April 10, 2018

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We are Virginia Tech.

We are sad today, and we will be sad for quite a while. We are not moving on, we are embracing our mourning.

We are Virginia Tech.”

Nikki Giovanni

university distinguished professor of English

Below are the names of the 32 victims who died on April 16, 2007.

Ross A. Alameddine Christopher James Bishop Brian R. Bluhm Ryan Christopher Clark Austin Michelle Cloyd Jocelyne Couture-Nowak Kevin P. Granata Matthew Gregory Gwaltney Caitlin Millar Hammaren Jeremy Michael Herbstritt Rachael Elizabeth Hill

Emily Jane Hilscher Jarrett Lee Lane Matthew Joseph La Porte Henry J. Lee Liviu Librescu G.V. Loganathan Partahi Mamora Halomoan Lumbantoruan Lauren Ashley McCain Daniel Patrick O’Neil Juan Ramon Ortiz-Ortiz

Minal Hiralal Panchal Daniel Alejandro Perez Cueva Erin Nicole Peterson Michael Steven Pohle Jr. Julia Kathleen Pryde Mary Karen Read Reema Joseph Samaha Waleed Mohamed Shaalan Leslie Geraldine Sherman Maxine Shelly Turner Nicole Regina White

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March for Our Lives must lead to substantial policy change

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In this era of school shootings, we must take every opportunity to influence policymakers to affect real gun control measures. onday, March 12

On the heels of the devastating attack on Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, something special happened.

The students of the school used t hei r newfound national platform to increase awareness on gun violence and push lawmakers to pass legislation that will work to ensure that these attacks never happen again. In the wake of tragedy, these brave students have created a moment — a time when real change can be had.

But these moments can be fleeting. Too often people fail to grasp this time for change, and the issue falls to the wayside, only supported by small, niche protests and petitions after the fact. By then many people,will no longer care. It’s not only a good choice, but a responsibility for anyone who cares about the issue of gun violence to seize this moment.

Wednesday, March 14 Earlier this morning, high school students across the country walked out of school to raise awareness for gun control legislation. I caught up with a friend of mine, Ashley Lin, a senior at a high school that held one such event. She self-identifies as being pro-gun control.

She described her school as “liberal-leaning,” but also generally “apathetic” toward politics, saying that her school is “only active when something like (the Parkland shooting) happens.”

I asked Lin when she thought this apathy would return.

“In a week or two.”

Tuesday, March 20 There was a shooting at Great Mills High School in St. Mary’s County, Maryland, this morning.

I don’t have much to say about it. We’re living in an age when a school shooting can get lost in the shuffle.

This shooting, as tragic as it was, is just business as usual these days. In a week’s time, I doubt it’ll be remembered.

Friday, March 23 I’m going for my family.

My mom is one of the biggest gun control advocates I know. She wants Japanese gun laws here in America.

Her reasoning: You can stab people with knives, but you can’t kill tens of people in seconds with knives.

I’m going for the 32 who died in Blacksburg, on our campus, on April 16, 2007.

A lot of people point to Columbine as the beginning of the modern era of school shootings. But, I think the start of this school shooting era began closer to home.

The Virginia Tech shooting was one of the first major mass shootings in the age of widespread cell phone use.

In this time of mass communication we find ourselves in, shootings become national news in the blink of an eye. But over the last few years we’ve become desensitized. As more and more of these stories are reported, they become yesterday’s news quicker than you can say, “mass shooting.” Since the Virginia Tech shooting became the deadliest mass shooting in history, that record has been broken twice. People don’t think about that enough.

Saturday, March 24 Springfield is an interesting place. There are a lot of government workers and military personnel in the area, and compared to areas like Arlington and Alexandria, there are quite a few conservatives to balance out the political spectrum.

In fact, prior to the last state election cycle, Dave Albo (R-42) represented much of the area in the House of Delegates. Gun ownership wasn’t uncommon, and I grew up with many conservative friends. Even as a left-leaning individual, by the time I walked into my almost completely liberal

high school, it was a bit off-putting. Though, the conservatives at my high school tended to be very conservative among a sea of blue. I guess that’s how firebrands are born.

