One Year Ago, Today...

[ttogreh]

Ryan Clark, 22; senior in Psych/Biology/English from Martinez, Georgia.

Emily Hilscher, 19; a freshman in Animal Sciences from Woodville, Virginia.

Liviu Librescu 76, a professor of Engineering and holocaust survivor from Ploieşti, Romania.

Minal Panchal 26, a masters student in Architecture from Mumbai, India.

G. V. Loganathan (53), a professor of Engineering from Tamil Nadu, India.

Jarrett Lane (22), a senior in Civil Engineering from Narrows, Virginia.

Brian Bluhm (25), a masters student in Civil Engineering from Louisville, Kentucky.

Matthew Gwaltney (24), a masters student in Environmental Engineering from Chesterfield, Virginia.

Jeremy Herbstritt (27), a masters student in Civil Engineering from Bellefonte, Pennsylvania.

Partahi Lumbantoruan (34), a PhD student in Civil Engineering from Medan, Indonesia.

Daniel O'Neil (22), a masters student in Environmental Engineering from Lincoln, Rhode Island.

Juan Ortiz (26), a masters student in Civil Engineering from Bayamón, Puerto Rico.

Julia Pryde (23), a masters student in Biological Systems Engineering from Middletown, New Jersey.

Waleed Shaalan (32), a PhD student in Civil Engineering from Zagazig, Egypt.

Christopher James Bishop ("Jamie Bishop") (35), an instructor of German from Pine Mountain, Georgia.

Lauren McCain (20), a freshman in International Studies from Hampton, Virginia.

Michael Pohle Jr. (23), a senior in Biological Sciences from Flemington, New Jersey.

Maxine Turner (22), a senior in Chemical Engineering from Vienna, Virginia.

Nicole White (20), a junior in International Studies from Smithfield, Virginia.

Jocelyne Couture-Nowak (49), a professor of French from Nova Scotia, Canada.

Ross Alameddine (20), a sophomore in English/Business from Saugus, Massachusetts.

Austin Cloyd (18), a freshman in Int'l Studies/French from Champaign, Illinois.

Daniel Perez Cueva (21), a junior in International Studies from Woodbridge, Virginia/Peru.

Caitlin Hammaren (19), a sophomore in Int'l Studies/French from Westtown, New York.

Rachael Hill (18), a freshman in Biological Sciences from Richmond, Virginia.

Matthew La Porte (20), a sophomore in Political Science from Dumont, New Jersey.

Henry Lee (20), a freshman in Computer Engineering from Roanoke, Virginia/Vietnam.

Erin Peterson (18), a freshman in International Studies from Centreville, Virginia.

Mary Read (19), a freshman in Interdisciplinary Studies from Annandale, Virginia.

Reema Samaha (18), a freshman in Urban Planning from Centreville, Virginia.

Leslie Sherman (20), a junior in History/Int'l Studies from Springfield, Virginia.

Kevin Granata (45), a professor of Engineering from Toledo, Ohio

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Remember them in your own way. We can talk about gun violence, we can talk about the rights of the individual versus the rights of society... we can go back and forth over whether or not Virginia Tech would have been different if it were an armed campus...

We can talk about a lot of things. Just... don't speak the name of the man that did this to us. Please, don't give him that power. Or disagree with me on that point. Tell me why I am wrong, it's ok. Just... please, think of who these people were, if just for today.

[Jadis]

I remember that day. We were all glued to the tv's in the lobby.... it was very sad.

My heart goes out to their families and friends....

[Destroit]

Everyone needs to remember things like this so we can try to keep in mind people who may act out in violence, and try to help them so as to prevent things like this from happening again. We as a society forget things like this so quickly.

[Shade Everdark]

I find it amazing that it's been one year already.

...I'll be dead before I know it...of old age.

[Gaf The Horse With Tears]

...I'll be dead before I know it...of old age.

I hope and prey thats the case for everyone I know ... the old age part.

[ttogreh]

st_masey, I would rather be overcautious and wasteful of school time than complacent and reactive to a school shooting. We need to take these things deadly seriously. Ugh... school shootings are awful heaped on horrific...

[phee]

***POSTS DELETED FOR FLAMING... PLEASE FOLLOW PLAY NICE RULES***

[Steven]

Everyone needs to remember things like this so we can try to keep in mind people who may act out in violence, and try to help them so as to prevent things like this from happening again. We as a society forget things like this so quickly.

in light of this what do you beleive is the core problem here?

and what do you think we need to do?

[jadnifer]

I cannot believe that it's already been a year. It is terribly sad and horrific that we lost so many innocent people. They will forever be in my heart.