Virginia Tech commemoration Thursday, April 19

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Virginia Tech commemoration Thursday, April 19

Submitted by Anthony on Wed, 04/18/2007 - 1:40pm.

Start: Apr 19 2007 - 12:00pm

End: Apr 19 2007 - 12:25pm

The public is invited to come together tomorrow (Thursday) at noon for a campus commemoration and time for reflection about this week's tragedy at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. The event will take place at the 9/11 Memorial Bench outside the first floor of the College Activities Building at The Evergreen State College.The program will include a musical performance, remarks from a representative from Evergreen's student government and Art Costantino, the vice president for student affairs. There will also be a time for community reflection and a moment of silence in honor of the victims, their families and the Virginia Tech community. The program will run approximately 20 minutes. Go to www.evergreen.edu/tour for a campus map
WHAT: Evergreen commemorates Virginia Tech tragedy
WHEN: Thursday, April 19 at noon
WHERE: 9/11 Memorial Bench, outside of first floor CAB near stairs to Red Square.

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April 16 2007 32 people

Submitted by Mike on Wed, 04/18/2007 - 4:34pm.

April 16 2007 32 people shot to death in Virginia - this gets quite a lot of air time. No end to discussion and television coverage of the tragedy.

April 18 2007 183 people killed in bomb blasts in Baghdad - how much news coverage are Iraqis killed at the market going to get?

I think there's something creepy about the emphasis we put on American deaths and the discounted value we put on Iraqi deaths.

I have tried to pay almost no attention to the VA killings. It's a sad situation, no doubt and my heart goes out to the survivors, but the killing goes on in Iraq and we could do something about that if we wanted to.

Oh well. Everybody stay safe as you can. Don't get shot or blown up if you can help it. Don't shoot or blow anyone up. Lay down the weapons. Enough already.

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