should the Korean community in America fear a backlash? Should this group feel the need to make amends for a stranger&#39;s actions? As a Virginian, I grieve with the families and peers of the victims. I have many friends who attend Virginia Tech, and I was terrified for their well-being, both physically and psychologically, upon hearing the news. But I did not feel the necessity to apologize for his deeds. Had he been from Kansas, should all residents of Kansas have felt compelled to apologize? Yes, he was a resident alien from Korea who was socially inept and shunned by his classmates, but there are other aspects of his character that should be addressed instead of his ethnicity, such as the fact that he was mentally ill or that he was suicidal. We should be focused on recognizing signals of a troubled person and preparing to handle it appropriately instead of hounding on his race. I felt no shame to be Korean after this incident. Why does the world insist that I must? Martha Kim Class of 2010 -- Original Source:<a href=http://media.www.emorywheel.com/media/storage/paper919/news/2007/04/24/LettersToTheEditor/Korean.Students.Shouldnt.Have.To.Fear.Backlash-2875982.shtml>Emory Wheel - April 24, 2007</a> Language A language of the resource eng Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Emory Wheel Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource "Christopher H. Megerian" <cmegeri@LearnLink.Emory.Edu> Title A name given to the resource Korean Students Shouldn&#39;t Have to Fear Backlash backlash emory ethnic identities korean https://april16.vtlibraries.net/files/original/672p761b_02b78b5b68.jpg null Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2007-09-03 Omeka Legacy File The metadata element set that, in addition to the Dublin Core element set, was included in the `files` table in previous versions of Omeka. These elements are common to all Omeka files. This set may be deprecated in future versions. Capture Date 2007-09-03 15:04:39 Still Image A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Sara AA Hood Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Marypat Heineman Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2007-09-03 Description An account of the resource By: Marypat Heineman Posted: 4/19/07 Nebraska Union Plaza was silent for a few moments Wednesday night as hundreds gathered in solemn remembrance. The candlelight vigil was organized in honor of the tragic Monday shootings at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Va. Chancellor Harvey Perlman, Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs Juan Franco, ASUN President Dave Solheim and Bill Velander, chairman of the chemical and biomolecular engineering department, addressed the large group that filled the entire space between Broyhill Fountain and the Nebraska Union. Even after the candles were out and the speeches were complete, many students remained in the plaza consoling each other, signing a card for students at Virginia Tech and forming prayer circles. The card will be in the Nebraska Union for the rest of the week and will be shipped to Virginia Tech along with cards from hundreds of other campuses around the United States. For many present, the gathering was a chance to show support for those affected by the murders, as well as a way to cope with the reality of such a shocking event on a college campus, Solheim said. "(This tragedy) means a lot to this campus and to Virginia Tech," he said. "The purpose of this evening is remembrance, so people can cope and support their friends and show support to those affected by the incident." Many students attended the candlelit event, but Solheim said he knows that many other students at UNL are coping with the images of the shootings in their own private way. For Velander, the tragedy has very personal connections. A former faculty member at Virginia Tech, Velander has many friends and colleagues still in Blacksburg. His daughter is attending medical school at Virginia Tech. "It&#39;s a great place, just idyllic," he said. "That&#39;s what&#39;s so frightening. If it can happen to such an idyllic, golden, amazing place, it can happen anywhere." Although the event touched him personally, taking the lives of two of his colleagues, he stressed that people, especially students, all over the country should take note of the tragic event. "Anybody that has a father or a mother or a sister or a brother is affected by this, because these are the kinds of people who died," he said. "That&#39;s so many broken hearts. That&#39;s hundreds of broken hearts." Vigils like these are positive experiences in the wake of such a dark moment in history, he said. The events may be tragic, but the number of people willing to show support gives Velander hope that this generation is willing to make positive change. "If there&#39;s anything positive that can come out of this, it&#39;s that young people can see such a tragedy, recognize the problem and work within society and solve it," he said. "There&#39;s a heavy burden on students who have witnessed this either through the news or in Blacksburg. We have to realize when someone is down and work until they&#39;re up again. We can&#39;t let things like this happen." -- Original source:<a href=http://media.www.dailynebraskan.com/media/storage/paper857/news/2007/04/19/News/Vigil.Commemorates.Virginia.Tech.Tragedy-2852434.shtml>Daily Nebraskan - April 29, 2007</a> Language A language of the resource eng Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Josh Swartzlander <jdwriter19@yahoo.com> Title A name given to the resource Vigil commemorates Virginia Tech tragedy university of nebraska Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Brent Jesiek Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Nicholas Whitaker Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2007-05-23 Description An account of the resource Sunday, April 22, 2007 Topics like these are always hard to approach. For some, the event holds particular weight, either because of their relationship with the victims, with the assailant, with the location where it takes place, or because of the events relationship with another similar incident. The coverage of these events is usually the same. To provide the viewer with context- there is footage of the location from every possible angle, there are reporter stand-ups near the location providing a feeling of being well informed by the people "on the scene", there is video from security cams or other sources that allow an inside view of the event or of the lead up to it, and there is commentary, lots of commentary. In these ways, as is the case with much of news today, the coverage of such events can be compared to the coverage of a sporting event: Heavy on filler, and light on actual content. As of today, it&#39;s been almost a week since the incident, and coverage of the shooting takes up a giant share of the programming schedules of networks. With less that four or five (if that) big stories running at the same time, it is in the forefront of the news audiences mind. Like most tragedies, answers are what are sought after most, that and blame. And this is what