You know, there are a lot of reasons people don’t like Monday mornings. They have to go back to work or school. They don’t get to sleep-in or make plans for a leisurely day. They have to deal with traffic and cranky co-workers and sleepy students or teachers. And sometimes they have to die terrible, [...]
My sister asks at her place why there hasn’t been much “coverage” about the shootings at Northern Illinois University? Specifically lacking have been blog posts. And as alumni of Virginia Tech, it may have crossed some your minds, why have we been “silent” about this?
I don’t really have an answer to that. I have [...]
A few notes before we get started. First, if you haven’t already, please read the preface post before reading this post. It’ll make more sense. You can click the link or scroll down, the preface is the post immediately following this one. Second, these posts were not easy to write. They’ve been swirling around in [...]
This post is a preface to our next He Said/She Said regarding the topic of memorializing violence. Comments are turned off for this post but will be allowed on the following post.
On August 1, 1966 a lone gunman positioned himself in the Texas Tower on the campus of the University of Texas at Austin [...]
On April 16, 2007, some dude murdered 32 people at Virginia Tech. As an aside, I call him “some dude” because his name does not bear remembering. Now that proper time has been given to mourn and grieve, I wanted to go back to a post at Nashville is Talking that drew my ire.
Admittedly, [...]
Last month after the tragedy at Virginia Tech, I went looking for some pictures of David and I while we were students there. Oddly enough, I didn’t find very many but the memories came flooding back just the same. Virginia Tech (and the Blacksburg community) is a special place. I imagine that many of us [...]
Tomorrow, a petition in support of Virginia Tech President Steger and Police Chief Flinchum will be delievered to the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors and to Governer Kaine. There’s still time today to sign the petition. You don’t have to be directly associated with the school to show your support. As of last night the [...]
Viginia Tech Alma Mater
(second verse with chorus)
The Orange and Maroon you see,
That’s fighting on to victory;
Our strife will not be long this day,
For glory lies within this fray.
So stand and sing, all hail to thee,
V.P., all hail to thee.
fyi - I’ll go back to our original banner tomorrow but today is about remembering [...]
I may update this post throughout the day. While watching the news coverage of yesterday’s tragedy, no Hokie can let some of the things that are being said go unchallenged. Some of it’s petty, all of it is my opinion and my experiences. But I need a place to say some of this stuff.
6. I [...]
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