You might be wondering about my beliefs on gun legislation. I don’t interpret the Second Amendment as allowing for assault weapons, especially considering the historical context in which it was written. I believe there should be an assault weapons ban, on both automatic and semi-automatic rifles. Throwing party-line views like closing the gun-show loophole and improving background checks for purchasing a weapon, and my stance on the issue is quite clear: pro-gun control.

Though I’m no firebrand and I identify as more moderate than most young liberals. Some close friends of mine are gun owners and at least one that I know of is a member of the NRA. My grandfather was an Army colonel and a member of the NRA. I have close family members who own weapons.

Some people just feel safer with a gun, and I can sympathize with that. No one can really argue with someone’s perception of their safety because it’s so personal.

There are a lot of situations where I, along with many of my brethren on the left, probably would feel safer when armed too. That’s part of what makes this so difficult.

But wh e n s ch o ol sho ot i ngs a nd m a ss shooti ngs i n genera l become so frequent, and so normalized, in a society, we have to acknowledge that there is a problem. Even when weighing personal safety into the equation, I find it very hard to believe that one would need a semi-automatic assault rifle to feel secure in their person. Awareness of one’s surroundings and instinctual self-preservation is one thing. Paranoia is another.

ANTHONY WU / COLLEGIATE TIMES A participant in the March for Our Lives to protest gun violence holds a sign that says “Disgusted? Vote,” March 24, 2018 .

The law does not protect the paranoid from the seeds of their own minds.

I guess in the end, all we can do is hope for change.

But I’m excited for the day to come, and even more so, to eventually see the fruits of all this labor in legislation.

We’ll just have to see.

Monday, March 26 The March for Our Lives was incredibly moving.

There were so many people there to show support that I couldn’t even see where the stage was. Even though I’m not one to show too much emotion, behind my stone face, there were times when it really got to me. There were families carrying pictures of their children who had died in school shootings, many of whom would be younger than me if they were alive today. The speakers were truly amazing. All of them showed such poise, in the face of both tragedy and political scrutiny.

The final speaker was Emma Gonzalez, a senior at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School who gained worldwide recognition for her “We call B.S.” speech after the attack on her school that killed 17 of her classmates. She began speaking, but all of a sudden, she went silent. For the next few minutes, she looked out at the crowd saying nothing.

I had no idea what was happening and didn’t know how to react. Then she spoke again. She had remained silent long enough for her speech to be six minutes long — the length of the

attack on her school. Six minutes might not seem like a long time, but in the time that she stayed silent — like how the students in the school may have felt — it felt like an eternity.

People all around me were crying, or at least tearing up. If substantive gun control comes from all this, Gonzalez’s silence will go down as an iconic moment in history.

As I made my way through the crowd, one sign, in particular, caught my eye.

It was black and red with two handprints in the middle and white text that read, “Our Blood, Your Hands.” As such a simple statement, it carried so much power with the image it conjured.

After the rally I found the woman holding the sign, and she actually turned out to be an old friend, Yukta Chidanandan.

“I marched for my 10-year-old sister,” she said. Unlike my friend, her sister has many years to go in the education system. I remember someone told me once that our generation’s defining social events were school shootings.

Chidanandan doesn’t want that to be true of her sister’s generation.

I asked Chidanandan what effect she thought the march would have.

“It is forcing (young people) to actually take notice of the problem,” she said. “I have friends who are registering to vote just to make sure the NRA stays out of Congress.”

If that’s a widespread effect of what transpired on

Saturday, people actually showing up to the ballot box, then the March for Our Lives can be called a resounding success. We’ll know come November.

Tuesday, March 27 After a day of classes, I’m back in my routine. I think that’s true for most people who were in D.C. on Saturday. The monotony of life almost always wins these battles.

We won’t know the effect of these events for a while.

Whether it’s through legal reform or elections, none of that will come until later. The strength of these movements does not lie in its immediate passion, but rather in its staying power. Many movements in the past have marched on Washington without causing a true paradigm shift.

If you were to ask me if I think a paradigm shift will occur, I would say I have no idea. But, I do think that more than any other gun-control movement, these students have given themselves the best chance.

They’ve challenged politicians directly and have taken criticisms from the NRA and people on the right with strength and poise.

They aren’t allowing anyone else to shape the narrative for them. We must hope that continues.

But for now, I guess life really is back to normal.