takes up most of the coverage. There are investigations into the profile of the assailant, interviews by "experts" in the field, with witnesses, with family, with victims of other similar tragedies, with law enforcement, with neighbors, ad <b>nauseam</b>. We watch all of this and assume that somehow there can be meaning found once all the pieces are known. That if enough time is spent on it, answers will be found, that proper blame will be placed, justice will be served. This is a false hope. Tragedies like these happen all the time. Not all of them are covered. Not all of them are given the weight that The Virginia Tech Shooting has been given. This is not to belittle the severity of the situation, nor is it to undermine the pain that resonates from the news of such an event, or the loss of the survivors. What should be looked at however is how these events are covered in the news, and how it affects our understanding of them as a viewer. The news media does a great job of drawing connections between events in order to apply meaning. This event is connected with the Columbine shooting, as it is also a mass shooting in a school. Connections are drawn between the fear of terrorism, and the fear of an unexpected terror. The words "Terror", and "Terrorist" are thrown around wantonly. Particular weight is given to the assailant&#39;s status as an American, drawing further connections to the fears of an attack by a foreigner. It is put into the temporal context as being "the deadliest shooting in American History" or it is given by some news agencies even more gravity by being called a "Massacre", a "deadly rampage". What does it mean to be the "Deadliest", is the loss of ten victims more profound then thirty, or one? How many victims are required for it to be counted as a massacre? Are there particular characteristics that make a shooting a rampage, instead of a methodical series of executions? There is no litmus test for tragedy outside of personal experience. These titles are nothing more than advertising slogans and marketing catch phrases. They are designed to draw the audience in, to get them to pay closer attention to the coverage of one report over another, to boost viewer-ship and ratings. To help fill this content, the lions share of programming time is given to interviews with the "experts", the press conference, and news releases after the fact. Officials stand in front of a dozen microphones twice a day, stating that they have "no further information at this time" and "those questions can&#39;t be answered during an ongoing investigation". But some news outlets are quick to point fingers. To cast blame. Somehow talk show celebrities like Dr. Phil are considered experts into the mind of a killer by CNN, and is constantly referred to in order to gain insight into how this could happen, when in reality his role is one of familiarity. Dr. Phil is placed in front of the camera to draw in the viewer ship of his entire constituency. For countless American viewers, he is a trusted face that could help bring meaning to such an event. Witnesses are interviewed hours after the event. "How does it feel to be one of the only survivors?", "How did you escape?", "How does this affect you? These questions, while apparently directed to the witness, are really directed to the audience placing themselves in the survivor&#39;s shoes. "How would I handle this?" is the question. How can I learn from this? The reporter leans in and asks the obvious- "have you talked to anybody about this yet, are you seeking professional help?" Obviously not yet, they are in front of the camera. They are prevented from recovery so that the audience can gain catharsis and false closure instead. What is missed in all this is that we are all being exploited in some way in order to boost ratings and sell advertising space. The coverage is excessive, bordering on irresponsible. People are pulled out of the woodwork, their lives interrupted so that we can know what it was like to be in elementary school with someone who grows up to be a killer. We see a mother of a child who murdered dozens and then killed himself, and wonder why she is stunned and despondent. We "talk" to "experts" who say this is a gun control issue, that everyone should be armed. We hear from security experts who say it&#39;s because of a lack of police and security presence, and other similar people who are pushing their own agenda, not helping to inform on the subject. The audience wants to know what is happening out there. They want to know when they should be legitimately worried about something, and this is what they get instead; hyperbole, speculation, grandstanding and sensationalism. One particular interview strikes a nerve. A criminologist was being interviewed on a major network, and was asked how this could happen. Is it video game violence, easy access to guns, copycat crimes, bad parenting? The criminologist dismissed these easy scapegoats and answered in the only rational way anyone could. He said, that it is a combination of factors. Not every one is predisposed to criminal behavior like this, but under the wrong conditions an unstable mind can be pushed to commit horrendous things. The real problem is that the system is such that someone this unstable could slip through the cracks and not get the care and attention that they need to heal. The problem is the focus on violence in media after the fact, not before it happens. The problem is a society who would sooner cast blame on others than take care of their own, or that would blame lax immigration laws that would allow for someone like this to get into the country, instead of diligently pushing for a system where those with emotional and mental problems get help. But ultimately the problem is that no real meaning can be found in a situation like this. No matter how many laws are in place, or police are around, or security checkpoints we have, a troubled mind left unchecked, will find a way to follow through with their plan. The news agencies and the commentators will be standing by, ready to add their opinion to the pile, without ever providing solutions to the core societal problems that allow tragedies to unfold. The sound-bytes will search for meaning in a meaningless action. The viewer will tune in to try and add meaning to their understanding of the situation, drawing from the only resources that they have. The advertisers will reap the rewards of our attention. Change must take place in the way these types of things are covered in the news so that people can help to identify those that need our help before extremes of desperation are reached. A change in the way we look at tragedy must take place before meaning can be found. Tragedy and our fear of it must not be exploited for the profit by the news. We as the audience must demand more than empty rhetoric and facile coverage and questioning, bold red headlines and somber musical montages of mourners. We must demand more, of ourselves and of the news. Posted by nickdigital2.0 at 5:01 PM -- Original Source: <a href="http://alifelessmediated.blogspot.com/2007/04/news-coverage-of-va-tech-shooting.html">http://alifelessmediated.blogspot.com/2007/04/news-coverage-of-va-tech-shooting.html</a> Licensed