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Preserving the Outpouring of Grief
In the months after the April 16 massacre -- and in a process that continues as the school year begins Monday -- Virginia Tech officials took on the task of preserving for the future what was an immediate outpouring. The Library of Congress crew that offered advice those first few days had worked on a Sept. 11, 2001, collection and knew how to archive grief. The university would have to learn.
Resources
Live Discussions: Transcript: Debating Gun Control |
Headlines From the Virginia Tech Shootings
The Timeline
A detailed look at the events that unfolded at Virginia Tech University on April 16, 2007.
Reader Reaction
My thoughts and prayers are with the Virginia Tech community this week. What they have experienced is horrible. This is a week when, regardless of college affiliation, we are all Hokies.
- Doug Steimle (Apr. 20, 7:47 a.m.) | More Comments »
Op-Eds, Editorials & Blogs
Read editorials, columns, blogs and op-eds on the Virginia Tech shootings.
- Lyle Dukes: A Love that Continues
- Editorial: Policy Trigger
- Lionel Shriver: Missing Voice
- Lionel Shriver: What the Killers Want
- Tom Mauser: How Life Goes On
- Michael Berger: Why I'm Still Proud
- Hali Plourde-Rogers: Remembering Reema
- Stephanie Derry: I'm Starting All Over Again
- Jim Hoagland: From Blacksburg to Algiers
Preserving the Outpouring of Grief
In the months after the April 16 massacre -- and in a process that continues as the school year begins Monday -- Virginia Tech officials took on the task of preserving for the future what was an immediate outpouring. The Library of Congress crew that offered advice those first few days had worked on a Sept. 11, 2001, collection and knew how to archive grief. The university would have to learn.
Resources
Live Discussions: Transcript: Debating Gun Control |
Headlines From the Virginia Tech Shootings
The Timeline
A detailed look at the events that unfolded at Virginia Tech University on April 16, 2007.
Reader Reaction
My thoughts and prayers are with the Virginia Tech community this week. What they have experienced is horrible. This is a week when, regardless of college affiliation, we are all Hokies.
- Doug Steimle (Apr. 20, 7:47 a.m.) | More Comments »
Op-Eds, Editorials & Blogs
Read editorials, columns, blogs and op-eds on the Virginia Tech shootings.
- Lyle Dukes: A Love that Continues
- Editorial: Policy Trigger
- Lionel Shriver: Missing Voice
- Lionel Shriver: What the Killers Want
- Tom Mauser: How Life Goes On
- Michael Berger: Why I'm Still Proud
- Hali Plourde-Rogers: Remembering Reema
- Stephanie Derry: I'm Starting All Over Again
- Jim Hoagland: From Blacksburg to Algiers