Let’s just hope that normal isn’t what it once was.

JUSTIN REDMAN opinions columnist sophomore/public and urban affairs

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Since 2007, 122 people fatally shot on campuses Campus Jackson State University Central Michigan University

Mississippi Valley State University Norfolk State University

Savannah State University

Southeastern Louisiana University

Location Jackson, Mississippi Mount Pleasant, Michigan

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Norfolk, Virginia

February 27, 2018

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Hammond, Louisiana

February 23, 2018

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Beaver, Pennsylvania

December 13, 2017

Itta Bena, Mississippi Savannah, Georgia

Winston-Salem, North Carolina

East Stroudsburg University

East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania

Albany State University Texarkana College University of Utah

Grambling State University Virginia State University Virginia State University Stonehill College

Texas Tech University University of Akron Georgia Tech

St. Catherine University

Tennessee State University Texas A&M

North Lake College

University of St. Thomas Central State University Kansas State University

Albany, Georgia

Texarkana, Texas

Salt Lake City, Utah

Grambling, Louisiana

February 27, 2018

February 24, 2018

December 11, 2017

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0

November 10, 2017

0

November 11, 2017 October 30, 2017

October 25, 2017

October 11, 2017

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Lubbock, Texas

October 14, 2017

Aims Community College Ohio State University

Winston-Salem State University

North Carolina Central University Tennessee State University Texas Southern University

Northern Arizona University

Umpqua Community College Jackson State University Delta State University

Sacramento City College

Savannah State University

Texas Southern University Wichita State University Utah Valley University

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Nashville, Tennessee

September 5, 2017

0

1

St. Paul, Minnesota

September 12, 2017

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St. Paul, Minnesota

April 7, 2017

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Wilberforce, Ohio

Manhattan, Kansas

May 3, 2017

March 13, 2017

Lebanon, Ohio

January 5, 2017

1

November 28, 2016

Montgomery, Alabama

September 9, 2016

Dallas, Texas

Jacksonville, Florida

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Columbus, Ohio

Caledonia, Michigan

2

January 22, 2017

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August 25, 2016

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June 1, 2016

2

July 7, 2016

May 19, 2016

10

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March 23, 2016

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Greeley, Colorado

December 29, 2015

1

April 2, 2016

March 21, 2016

Columbus, Ohio

November 29, 2015

Durham, North Carolina

October 25, 2015

1

6

Charlotte, North Carolina

Winston-Salem, North Carolina

1

1

0

April 16, 2016

Atlanta, Georgia

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Tuskegee, Alabama Manhattan, Kansas

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October 23, 2016

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2

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November 1, 2015

1

1

Nashville, Tennessee

October 22, 2015

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2

Flagstaff, Arizona

October 9, 2015

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Houston, Texas

Roseburg, Oregon

October 9, 2015

0

1

1

1

3

October 1, 2015

10

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Cleveland, Mississippi

September 14, 2015

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Savannah, Georgia

August 27, 2015

Jackson, Mississippi

Sacramento, California

September 24, 2015 September 3, 2015

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MATT JONES editor in chief

Since April 17, 2007, 320 people have been shot on college and university campuses in the U.S., according to a Collegiate Times analysis.

This number was obtained by analyzing news reports and other existing databases to assemble a list of gun violence incidents on campuses across the country. In total, 122 people were killed and 198 people were injured by gunfire in the 11 years since the April 16, 2007, mass shooting at Virginia Tech.

Only 26 of these were mass shootings, in which three or more people were shot at once. The most people shot in a single incident was at Northern Illinois University in February 2008, when six were killed and 17 injured, including the gunman who killed himself.

Most shootings were isolated acts.

In 120 incidents during that time span, only one person was shot. Some of these revolved around other crimes, like a double shooting at Georgia State that started with a drug deal, or were accidents, like when an Idaho State University professor shot himself in the foot. Most involved handguns and not assault rifles.

However, 148 of the 320 people who were shot on college campuses — about 46 percent — were shot in mass shootings. Fifty-three people were killed and 95 people were wounded in the 26 mass shootings the Collegiate Times identified.