under a <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5 License</a>. Language A language of the resource eng Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5 License Title A name given to the resource News Coverage of the VA tech Shooting blog commentary media news Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Sara Hood Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Owen Fletcher Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2007-06-22 Description An account of the resource By Owen Fletcher Princetonian Staff Writer About a week before last week&#39;s shootings at Virginia Tech, the University made the prescient purchase of a mass alert system to notify students of campus security crises. The University&#39;s system, which messages students&#39; cell phones or other portable devices, has not yet been fully implemented, but it signals a heightened concern about campus security that existed even before the shootings. But the shootings have ignited a national debate on methods to prevent and effectively respond to crises and have led to questions about campus security procedures. Some Virginia Tech students have criticized campus safety officials for their slow response to gunman Cho Seung-Hui&#39;s murder of two students. Campus police notified students by email about two hours after the incident, but by then, Cho had begun his second round of shooting, taking 30 more lives and his own. Crises like last week&#39;s shooting are difficult to predict, Public Safety Deputy Director Charles Davall said. "You can never totally be prepared for something like this," he said. "It could happen anywhere." At a Senate hearing yesterday on campus security, Public Safety Director Steven Healy recommended that more universities adopt "mass notification systems that are capable of reaching community members." Getting students to provide their portable contact information for this system, however, could be difficult, Healy testified. "Even if you have a system that can reach a person&#39;s cell phone" or other portable device, he said, "they still have to be willing to give you those numbers." Healy, who is also president of the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators, said there is room for nationwide improvement on campus security. "[M]ost colleges and universities have plans" to respond to crises, he said, but "we&#39;re a long way from being able to say ... that all institutions know how those plans will play." Since last week&#39;s shootings, Public Safety has begun a review of campus security plans. Davall said that the department tentatively has arranged for Mercer County officials to train its officers. In the event of a crisis, Davall said, Public Safety would respond by securing the area and calling local armed police, since campus police do not carry weapons. They would then notify all University members by email. But one problem with this method is that "students have to be looking at [a computer] to get the email," he said. Healy also advocated "community policing" in his testimony. As part of Public Safety&#39;s policy, officers are required to patrol campus by foot for at least two hours a day so that students and faculty feel comfortable approaching them, officer Jim Lanzi said. The department&#39;s efforts to engage the community can make people more comfortable in reporting suspicious activity, Lanzi said, but they are also meant to educate the community since students sometimes have a "false sense of security" on campus. While these initiatives would not directly prevent an event like the Virginia Tech shooting, Lanzi said, the atmospheric difference they make could help increase the efficacy of a response. Princeton "is generally a safe area ... but [students] always need to be aware of their surroundings," Davall said. -- Original Source: <a href=http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/archives/2007/04/24/news/18230.shtml> Daily Princetonian - April 24, 2007</a> Language A language of the resource eng Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Daily Princetonian Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Kavita Saini <ksaini@Princeton.EDU> Title A name given to the resource Would Public Safety be able to prevent a shooting? campus safety princeton warning systems https://april16.vtlibraries.net/files/original/Convocation_Pres_8f28c8f0ee. BushC.JPG null Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2007-08-07 Omeka Legacy File The metadata element set that, in addition to the Dublin Core element set, was included in the `files` table in previous versions of Omeka. These elements are common to all Omeka files. This set may be deprecated in future versions. Capture Date 2007-08-07 11:33:17 Still Image A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Chad Newswander Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Patrick Donohoe Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2007-08-07 Description An account of the resource President George Bush provides words of comfort at the convocation. Photo Courtesy of Patrick Donohoe Language A language of the resource eng Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Permission granted by Patrick Donohoe Title A name given to the resource Convocation convocation george bush president bush Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Sara Hood Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Sam Fox Krauss Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2007-06-22 Description An account of the resource By Sam Fox Krauss Princetonian Staff Writer Students who kill their classmates are motivated by a desire to change their reputation, Wilson School professor Katherine Newman and politics professor Keith Whittington told about 50 students and community members last night at a talk on the Virginia Tech shootings. Newman discussed the social experience of school shooters and the unpredictability of such tragedies, while Whittington related the killings at Virginia Tech to gun control regulation and discussed the potential for changes to concealed weapons permits. <b>The sociology of school shootings</b> Major American school shootings have mostly occurred in obscure rural neighborhoods, Newman said. She likened the school massacres in small towns to the "endemic" violence in big cities. Newman went on to discuss Virginia Tech shooter Cho Seung-Hui in the context of three case studies she has done of school shootings since the 1999 shooting at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colo. "What all three of these boys were trying to do was changing their image in the eyes of their peers," Newman said. In rural towns, the school is an easy place to make a violent statement, Newman said. She contrasted this with the situation in cities, where young men are more likely to commit violent crimes on the street. Newman found that school gunmen in recent years have professed a desire to surpass the death toll of the Columbine shootings. The same mentality, she said, seems to be true for Cho. Newman discussed several cases of school shootings, all committed by students much younger than Cho. She said that if the children been older, their mental diseases would have been more readily apparent. "There isn&#39;t a single rampage incident that wasn&#39;t preceded by a string of signals," Newman said. But the signals that future shooters send out are often ambiguous and under the radar of adults, which is why the signs are rarely reported, she said. Classmates of the shooters often do not convey their suspicions to authority figures because they fear being labeled a "rat," Newman said. She described the sense of community in small towns that can lead to reluctance to come forward with damaging information regarding a child. In one example, a neighbor saw a child killing cats in his backyard but did not tell the child&#39;s parents. The child went on to kill several students at his middle school. Neighbors may also be suspicious of the motives of the people who come forward with information about their children. Newman noted that the Virginia Tech shootings were different from other school shootings because classmates and professors did come forward with information, and Cho did receive treatment. <b>School shootings and gun control</b> Whittington discussed the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act of 1993, which requires federally licensed handgun dealers to run background checks on customers. Cho went through a background check when he purchased a gun from a licensed dealer. Unfortunately, Cho was not in the federal background check system, though a Virginia judge had ruled him to be a danger to himself. "[Cho] should have been included in the database, and [it] should have excluded him," Whittington said. "[Gun control is] not a sufficiently high priority in the state or federal budget," Whittington said. He also noted many problems with background checks, including the high cost of constantly updating databases and difficulties in maintaining consistency across databases. "It&#39;s unlikely to thrust forward a major movement ... for rethinking gun control more broadly," Whittington said. He does not foresee a major shift in gun control, but he predicts a debate about concealed weapons permits. The argument for concealed weapons permits is that students may have been able to stop Cho during the shootings. The lecture was organized as a response to the Virginia Tech shootings by the Office of the Dean of Undergraduate Students and the USG. -- Original Source: <a href= http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/archives/2007/04/24/news/18229.shtml> Daily Princetonian - April 24, 2007 </a> Language A language of the resource eng Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Daily Princetonian Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Kavita Saini <ksaini@Princeton.EDU> Title A name given to the resource Prof. Newman: Self-image drove Va. Tech shooter princeton psychology of school shootings self image Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Sara Hood Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Sarah Mogin Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2007-07-31 Description An account of the resource News | Sarah Mogin Wednesday night, students and faculty gathered by the Fence. In the midst of the cold and windy weather, 70 hands cupped 70 flickering flames as the Carnegie Mellon community mourned the victims of the Virginia Tech massacre. Last Monday, 23-year-old Virginia Tech student Seung-Hui Cho killed himself and 32 others in the deadliest shooting executed by a single person in United States history. The attacks occurred in a dormitory and an academic building, both located on the Virginia Tech campus. The vigil by the Fence is only one example of the ways in which colleges and universities nationwide are coming together to honor those slain. "Students totally took the lead on creating this opportunity to express themselves after the Virginia Tech shootings," said Jonathan Kroll, housefellow for Morewood Gardens. "I think it definitely helps with the grieving process." The vigil began at 9 p.m. with a moment of silence. As the group grew in number, participants continued to light the candles of those who gathered along the periphery of the crowd. Student Body President Karl Sjogren passed out lyrics to to "Lean on Me" and the group then joined in song. After that, students and faculty members, one of whom was an alumna of Virginia Tech, took turns speaking informally. Two hours earlier, the Hillel Jewish University Center (JUC) of Pittsburgh hosted a vigil led by rabbi Jamie Gibson of Temple Sinai. Gibson led those attending in song and prayer, and students read prayers as well. During the vigil, Gibson gave personal attention to each of the departed. "We knew that we wanted to read the names of every single person whose name had been released," said Sahar Oz, the JUC&#39;s assistant director. "And we also wanted to say a few things about them." Students lit candles for each of the known victims: Liviu Librescu, a 76-year-old Holocaust survivor; Reema Samaha, an 18-year-old first-year; Kevin Granata, a biomechanics researcher and a leader in his field; and 26 others. The group also lit three candles for the victims whose names had not yet been released. Oz found Librescu&#39;s death particularly troubling. Librescu, a professor at Virginia Tech, was shot while protecting his students by guarding the entrance to his classroom. "He was murdered on Holocaust Remembrance Day, which is an occasion observed around the world," Oz said. "It sent shock and a tremendous sense of loss to the Jewish community." The tragedy resonated in particular with several Carnegie Mellon students in the JUC who met Virginia Tech students last May while on a Birthright trip to Israel. "One of the things we did immediately was try to reach the eight students who went on this trip from Virginia Tech," Oz said. All eight were unharmed. "We had that added element of emotional proximity," Oz said. The modern languages department is also making plans to reach out to Virginia Tech, in part because so many of the shootings took place in foreign-language classrooms. "We feel closer," said Sono Hayes-Takano, a Japanese professor. "We&#39;ve been brainstorming," Hayes-Takano said. "People in MLSAC, [Modern Languages Student Advisory Committee], they&#39;re thinking about raising money for [the victims&#39;] memorial fund." Beyond the campus community, the Internet has helped many feel connected to the Virginia Tech victims. "I think the Internet in this case has been a tremendous asset," Oz said. "I think Facebook is a great example." Profiles of victims on Facebook, in addition to those on news sites such as CNN and BBC News, have helped humanize the tragedy. "We don&#39;t want these victims to become statistics," Oz said. "Keep it personal." But with such accessibility, fear is often not too far behind. "There is this sense of, &#39;It could happen to me,&#39; " Oz said. Students feeling vulnerable might benefit from becoming familiar with Carnegie Mellon&#39;s security policy. "We have trained a certain number of people ... in every building," said