Fifteen of the 320 people shot were injured accidentally when a gun fired unintentionally. This counts only accidental discharges; there are more instances when someone fired a gun intentionally but did not mean to hit the

September 12, 2012

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1

0

Virginia State University

Petersburg, Virginia

April 18, 2012

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1

1

Mississippi State University

August 26, 2015

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2

Orem, Utah

May 4, 2015

0

1

Oikos University

April 18, 2015

0

3

August 8, 2015

Monaca, Pennsylvania

April 2, 2015

Dover, Delaware

Jackson, Tennessee

Bethune-Cookman University

Daytona Beach, Florida

University of South Carolina

Columbia, South Carolina

Nashville, Tennessee Mankato, Minnesota

April 19, 2015

April 2, 2015

February 23, 2015

February 21, 2015 February 5, 2015

February 2, 2015

0

1

0

0

0

1

2

1

1

Alabama A&M University

Temple University

Virginia Tech

1

University of California Berkeley

0

Lane College

0

University of Nevada, Reno

1

Southern Union Community College

1

California State University, Bakersfield

3

Elizabeth City State University

0

University of Montana

0

San Jose State University

Claremore, Oklahoma

Florida State University

Tallahassee, Florida

November 20, 2014

1

3

Middle Tennessee State University

Langston, Oklahoma

October 18, 2014

0

1

Langston University

1

University of Texas

2

Colorado State University

1

Ohio State University

Delaware State University Langston University

Indiana State University

Savannah State University Idaho State University

Seattle Pacific University Georgetown College

Georgia Gwinnett College Paine College

Annapolis, Maryland Dover, Delaware

Terre Haute, Indiana Savannah, Georgia

Los Angeles Valley College

South Carolina State University Purdue University

Widener University

South Dakota School of Mines and Technology North Carolina A&T University Savannah State University Santa Monica College

University of Southern Mississippi

Massachusetts Institute of Technology Stillman College

Grambling State University

Elizabeth City State University

New River Community College University of Central Florida Coastal Carolina University

Augusta, Georgia

May 5, 2014

0

1

Council Bluffs, Iowa

May 8, 2014

1

April 3, 2014

0

1

February 12, 2014

Nashville, Tennessee

January 28, 2014

Valley Glen, California

University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus University of Southern California

Southern Polytechnic State University Talladega College

University of South Alabama

Arizona State University Clark Atlanta University

October 3, 2010

Austin, Texas

September 28, 2010

Fort Collins, Colorado

September 8, 2010

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Columbus, Ohio DeKalb, Illinois