Madelyn Miller, director of Environmental Health & Safety (EH&S) at the university. RAs, building marshals, and other qualified individuals are among those who have received training, she said. EH&S has had a system called AlertNow in place for the past couple of years. AlertNow enables EH&S to make 5000 phone calls in about a minute, which could help alert floor marshals of a campus emergency. "Not everybody knows that we have these procedures in place," Miller said. In the past, EH&S&#39;s procedures were kept online behind a firewall. The procedures were privatized because they included the cell phone numbers of various staff members, in addition to the locations of hazardous materials throughout campus. After Virginia Tech, EH&S decided to make the procedures available to the public — without the information regarding cell phones or hazardous materials. Carnegie Mellon&#39;s urban campus is an asset in the event of an emergency, Miller said. The university is within close reach of city, county, and state police. "I think it makes us safer," she said. Moreover, RAs are trained to recognize suspicious students, which could help prevent a future incident, Kroll said. Concern from other students is often cause for immediate action. "Undoubtedly, we take that very seriously," he said. -- Original Source:<a href=http://www.thetartan.org/2007/4/23/news/va_tech>The Tartan - April 23, 2007</a> Language A language of the resource eng Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Tartan Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Shawn Wertz <swertz@andrew.cmu.edu> Title A name given to the resource How Carnegie Mellon is keeping campus safe after VA Tech massacre campus safety cmu grief vigil Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Sara Hood Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Teresa Pham Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2007-08-23 Description An account of the resource By: Teresa Pham Posted: 5/14/07 In the wake of the Virginia Tech shootings, some universities are looking into tightening security measures on campus. In Nevada, one man is proposing a reserve police officer program that would allow employees at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas to carry guns. Regent Stavros Anthony, also a Las Vegas police captain, said the program would allow normal employees at the university, such as faculty members, to be trained as reserve police officers. "The way it works is that an employee would apply with the police department to become a reserve police officer," he said. "They would have to go through the same selection process as their police officers." That selection process, he added, is very thorough and covers all the basic training that regular police officers go through. "They&#39;d take a written test, a psychological exam, a polygraph and a background check," he said. "Then they would go through the same police academy that the police officers go through, which is about four or five months. Then, once they graduate, they&#39;re considered city reserve police officers and have to go through the renewal training just like police officers for as long as they want to keep their certification. It&#39;s a pretty stringent program." However, there are some groups that oppose letting schools control firearm possession rules on campus. The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence released a press release May 3 regarding the risk of guns on college campuses. Paul Helmke, president of the Brady Center, stated in the press release that guns should be either carefully monitored or banned on campus. "Our schools should be sanctuaries, not armed camps," Helmke said. "Institutions of higher education already have chosen policies either banning or tightly controlling guns on campus. That is as it should be." Other schools have chosen to reevaluate security measures after Virginia Tech, but have not taken the same measures that UNLV is proposing. Paul Browning, California State University spokesperson, said the CSU schools have security measures in place in order to respond in the event of a situation such as the Virginia Tech tragedy. "CSU is granted authority to maintain police officers on all 23 campuses, and they receive full police-academy training," he said. "Everyone has looked at their procedures. They have developed really extensive plans in order to handle all kinds of situations." However, he said CSU schools probably wouldn&#39;t be implementing a program to adopt regular university employees as reserve police officers. "Well, I can&#39;t really see a CSU adopting a plan where regular employees would act as undercover officers in any way," he said. "Each campus has a really high-quality, well-trained police force. We believe that they are very capable of handling any type of situation that comes up." At UC Davis, Chancellor Larry Vanderhoef said in an Apr. 23 statement that the campus is revitalizing its emergency-response network and investigating the possibility of improving cell phone reception in the event of an emergency. After several calls, no one from the UC Davis Police Department was available by press time to comment on adopting a police-faculty program. Anthony said his program, which he proposed at UNLV, is a fairly new program and will come before the University of California Board of Regents for consideration soon. "My idea is pretty new as far as allowing employees to become police officers, but the reserve officer program has been successful all over the country," he said. "I&#39;m presenting it to the board of regents in June for complete discussion. The board will vote, and if the majority wants this, then the police department will put the process together." Despite critics who question whether Anthony&#39;s program is necessary, he said his program is important because of the rise in shooter violence. "We&#39;re seeing an increase in shooter situations," he said. "They&#39;ve occurred at shopping malls and obviously with the Virginia Tech tragedy, and we&#39;re starting to see more of these active shooter situations. They&#39;re not going to go away. They&#39;re going to continue, and we&#39;re going to have more in the future. We have to be in a position to defend ourselves, which we&#39;re having a hard time doing today." -- Original Source:<a href=http://media.www.californiaaggie.com/media/storage/paper981/news/2007/05/14/CityNews/Unlv-Proposes.Arming.Faculty.Staff.To.Increase.Campus.Security-2903038.shtml>The California Aggie - May 14, 2007</a> Language A language of the resource eng Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The California Aggie Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Eddie Lee <editor@californiaaggie.com> Title A name given to the resource UNLV proposes arming faculty, staff to increase campus security university of california - davis Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Elva Orozco Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource 20MINUTOS.ES. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2007-07-23 Description An account of the resource 20MINUTOS.ES. 18.04.2007 - 04:54h <ul><li>Ban Ki-moon, el Papa o Javier Solana han mostrado su pesar.</li><li>Países &#39;enemigos&#39; como Irán o Venezuela también han condenado los asesinatos.<br</li></ul></p><p><b>La matanza perpetrada el lunes</b> en la Universidad Politécnica de Virginia, que dejó 33 muertos, incluido el atacante, ha sido condenada por líderes políticos y religiosos de todo el mundo. El primer ministro británico, <b>Tony Blair</b>, en nombre del Reino Unido, expresó su <b>"profunda tristeza"</b> y solidaridad a los estadounidenses, en especial a las familias de las víctimas". <b>La reina Isabel II</b>, que tiene previsto viajar a Estados Unidos en mayo próximo, también manifestó que está "conmocionada y entristecida" por la tragedia. Desde Ciudad del Vaticano se informó de que <b>el Papa</b> Benedicto XVI reza por las víctimas y familiares de esta <b>"tragedia sin sentido"</b>, como fue calificada por el sumo pontífice. <b>El secretario general de la ONU</b>, Ban Ki-moon, <b>surcoreano como el presunto asesino</b>, el estudiante Cho Seung Hui, de 23 años, rechazó el múltiple crimen y afirmó que "la matanza rampante de civiles inocentes es inaceptable, por lo que lo condeno en los términos más enérgicos." Javier Solana fue profesor durante cuatro años de la universidad atacada El Alto Representante para la Política Exterior y de Seguridad Común de la UE, <b>Javier Solana</b>, que fue profesor de la Universidad Politécnica de Virginia, expresó su pena desde México, donde se encuentra realizando una visita oficial. "Para mí es un acontecimiento más doloroso, si cabe, porque he pasado cuatro años de mi vida en esa universidad dando clase y <b>recuerdo con gran emoción los años que pasé allí"</b>, señaló. <b>Incluso los &#39;enemigos&#39;</b> <b>Irán</b>, un país que ha sido acusado por EE.UU. de apoyar a grupos insurgentes en Irak e intentar desarrollar un programa nuclear secreto y que no tiene relaciones diplomáticas con Washington desde principios de los años ochenta, <b>se sumó a la cadena de condolencias.</b> Una nota emitida por el portavoz del Ministerio de Exteriores, Mohamad Ali Huseini, dice que "las acciones que perjudican a los civiles inocentes, cualquiera que sea su etnia, religión o nacionalidad, son condenables y <b>contrarias a los valores de la Humanidad".</b> El presidente de Venezuela, <b>Hugo Chávez,</b> que encabeza la oposición a EEUU en Latinoamérica, también <b>manifestó sus "condolencias al pueblo</b> y a las familias de las víctimas de esta horrible masacre". Desde <b>Ecuador,</b> país en sintonía con Venezuela, el vicepresidente, Lenin Moreno, señaló: "estoy muy apenado y quiero manifestárselo así al pueblo de EEUU, ese gran pueblo, del que tenemos tantas cosas que imitar y tantas cosas que no imitar". <b>República Dominicana</b> se sumó a la corriente de pesar y su presidente, Leonel Fernández, envió una carta a su colega estadounidense, George W. Bush, en la que señaló que es "importante" que EEUU sienta el apoyo moral y la solidaridad "que deseamos expresarle las naciones que <b>apreciamos el valor de la vida</b> y respetamos los derechos humanos". El <b>Consejo Mundial de las Iglesias</b> (CMI), expresó desde Ginebra (Suiza) su pesar y también su <b>inquietud por el uso de las armas de fuego en Estados Unidos.</b> El secretario general del CMI, Samuel Kobia, señaló que "todos somos virginianos en nuestras simpatías (hacia las víctimas), pero muchos en el mundo <b>nos preguntamos también por la vulnerabilidad de los ciudadanos</b> de Virginia ante el mal uso de las armas no reguladas". -- Fuente Original: 20 Minutos.es - España <a href="http://www.20minutos.es/noticia/224436/0/mundo/expresa/condolencias/">http://www.20minutos.es/noticia/224436/0/mundo/expresa/condolencias/</a> Derechos Reservados: <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.1/es/"> Creative Commons Reconocimiento 2.1 España</a>.</p> Language A language of the resource spa Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Creative Commons Reconocimiento 2.1 España Title A name given to the resource El mundo entero expresa sus condolencias por la masacre de Virginia condolencias ecuador el vaticano iran javier solana onu reino unido republica dominicana venezuela Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Brent Jesiek Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource 2Perfect / BJ Nodora Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2007-06-03 Description An account of the resource <p>I chose to participate in the <a href="http://two-perfect.blogspot.com/2007/04/one-day-blog-silence.html">One Day Blog Silence</a>. There are much worse, but less publicized violence and prejudice daily, so I have spent the one day blog silence in honor of all victims of injustice around the world. The silence day was started to honor those who died at the <a href="http://two-perfect.blogspot.com/2007/04/virginia-tech-shooting-updates.html">Virginia Tech Massacre</a>. Sadly, it has been the most controversial issue I have seen within the blogosphere.</p> <p>Why do we argue whether or not to participate? First of all, we all intend to honor those who were killed. Is it not possible to do so in our own ways, without having to argue what the best way is? I don&#39;t care in what way you do it, as long as you stand against injustice, I definitely agree with you.</p> <p>Further, some say that silence isn&#39;t the best way to honor the dead. First of all, what do you do at funerals? Your mourn, then you move on. Moreover, what action do you plan on taking? We can speak out; I&#39;ve already posted about <a href="http://two-perfect.blogspot.com/2007/04/preventing-hatred-and-animosity.html">abolishing animosity</a>. But further than that, we have little power to change much of the law, let alone drastically change other countries. So if you think of an alternative, that isn&#39;t too idealistic, I wish to take part. For the meantime do what you gotta do. In my case, I chose to share my thoughts and spend a day in silence.</p> <blockquote>Man&#8217;s inability to live God&#8217;s words makes the Avatar&#8217;s teaching a mockery. Instead of practicing the compassion he taught, man has waged wars in his name. Instead of living the humility, purity, and truth of his words, man has given way to hatred, greed, and violence. Because man has been deaf to the principles and precepts laid down by God in the past, in this present Avataric form, I observe silence. - <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silence_Day">Silence Day</a></blockquote> <blockquote>Please understand my reasons for not speaking today. I am participating in the Day of Silence, a national youth movement protesting the silence faced by lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people and their allies in schools. My deliberate silence echoes that silence, which is caused by harassment, prejudice, and discrimination. I believe that ending the silence is the first step toward fighting these injustices. Think about the voices you are not hearing today. What are you going to do to end the silence? - <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day_of_silence#Events">Day of Silence</a></blockquote> <p>Of course this is a hypocritical post. I am arguing that using Silence is not futile. But I am mainly doing this to defend why I personally chose to participate, and to explain why I don&#39;t think it is foolish.