November 2, 2013 June 7, 2013

April 18, 2013

1 1

0

1

3

0

1

0 0

1

Texas State Technical College

3

Harvard University

0

Texas Southern University

1

Hampton University

William Paterson University

0

Henry Ford Community College

3

Savannah State University

2

The College of New Jersey

0

Northeast Lakeview Community College

0

North Carolina State University

0

Florida Atlantic University

2

Arkansas State University

Elizabeth City, North Carolina

April 13, 2013

0

1

Langston University

April 15, 2013

April 12, 2013

0

0

March 18, 2013

1

0

University of Central Arkansas

February 1, 2013

0

1

University of Tennessee Chattanooga

January 22, 2013

January 16, 2013

January 15, 2013

1

1

0

1

3

January 15, 2013

0

November 30, 2012

0

Baltimore, Maryland

November 30, 2012

Denver, Colorado

November 10, 2012 November 9, 2012

0

1

0

0

University of Arkansas Little Rock

1

Northern Illinois University

0

Miles College

Baton Rouge, Louisiana Dover, Delaware

1 2

Louisiana Technical College

Stetson University

November 1, 2012

0

4

Talladega, Alabama

October 13, 2012

0

1

Delaware State University

October 6, 2012

1

1 0

University of Memphis

October 26, 2009

September 3, 2009

Memphis, Tennessee

0

1

0

1 0 0 1 1

0 3

0 1

0 1

1

1

3 3 1 0 1

1

5

July 10, 2009

0

July 31, 2009

May 18, 2009

April 10, 2009

November 12, 2008 October 26, 2008

October 13, 2008 August 29, 2008 July 28, 2008 July 24, 2008

April 30, 2008

February 14, 2008

DeLand, Florida

1

0

0

DeKalb, Illinois

Fairfield, Alabama

0

August 16, 2009

February 27, 2008

Baton Rouge, Louisiana

1

1

1

Little Rock, Arkansas Jonesboro, Arkansas

2

0

August 30, 2009

November 1, 2008

Boca Raton, Florida

0

0

0

Ewing, New Jersey

Phoenix, Arizona

1

1

1

November 21, 2008

Raleigh, North Carolina

3

1

0

Savannah, Georgia

Chattanooga, Tennessee

0

1

January 25, 2010

January 21, 2009

San Antonio, Texas

0

1

Wayne, New Jersey

Conway, Arkansas

1

0

0

0

March 2, 2010

April 26, 2009

Langston, Oklahoma

0

February 19, 2010

Hampton, Virginia

Dearborn, Michigan

3

Los Angeles, California

0

Cambridge, Massachusetts

South Mountain Community College

Louisiana State University

October 16, 2012

Houston, Texas

0

2

January 24, 2010

Waco, Texas

1

March 9, 2010

Huntsville, Alabama

Richmond, Virginia

3

0

0

0

October 21, 2009

Virginia Union University

1

2

March 20, 2010

February 12, 2010

Atlanta, Georgia

0

1

Huntsville, Alabama

Phoenix, Arizona

1

September 18, 2010

December 3, 2009

1

Mobile, Alabama

October 14, 2010

Elizabeth City, North Carolina

October 21, 2010

Beckley, West Virginia

0

Marietta, Georgia

Langston, Oklahoma

Bakersfield, California

Minneapolis, Minnesota

April 16, 2013

Aurora, Colorado

February 14, 2011

University of Minnesota

Tuscaloosa, Alabama

Baltimore, Maryland

Murfreesboro, Tennessee

Langston, Oklahoma

May 3, 2013

St. Louis, Missouri

April 6, 2011

May 10, 2011

Langston University

November 21, 2013

Hattiesburg, Mississippi

Hazard, Kentucky

Opelika, Alabama

San Jose, California

September 2, 2009

September 21, 2013

Houston, Texas

August 20, 2011

August 29, 2011

San Bruno, California

January 21, 2014

Savannah, Georgia

Atlanta, Georgia

Reno, Nevada

Missoula, Montana

Skyline College

1

Orlando, Florida

September 8, 2011

Sacramento, California

0

Christiansburg, Virginia

Jackson, Tennessee

Sacramento State University

January 20, 2014

Grambling, Louisiana

1

November 7, 2011

0

Chester, Pennsylvania

Cambridge, Massachusetts

November 16, 2011

Elizabeth City, North Carolina

December 8, 2011

1

Chicago, Illinois

Auraria Campus

1

0

Santa Monica, California

Berkeley, California

Blacksburg, Virginia

January 25, 2014

0

1

Greensboro, North Carolina

1

March 3, 2012

1

Chicago State University

Morgan State University

0

January 24, 2014

Rapid City, South Dakota

February 2, 2012

Huntsville, Alabama

Gainesville, Florida

Alabama A&M University

Orangeburg, South Carolina West Lafayette, Indiana

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

University of Florida

University of Alabama in Huntsville

7

March 24, 2012

Pleasant Hill, California

1

0

Mississippi State, Mississippi

Diablo Valley College

Northern Illinois University

April 2, 2012

0

January 24, 2013

Morgan State University

1

Oakland, California

April 24, 2012

January 30, 2014

Arlington, Texas

Stevens Institute of Business & Arts

0

Phoenix, Arizona

Mountain State University

Tarrant County College - Southeast Campus

Hazard Community and Technical College

0

0

Jackson, Tennessee Palm Bay, Florida

1

May 2, 2014

April 16, 2014

February 27, 2013

Lone Star College - North Harris Campus

1

Harvard University

1

Lawrenceville, Georgia

0

Mid-Atlantic Christian University

0

June 5, 2014

Conway, South Carolina

Morehouse College

0

1

May 8, 2014

Seattle, Washington

Kent, Ohio

Tennessee State University

September 5, 2014

0

Georgetown, Kentucky

Kent State University

East Florida State College

September 29, 2014

0

September 2, 2014

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Union University

November 3, 2014

0

Pocatello, Idaho

Marquette University

Iowa Western Community College

November 23, 2014

1

0

Rogers State University St. John’s College

December 5, 2014

1

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Baltimore, Maryland

Houston, Texas

Wichita, Kansas

person injured.