</p> <p>A secondary reason against the One Day Blog Silence is a claim that it is a scam. People do everything for money, much like what&#39;s happening to <a href="http://two-perfect.blogspot.com/2007/04/religion-losing-meaning.html">Relgion</a>. However I don&#39;t think anyone would step that low to use the deaths of 30 students for personal gain. If there was someone, then there&#39;s really nothing we can do now. If this does turn out to be a scam, and that the website is redirected in the future, then whoever did this was incredibly stupid. People will know exactly where the links redirect to, and will most likely speak against that website.</p> <p>Just my thoughts. I don&#39;t want you to say that spending a day in silence was right. I would just like you to acknowledge that it wasn&#39;t wrong either. <b><i>Do what you gotta do. I don&#39;t care in what way you do it, as long as you stand against injustice, I definitely agree with you.</i></b></p> <p>Posted by 2Perfect on <a href="http://two-perfect.blogspot.com/2007/04/why-i-participated-in-one-day-blog.html">5/01/2007 12:10:00 AM</a></p> <p>--</p> <p>Original Source: <a href="http://two-perfect.blogspot.com/2007/04/why-i-participated-in-one-day-blog.html">http://two-perfect.blogspot.com/2007/04/why-i-participated-in-one-day-blog.html</a></p> <p>Licensed under <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ca/">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 Canada</a>.</p> Language A language of the resource eng Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 Canada Title A name given to the resource Why I Participated in the One Day Blog Silence blog one day blog silence Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Na Mi Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource 中国青年报 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2007-07-24 Description An account of the resource http://www.enorth.com.cn　 2007-04-20 08:41 4月17日，从北京时间上午9时许，一直到晚上10时左右，整整13个小时，中国许多民众都在为一条不实报道备感震惊。 　　该报道说，发生于美国东岸时间4月16日上午的弗吉尼亚理工大学校园枪击案是中国留学生制造的。 　　报道让许多中国民众不由得内心一阵紧缩：如此血腥的屠杀事件，竟然是中国留学生干的！整整一天，人们都在谈论：中美关系会不会因此恶化？出国签证是否会变得更困难？ 　　北京时间晚10时许，真凶确认后，大家才发现原来是虚惊一场，但也由此引发了群情激愤，究竟是谁在炮制假新闻，媒体报道怎会在这样大的事件上失真？ 　　假新闻引发群情激愤 　　"收到短信后，我心里咯噔一下，没想到竟然是中国留学生制造了这起血案。"北京的阮先生说，17日上午，他收到了在某门户网站定制的新闻短信，这条短信说特大枪击案凶嫌身份初步认定，行凶男子是一名持学生签证来美国就读的中国留学生，现年24岁。短信末尾，标明了信息来源是"中新网"。 　　"不论谁制造血腥屠杀都是不应该的，但一想到行凶者竟然是自己的同胞，心里尤其惴惴不安。"阮先生说，在整个事件中，他为行凶者所表现出来的对生命的极度漠视异常心寒，虽然一早听到消息说美国发生校园枪击案，行凶者是亚裔，但身份尚未得到确认，"当时就很担心是中国留学生干的，没想到竟然是真的。" 　　结果，他一整天碰到熟人就谈论这一事件可能造成的影响，直到晚上10时左右，他收到门户网站给他发来的另一条新闻短信，称美国警方17日上午证实，弗吉尼亚理工大学校园枪击事件的枪手为该校一名23岁的韩裔学生。 　　"我感到很愤怒。"阮先生说，媒体这样做极不负责。为此，他还打电话给一些门户网站表示了抗议。 　　而事实上，与阮先生一样，因为感觉被愚弄而充满愤怒的人不计其数，他们纷纷通过电话和网络表达抗议。 　　有人指出，凶手能双手开枪，熟练射击和换弹夹，从容地近距离连续枪杀数十人，怎么可能是个在大陆读了10多年书、恐怕连枪都没见过的大陆留学生干的？"别说杀人，中国送出去的留学生，许多恐怕连鸡都没杀过。" 　　也有人指责媒体："在你们追求第一手消息的同时，请不要忘了，新闻最重要的是真实！" 　　而身在美国的中国留学生们，更是准备以华人联合会等团体的名义，对这些媒体发起书面抗议。 　　惊人的巧合导致假新闻？ 　　"我们在早上9时左右收到了来自竞争对手的短信，说制造枪击事件的凶手是中国留学生，新闻来源是中新网，我们也就很快把这条新闻做上了。"某门户网站的一名编辑说，之后，其他很多新闻网站也纷纷做了这条新闻。 　　虽然这条新闻现在已被各大新闻网站删除，但记者仍找到了这条新闻的原稿： 　　中新网纽约4月16日电(邓悦刘小青)今天发生在弗吉尼亚理工大学的特大枪案凶嫌身份初步认定：该行凶男子是一名持学生签证来美国就读的中国留学生，现年24岁。但警方称他不是弗吉尼亚理工大学的学生。 　　消息源《芝加哥太阳报》透露，他于去年8月7日乘坐美国联合航空公司的航班飞机从上海出发，在加州旧金山登陆美国，持学生签证入境。 　　目前，调查人员并不认为他与任何恐怖主义集团有关联，但其作案动机还不清楚。 　　中新网此后的一篇报道则没有那么肯定，但仍然说："据消息人士称，当局正在调查凶手是不是一名去年用学生签证入境的中国男子。这名24岁的中国男子去年8月7日乘坐美国航空公司的客机抵达旧金山，他的签证是在上海签发的。" 　　19日下午，记者通过电话向中新社核实，相关人士表示："我们确实弄错了，但很快就更正了，那条消息也很快被删掉了。" 　　一个门户网站的编辑则证实，事件发生当天，中新网确实跟进很快，一晚上就更新了多条新闻，自己网站的很多消息都来源于中新网。这位编辑认为，之所以会出现传播假新闻现象，主要是源于"惊人的巧合"，让人以为得到了非常确定的佐证。 　　记者了解到，他所说的巧合是因为枪击案发生后，有人找到了一个英文名为"WayneChiang"的亚裔学生的许多信息，该学生的博客显示，他是一位枪支爱好者，上面有很多他持枪的照片。同时，他和传闻中的凶手遭遇了同样的问题：感情受挫，刚和女朋友分手等。于是，WayneChiang就成了人们关注的焦点，短短几小时内，他的博客点击率接近4万。 　　这位编辑认为，从"亚裔"、"枪支爱好者"、"感情受挫"等关键词来看，所有主要特点似乎都是契合枪手特征的，恰好这时候美国有媒体发出专栏作家的报道，并且被美国福克斯新闻网等媒体转载，所以国内的媒体也因此信以为真了。"最主要的原因是，这么大一个事件，谁也不敢漏掉，所以都在抢，没想到最后竟弄巧成拙，犯了大错。" 　　确实，"枪手是中国留学生"的消息传出后，许多人都把WayneChiang当成了真凶，他的持枪组照也迅速传播开来。 　　但在美国东岸时间16日晚10时29分(北京时间17日上午10时29分)，WayneChiang在自己博客上贴出了声明，说自己不是枪手，却在整个事件过程中，收到了无数个死亡威胁和诽谤指控，手机也因为接电话太多而没了钱。 　　此后，他在接受美国广播公司采访时表示："不错，我是亚裔，我在学校宿舍里住，我是VT(弗吉尼亚理工学院)的学生，我最近和女友分了手，我还喜欢枪械，但我不是凶手。" 　　美国广播公司也通过不同的政府消息来源证实，WayneChiang并没有被列入怀疑名单，警方也根本没有去调查他。 始作俑者是一名美国专栏女作家 　　记者注意到，在中新网的报道中，提及了《芝加哥太阳报》(C hicago Sun -tim es，应译为《芝加哥太阳时报》——记者注)这份在中国并无多大知名度的美国地方报纸。而事实证明，"枪手是中国留学生"报道的始作俑者，正是该报的专栏女作家Michael Sneed。这篇报道是这名专栏女作家在美国东岸时间16日晚在《芝加哥太阳时报》的网站上发表的。尽管随后该网站就删除了这篇报道，但记者还是辗转得到了原文，比较准确的译文是： 　　官方正在调查这个枪手是不是去年持学生签证来到美国的一名中国男子，枪手在弗吉尼亚理工大学校园内射杀了32人，制造了美国历史上最大的枪击案。消息人士称，这个24岁的男子在去年8月7日坐美国联合航空公司的飞机来到旧金山。消息人士表示，调查发现他与恐怖组织没有联系。 　　但是，美国WBBM转载时就走样了：24岁变成了25岁，标题变成"Sneed声称：枪手是持学生签证的中国男子"。导语中写道：《芝加哥太阳时报》专栏作家Sneed报道说，那个持枪男子是一个25岁的中国人，去年持学生签证来到美国。 　　海内外一些华文网站的相关消息，几乎都是根据这两篇文章翻译的，因此同一消息源的报道竟出现了明显的差异：一是有的报道说官方正在调查这个枪手是不是去年持学生签证来到美国的一名中国男子，就是说只是可能，还没确认；而有的报道则说已被确认。二是年龄的差异，一说24岁，一说25岁。 　　由于众多网站的传播，这些信息立刻在海内外华人社会产生了极大影响，以至很多人都信以为真。 　　"很遗憾，已证实凶手是中国人。"北京时间4月17日下午4时31分，一位在美国的中国访问学者给本报记者发来短信。他是在多维新闻网看到"校园枪击33人死亡凶嫌疑来自上海"这一消息的，该报道也是援引《芝加哥太阳时报》的报道，称"凶嫌是来自中国的24岁男子"。 　　当天下午，不仅网络媒体卷入其中，而且一些平面媒体也传播了假消息。台湾《联合晚报》4月17日头版便以"中国凶手自尽"为标题进行了报道。 　　"在网站我们要通宵值夜班，基本上没有其他消息来源，来自国外的消息都靠翻译外电。"那位门户网站的编辑表示，因为网站的新闻都是要有来源的，有时候他们甚至主动打电话给通讯社，告诉他们新闻线索，让他们先发稿，然后再从网站引用。"有时候我们还把稿子编译出来交由他们首发。" 　　该编辑表示，更重要的是，美国福克斯新闻网等媒体也进行了转载，各种信息汇集后得出的结论，似乎可以确定无疑是中国留学生干的，"看来越是这个时候越要慎重"。 　　资深人士认为该专栏作家缺乏报道经验 　　Michael Sneed的报道激起了强烈反响，留美中国学生以及美国媒体纷纷谴责《芝加哥太阳时报》的不实报道，华人社会要求报社对抹黑报道进行道歉。 　　据新民网报道，弗吉尼亚理工大学中国留学生会干事何晓明(音)表示，弗吉尼亚理工大学中国留学生将发邮件给《芝加哥太阳时报》，抗议不实报道给整个美国的华人社区形象带来了"极其恶劣"的影响。 　　而《大西洋月刊》的网站则刊载了驻上海的专栏作家JamesFallows的报道，该报道以"一个美国女人吓坏中国"为题，批评了M ichael Sneed的不实报道。他在文中写道，仅仅一个美国记者的不实报道，通过福克斯新闻网及其他的一些更小的新闻机构发布，就在中国引起了轩然大波，令人震惊的是，没有任何消息来源可以证实她的报道。 　　他认为，中国媒体确信这是真的，是因为他们在想，一个美国记者怎么敢独自迅速地向公众发出可能引起国际纠纷的报道？ 　　James Fallows表示，Michael Sneed的报道中每一个有关中国留学生是枪手的细节都是错误的，而且在新闻操作的基本程序上也错误百出。他说他很遗憾地看到Sneed并没有因此而道歉，"如果她再敢发言的话，一定会引来骂声一片。" 　　James Fallows随后在接受本报记者的电子邮件采访时表示，他以前并不认识Michael Sneed，事实上，Sneed是一家不知名的美国国内报纸的专栏作家，很少写国内和国际报道，相反，她主要写芝加哥当地的一些拉拉杂杂的琐事，这也许正是她犯错的原因，因为她对国际报道没有任何经验，她不懂得没有任何证据就说枪手来自中国所引发的后果，"没有任何借口，我只能说她太没脑筋了。" 　　James Fallows表示，他不认为Sneed是有意针对中国，"我不相信她对中国人民、中国留学生有敌意，但她的报道确实没脑筋并且错误百出"。他表示，美国的一些大媒体比如CNN就比较尊重事实，从事发当天到新闻发布会之前，一直坚持"亚裔"的说法。 -- Original Source:中国青年报 <a href="http://news.enorth.com.cn/system/2007/04/20/001624720.shtml">http://news.enorth.com.cn/system/2007/04/20/001624720.shtml<a/> Language A language of the resource zh-Hans Title A name given to the resource 美枪击案：假新闻“凶手是中国人”出笼记 �实报� 屠�事件 �新闻 《�加哥太阳报》 愤怒 美国专�女作家 Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Na Mi Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource 中新社 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2007-07-31 Description An account of the resource 万维读者网 2007-05-13 09:48:37 美国弗吉尼亚理工大学枪击事件是美国历史上最严重的，甚至吸引了全球的目光，白宫发言人把校园枪击案形容为一场令"美国人心碎"的悲剧。 　　枪击案发生后，不断有细致、深入的报导和反思。 　　从一开始，人们也有另外的各种担心。凶手被确定是韩国人，部分韩国留学生就担心美国对韩国人的成见会加深。在韩国，"去美国留学的孩子们将不会好过"，"美国签证免签问题是否泡汤了"，"若去美国旅游遭到恐怖袭击怎么办"，"与美国商定的FTA是否被取消"......从关乎个人的签证到涉及国家的韩美自由贸易协定，人们的担忧无所不及。 　　这些担忧并非空穴来风，因为枪击者赵承熙被证实是韩国人后，在美国网络不断有充满仇恨的博客文章："不可理喻的韩国人，让他们完蛋吧"，"在韩国是年轻男人必须服兵役参军或当警察，因为是这种环境才出现这样的人"，"我在韩国待了5年。