Additionally, 26 people killed themselves using a firearm on college and university campuses, based on news reports and other databases.

These shootings were not limited to any state or geographic region.

Shootings in this list occurred in 40 states, from Florida to Washington.

This list only includes shootings that occurred on a two- or four-year college or university campus, excluding hospitals or medical centers affiliated with a school. If an incident spanned multiple locations, only those injuries or deaths that occurred on a campus are counted.

Those involved did not need to be students, but at least one person suffered was shot in every incident on this list.

This includes self-inflicted wounds, either accidental or intentional.

The number killed and injured is also the number killed or injured by gunfire, not related injuries or attacks.

For example, in an incident at Ohio State University in November 2016, a man drove a car into a crowd of pedestrians before attacking people with a butcher knife, injuring 11. However, in this database, only a police officer’s shooting of the attacker is included.

Below is a full list of every incident, including a link to another news source that gives more information about the incident. This list may not be comprehensive, as not every shooting may be reported in the media, and was last updated April 7, 2018.

Morgan State University

0

ITT Technical Institute

April 13, 2015

Minnesota State University

0

September 1, 2017

Irving, Texas

Goldsboro, North Carolina

Vanderbilt University

0

College Station, Texas

Wayne Community College Community College of Beaver County

1

1

September 17, 2017

Charlotte, North Carolina

Lane College

1

September 16, 2017

Akron, Ohio

Johnson C. Smith University Delaware State University

0

1

Atlanta, Georgia

Los Angeles, California

Georgia State University

1

0

0

UCLA

Johnson C. Smith University

2

1

Booneville, Mississippi

Kansas State University

0

0

October 9, 2017

Northeast Mississippi Community College

Tuskegee University

2

Easton, Massachussets

December 29, 2016

Florida State College Jacksonville

1

0

Salt Lake City, Utah

El Centro College

0

October 19, 2017

University of Utah

Auburn University at Montgomery

2

Petersburg, Virginia Petersburg, Virginia

0

0

January 20, 2017

Davenport University

1

1

1

Seattle, Washington

Ohio State University

0

January 20, 2018

University of Washington

Warren County Career Center

Deaths Injuries

March 7, 2018 March 2, 2018

Wake Forest University Penn State Beaver

Date

February 23, 2008

0

1

1

0 2

0

1

0 2

1

1

1 1

0

0

1

0

3

0 0 0 0

2 1 1 1

6

17

0

1

1

September 30, 2007

1

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3

0

0

January 17, 2008

September 21, 2007

8

0

1

3

December 13, 2007

1

0

February 8, 2008 February 7, 2008

1

2

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0

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0

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Tim Kaine hosts community panel on gun violence Chris Hurst moderated the panel and question-and-answer session which took place at The Lyric Theatre in Blacksburg.

ISABELLA ROSSI news editor

On Wednesday, April 4, U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) hosted a panel discussion about gun violence and actions that can be taken by community members to enact change. Democratic Delegate Chris Hurst of Virginia’s 12th District moderated the panel, which also included several community members.

“Because of the conversation that’s happening now around the country, what I think is really important is that we need to have this conversation with our communities, and we need to be reaching out and be trying to get perspectives from a whole host of different people,” Hurst said. “We need to be actually coming up with solutions and admitting we have a problem.

Sections of the discussion focused on work that Virginia lawmakers have

already done to pre-emptively stop gun violence in schools.

“Following the Virginia Tech incident, Virginia became the first state in the nation to require all public institutions of higher education to implement behavioral threat management programs on all campuses across the commonwealth,” said Gene Deisinger, former director of threat management services for Virginia Tech.

“Similarly, following Sandy Hook, Virginia became the first and, until recently, the only state in the country to have a similar mandate for all public primary and secondary education.”

Panel members also spoke about what needs to be improved both locally and nationally to stop gun violence. Some ways to decrease gun violence suggested by panel members included stricter gun laws, more c o m p r e h e n sive background checks and

increased research on gun violence and its causes.

“A good friend of mine Dr. Jeff Howard reminds us that you can’t connect the dots if you don’t collect the dots,” Deisinger said.

“We have to look within our systems of how we lawfully and ethically collect the information to further that understanding.”