我看到韩国政府在学校怂恿&#39;反美主义&#39;。应该给韩国大使馆写信立即制止这种做法"。 　　这些博客有不知情乱发议论的，也有是从外国人的角度看问题的。韩国人因怕被美国指定为"危险的异邦人"而感到不安，担心如阿拉伯人9人11后在美国受到无情的检查，以至人权被侵犯。 　　已经发生的悲剧令人恐惧，而由此可能引发的更大误解及报復更恐怖。 　　欣慰的是，在仇恨声浪之中人们又听到了一些美国人理智、清醒的声音。"如果是白人开的枪，人们会说这是一个疯子。可在凶手是韩国人的事实被曝光的瞬间，就成了人种问题。希望这件事不要牵扯到愚蠢的人种主义""一个病态的年轻人的屠杀不应该使我们去抨击双边关係和不同的文化群体。我们不应该将一切政治化，而应该努力保护和治疗那些陷于恐怖和痛苦的人，排在首位的是受害者、受害者的家人和朋友、枪手的家人、他在弗吉尼亚州森特维尔的邻居和他的大学校园。" 　　沿着这一思考方向，人们看到感人的一幕： 　　在弗吉尼亚理工大学的操场上，33个纪念遇难者的花岗岩悼念石摆成一个半圆形，其中包括凶手赵承熙的悼念石。这是因为，他虽然犯下残忍的罪行，但学校和社会此前没能对精神有问题的他提供适当的治疗和心理咨询，人们对此感到遗憾，这样做同时也是为了安慰他的家人。 　　"你没能获得必要的帮助，知道这个事实的时候，我感到非常悲哀。希望你的家人能尽快得到安慰并恢復平静。巴贝拉。" 　　"今后如果看到像你一样的孩子，我会对他伸出双手，给予他勇气和力量，把他的人生变得更好。我希望你的家人能克服你的作为带给他们的痛苦。希望你对其他那么多人的生活造成的破坏尽快復原，而这类事也不再重演。希望许多人心中对你的怨恨化为宽恕。大卫。" 　　这是美国民众写给枪击案凶手赵承熙的一些话。 　　石头上堆了鲜花、蜡烛、国旗和各式各样的纪念品──从兄弟球队带来的垒球到毛绒动物玩具。在赵承熙的悼念石上，和其它悼念石一样，在剪成VT(弗吉尼亚理工大学的缩写)模样的橘黄色彩纸上写着"2007年4月16日赵承熙"。 　　人们在悼念石前想着遇难者，不断擦拭着泪水。他们看到赵承熙悼念石前放置的纸条后，不禁露出百感交集的表情。三年级学生雷切尔说："他虽然很可恶，但他的家人真可怜。" 　　任何一个类似的惨案发生，人们都会悲伤，进而仇恨凶手，希望复仇，但这不是种族歧视的理由，更不该以恶制恶，由此制造更大范围的新的仇恨。多数美国人在悲伤中，随着对事件的了解、反思的深入，认识到凶手也是受害者，给予宽恕，其理智、胸襟令人敬佩，给人的启迪也是深刻的。 　　在世界不断上演着冤冤相报惨剧的今天，深入研究宽容文化，无疑是个重要的课题。因为，建设和谐家园乃至和谐世界，不仅要消除物质贫困，更要化解、消除人与人之间的误解与仇恨。（中新社） -- Original Source:中新社 <a href="http://news.creaders.net/us/subject_details.php?id=411279">http://news.creaders.net/us/subject_details.php?id=411279<a/> Language A language of the resource zh-Hans Title A name given to the resource 怨恨中的感人一幕：赵承熙获宽容引发反思 赵承熙，宽容，悼念石，美国民众，弗�尼亚�工 Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Na Mi Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource 丁仁能 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2007-07-25 Description An account of the resource http://www.enorth.com.cn　 2007-04-26 00:31 4月16日，韩国籍学生赵承熙制造了让世人震惊的弗吉尼亚理工大学枪杀案。4月21日，在弗吉尼亚理工大学的操场上，33个纪念遇难者的花岗岩悼念石摆成一个半圆形，其中还包括凶手赵承熙的悼念石。 　　在赵承熙的悼念石上，一些美国民众写道："希望你知道，你没有得到任何帮助和安慰，对此我感到非常心痛。所有的爱都包含在这里"，"今后如果看到像你一样的孩子，我会对他伸出双手，给予他勇气和力量，把他的人生变得更好。我希望你的家人能克服你的作为带给他们的痛苦。希望你对其他那么多人的生活造成的破坏尽快复原，而这类事也不再重演。希望许多人心中对你的怨恨化为宽恕。" 　　美国民众在擦拭泪水悼念遇难者的同时，仍然怀着一种宽容、自责的心情悼念凶手赵承熙的行为，很容易让人想起2004年杀害四名同班同学后被捕、最终被判处死刑的云南大学学生马加爵。遗憾的是，马加爵杀人案发生后，网络媒体和平面媒体都异口同声地谴责马加爵残忍行为，甚至有很多妖魔化马加爵的情绪和思想。不仅如此，有的人还把这种怨恨情绪发泄到马加爵家人的身上，使马加爵家人在失去亲人的同时，又背负着沉重的心里压力和思想包袱。在当时一边倒的声音里，很少有人分析马加爵的心理感受、精神状态和人格缺陷，除了马加爵的亲人们外，恐怕没有人公开悼念马加爵、同情马加爵，更遑论安慰马加爵的家人了。 　　美国民众悼念遇难者和凶手赵承熙的行为，很能给人以启示：在我们的生活中，像马加爵和赵承熙这样的人，肯定还有很多很多。对这些随时有可能做出反社会行为的人，如果我们多一份理解、多一份同情、多一些帮助，疏导他们的情绪，尊重他们的习惯，关心他们的生活，把他们从痛苦的心灵煎熬中牵引出来，使他们能体面地、有尊严地在社会上生活，那么，很多矛盾可以化解，很多悲剧也可以排除。这样，不同地位、不同性格、不同习惯，甚至不同信仰的人等等，都能在一种宽容、和谐的环境中友好相处、共同生活。(文/丁仁能) -- Original Source:东方网 <a href="http://news.enorth.com.cn/system/2007/04/26/001634941.shtml">http://news.enorth.com.cn/system/2007/04/26/001634941.shtml<a/> Language A language of the resource zh-Hans Title A name given to the resource 评论：悼念赵承熙给人的启示 宽� 弗�尼亚�工大学枪�案 悼念 美国民众 赵承熙 Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Na Mi Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource 南方周末 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2007-07-25 Description An account of the resource http://www.enorth.com.cn　 2007-04-19 11:10 中国留学生：从紧张到松了一口气 　　4月16日，弗吉尼亚理工大学的枪击血案被媒体报道后，迅即成为中国在美留学生、华裔人群关心的热门话题。除了表达震惊、悲痛，很多讨论都在谈同一个话题：嫌犯是不是华人。《芝加哥太阳报》根据匿名消息来源报道称：警方怀疑凶手是一名中国学生。警方与中国官方联系，调查一名24岁的中国学生，该学生去年8月7日乘美国联合航空公司班机从上海飞抵旧金山。 　　接着，就有人担心，此事影响华人形象。"很显然，如果是中国人，这血案会给中国人带来尴尬。"弗吉尼亚理工大学的中国留学生小王告诉记者，"学校的许多中国留学生都非常担心，如果凶手真是华人，可能会引发美国同学的仇华心理，类似于&#39;9·11&#39;之后仇视阿拉伯裔的情绪一样。" 　　与此同时，在中国国内，关于出国留学的一些网络论坛上，同样出现了震惊和悲痛，但顺着嫌犯是否为华人的讨论延伸下去，则是另一个话题：如果真是华人行凶，可能影响中国人赴美的签证申请。 　　准备赴美留学的罗小姐也是参加讨论的众人之一，她告诉记者："最早是留学的群里的人发布枪案的消息，大家难过之后，就开始担心签证的事情。""申请留学的这个人群比较好的一点是不会盲信，所以很多人上美国的门户网站去查。" 　　"(17日)下午，有消息说，美国驻沈阳领馆只给一对老夫妇发了签证，其他全部被拒。于是乎所有人又开始郁闷。" 　　案件发生后，中国官方的反应积极而谨慎。中国驻美大使馆官员在第一时间与弗吉尼亚理工大中国学生学者联谊会主席薛宏取得了联系，并派员前往该校，询问相关情况。在17日下午的新闻发布会上，中国外交部新闻发言人并未直接回答关于嫌犯国籍的问题。这也一度引起外界关于嫌犯可能是中国国籍的猜测。 　　4月17日晚，看到确证嫌犯为韩国人之后，罗小姐和其他申请赴美的"同伴"们一起，感觉"松了一口气"。此时，弗吉尼亚理工大学的小王和很多来自中国的同学也是"松了一口气"。 　　4月17日，许多中国媒体也带着这样的猜测和担忧忙碌起来，四处查找凶手身份、籍贯。而各种各样关于所谓嫌犯姓名的"消息"流传甚广。直到夜里9点多，美国主流媒体发布嫌犯身份后，许多媒体的关注又陡然降低。 　　韩国媒体："噩梦终于成为现实" 　　4月17日晚，嫌犯国籍确定的消息在韩国引起震动。韩国《朝鲜日报》网站的新闻感叹："一直担心的噩梦终于成为现实。"由此不难想象，在最后的消息确定之前，韩国人也有中国留学生同样的担心。 　　根据韩国一些媒体的报道，在美韩裔带着非常复杂的心情收看关于血案的新闻报道。他们担心韩国人的形象受损，希望其个人生活不会因此受到不利影响。 　　韩国政府连夜召开紧急会议，讨论紧急对策。其外交部门同美国全境的韩人会等机构或韩国人团体保持联络，商讨韩国侨民的安全对策。韩国政府甚至提醒在美的韩国侨胞保持警惕。 　　一些韩裔家长纷纷打电话发电子邮件给在大学读书的儿女，进行安抚。据说，一些原本居住在美国弗吉尼亚州的韩国人因为害怕而准备搬到其他州生活。 　　17日，韩国外交通商部就此事件向美国表达了慰问和歉意，并且希望事件不要激起族群间的对立或加深民族关系的紧张感。 　　韩国外交通商部负责北美事务的Cho Byung-se表示，"我们听到经过后很震惊，我们对受难者、家属以及美国同胞表达最深的哀悼。"Cho Byung-se说，他们也不知道凶手行凶的动机，并希望这次的悲剧不要"激起种族歧视或对立"。 　　韩国外交通商部发言人Cho Hee-yong指出，目前韩国已经派出外交官员到枪击现场。韩国政府和韩国驻美国使领馆也就有关在美韩国侨民安全问题表示，"外交通商部以及当地韩国社区对于未来采取的措施，将一同合作。" 　　韩国总统卢武铉也在17日透过发言人对弗吉尼亚理工大学枪击事件表示难以置信，除对亡者及家属表达哀悼外，也希望伤者能早日康复。 　　"我担心针对亚裔的报复" 　　从小在美国长大的纽约大学华裔学生小陈说，他并不认为凶手是韩裔就跟中国人无关。实际上多数美国人根本分不清华裔与韩裔的区别。他就听见一个美国人说："韩国是哪里啊？是中国的一部分吧？" 　　同样来自中国、在哥伦比亚大学就读的杜小姐完全不这么看。无论是开始一些申请赴美者对于签证被拒的忧虑、在美华人对于歧视的忧虑，还是后来对于同为亚洲人可能受到不利影响的担心，在她看来，都有些：糊涂、荒唐。"这就是一个个体的案例而已。"她也认为，"如果外国留学生自我生活封闭，那么对于外来的影响肯定就要脆弱一些。"如果心理脆弱，任何事情都可能是打击和影响。 　　汕头大学长江新闻与传播学院美籍教师John Noonan曾在弗吉尼亚生活，他的感受支持了小陈的观点："这仅是一个精神错乱的个人行动。我不认为事情和他所代表的种族有关。我真正担心的是，这场悲剧后，在美国会出现针对亚裔或者看起来像亚洲人的报复性袭击。在佛罗里达州，当地人对外来的人一无所知，他们分辨不清中国人、日本人和韩国人。 &#39;9·11&#39;之后，这里发生了针对阿拉伯人和阿拉伯美国人的攻击。""通常发生了这样恐怖的事件后，一些无知的人，会寻求目标来复仇，也会发生报复行为。我祈祷这样的攻击不要发生。" 　　汕头大学长江新闻与传播学院的教授Peter Herford曾在美国哥伦比亚广播公司CBS　担任新闻副总裁，他的观点与John Noonan类似："问题在于，美国人分不清楚来自亚洲各国的人群，整个亚洲都会受到该事件的影响。" 　　也有分析人士指出，此血案给中国人、华裔的国际形象带来了挑战，而他们在此事件中的表现也有值得思考和琢磨之处。 　　亚裔人士的文化心理危机 　　独来独往的嫌犯 　　赵承熙在开枪杀人之后，从其老师和同学那里，媒体获得这样一些信息：他很少与舍友聊天；在开枪前，他留下一张字条，责怪同学们的道德败坏，语气中充满仇恨。因为其文学作业中思维混乱，文字骇人，Lucinda Roy老师曾建议赵去看心理医生。Roy形容赵写下的诗句里"暗含着威胁"。单独辅导赵后，Roy的印象是："看起来，戴着墨镜的他在哭。" 　　Roy说，她很害怕和赵单独相处，因此，她同助理约定，当她提到一位死去教授的名字时候，她的助理就去报警。 　　据了解，赵承熙迷恋18岁的女同学Emily Hilscher，目前警方正在调查赵承熙与Emily的关系，以及Emily与另一名学生之间的关系是否成为血案的导火索。 　　赵承熙的家人住在华盛顿郊区Centreville地区的一栋两层楼白色连排别墅中。在赵承熙的邻居Abdul Shash印象中，"他非常安静，总是自己一个人。"Abdul Shash指出，在赵承熙的闲暇时刻，他大部分的时间都在打篮球，当有人跟他打招呼时，赵承熙不会回应，这位邻居也说，他们一家人都很安静。 　　《芝加哥论坛报》的报道说，赵承熙最近表现出一些可疑的行为，包括在学生宿舍纵火，跟踪一些女同学。警方调查人员发现赵承熙最近在服用抗抑郁药。 　　很多信息都在指向赵的心理问题。 　　"生活在自己的世界里" 　　枪杀案发生之后，许多华裔、韩裔家长对赵承熙严重的心理问题感到震惊，对子女的心理健康感到担忧。他们认为，赵承熙是一个在美国长大的孩子，他的暴行应该与他所生活的环境有密切的关系。也有人在网络上发表意见说，校园枪击案给华裔们敲响了警钟。 　　华裔张太太的儿子在美国大学读书，她表示，许多亚裔移民到美国之后，把主要精力放在自己在美国的打拼上，根本就没有时间顾及子女教育。而这些亚裔孩子身为少数族裔，一旦在学校经常受到比他们有钱、比他们身材高大的白人、黑人或者西班牙裔的欺负，不懂得如何自保。张太太觉得，美国学校的老师跟中国老师不一样，不会去管孩子上课以外的行为，加上家长的忽略，有的孩子就变得自闭，整天在家里玩电子游戏，看暴力影片和卡通片。长此以往，暴力、偏执、对抗性的性格和行为也就容易慢慢滋生。有些家长不知孩子心理有问题，也不懂如何处理，对孩子除了纵容，就是暴打一顿，往往把孩子越逼越远。 　　而华裔少年的父母们，在留学美国2年半的李小姐看来，也是"生活在自己的世界里面"。她用自己编的顺口溜形容很多华人家庭的典型状态："男的做IT，女的做会计；下班toyata(丰田汽车)，晚上中文电视连续剧；周末去买菜，回家就打牌。" 　　而成年后来到美国的留学生中，也不乏缺乏社交的学生。据在美国留学的杜小姐介绍，尤其是一些理科生，埋头于实验、课程、论文、电脑，很少与外界打交道。 　　"美国文化病" 　　美国心理学家们也借机纷纷批评美国传媒充斥暴力倾向，认为媒体暴力是造成枪杀案层出不穷的根本的原因，对青少年的危害尤甚。 　　在美国，青少年从孩提时代就对暴力犯罪司空见惯，随着电视、电脑及影视录像带的普及，孩子们有更多机会接触凶杀打斗画面。枪林弹雨、血肉横飞的暴力镜头，使青少年从小崇尚暴力，相信枪能"解决"一切问题。因青少年求知欲旺盛而世界观尚未形成，所以极易不顾后果地简单模仿。 　　一名孩子在网络上这么写道："我这么说可能有些疯狂，但是我确实崇拜那些校园杀手，他们干的一切太令人兴奋了，简直无与伦比！"网络上一直有许多类似的留言。 　　美国阿肯色州州长赫卡比在接受美国有线电视新闻网采访时说，暴力文化使青少年错误地认为，发泄愤怒的方法便是举枪射杀。影视片上的谋杀情节比比皆是，儿童们耳濡目染，凶杀事件就会源源不断。这不是个别学生、个别学校和个别州的问题，而是一种"美国文化病"。 -- Original Source:南方周末 <a href="http://news.enorth.com.cn/system/2007/04/19/001623617.shtml">http://news.enorth.com.cn/system/2007/04/19/001623617.shtml<a/> Language A language of the resource zh-Hans Title A name given to the resource 南方周末：美国校园血案给亚洲人带来尴尬 国� �裔人群 《�加哥太阳报》 亚洲人 文化心��机 美国文化病 韩国媒体