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I didn’t really feel like something was going to change. But something is different now.”

Chris Hurst House of Delegates 12th District

Some members of the panel shared their personal experiences with gun violence and the ways that it has impacted their lives.

Hurst paid tribute to two co-workers, one of whom was his girlfriend, who were fatally shot during a live news broadcast in August of 2015.

“As you all know, I left my job at WDBJ7 a year and a half after the murders of Alison Parker and Adam Ward. That was the hardest time of my life and a day doesn’t pass that I don’t think about it,” Hurst said.

“I don’t think I’ll ever stop thinking about it.”

Another panel member who had been personally affected by gun violence was Uma Loganathan, whose father G.V. Loganathan was one of the professors fatally shot at Virginia Tech during the events of April 16, 2007.

Uma Loganathan now works as an activist working to bring together community members and government to change gun policies.

“What I am here to do is to be a mirror for you,” Loganathan said. “I am a community member and

I am here to be a bridge to talk to you about how the community can become involved and connect to the government or to experts.”

Similarly, Tim Kaine discussed his personal experience with gun violence while serving in Richmond.

“I was a city councilman and mayor in Richmond, and when I got elected in 1994, we had the second highest homicide rate in the United States,” Kaine said. “I went to just too many funerals and wakes and crime scenes and victim family supportgroup meetings in church basements. That was a very painful seven or eight years in my life.”

A key point highlighted by many panel members during the discussion was the importance of the movement taking place and the need to keep the discussion going if communities hope to see real change.

“One of the things that has frustrated me is that it

seems like we just talk about gun violence only when mass shootings occur,” Hurst said. “And yet, mass shootings are only one phenomenon in this larger equation of gun violence.

We need to be talking about threat assessment in schools and in workplaces. We need to talk about people who are susceptible to suicide, domestic violence, accidental firearm deaths, and we need to be having this conversation right now.”

Despite the somber nature of the topic, panel members stressed that their message was one of hope.

“After the shooting at Smith Mountain Lake, I was asked, ‘Do you think things are going to change now’ and I said ‘Honestly, I don’t think so.’ I didn’t really feel like something was going to change,” Hurst said. “But something is different now.

This time feels different.” @IzzyRossiCT

GABRIELA RIVERA / COLLEGIATE TIMES Uma Loganathan, whose father was killed during the Virginia Tech shooting, speaks about her experience, April 4, 2018.

GABRIELA RIVERA / COLLEGIATE TIMES The community discussion panel at The Lyric Theatre (LEFT to RIGHT): Maj. Gene Deisinger, Uma Loganathan, Sen. Tim Kaine, Harley Huffman and Delegate Chris Hurst, April 4, 2018.

GABRIELA RIVERA / COLLEGIATE TIMES Maj. Gene Deisinger, former director of threat management services at Virginia Tech, speaks at the panel, April 4, 2018.

GABRIELA RIVERA / COLLEGIATE TIMES Sen. Tim Kaine discusses approaches toward ending gun violence at The Lyric’s community discussion, April 4, 2018.

GABRIELA RIVERA / COLLEGIATE TIMES Harley Huffman, president of Students for Non-Violence at Virginia Tech, speaks about his experiences, April 4, 2018.

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Get ready for the 3.2 for 32 5K run with these distance-running tips

Never been much of a runner? Our writer lets you know how to take part in this charitable event even if it’s your first race.

HEATHER TROBRIDGE lifestyles staff writer

The 3.2 for 32 5K run is coming up on Saturday, April 14, and while it may be tempting to go into this charity run without any hesitation, many students find themselves in a similar dilemma after signing up: They’ve never run a 5K and rarely go to the gym, but want to participate because it’s for a good cause.

Well, you can’t change from a couch potato to a distance runner in one day, but there is still hope. Here are a few ways to prep for and perform at your first 5K. Get the right gear.

While you don’t need anything too fancy or expensive, you’ll want to start off your preparation by making sure that you have the right stuff to run in.

There’s no need to invest in specialized running shoes, but make sure that you have comfortable shoes to run in: nothing that’s tight enough on your feet to cause blisters or discomfort, but nothing so big that your feet will slide around. Also, it’s important to dress appropriately for the event. Check the weather the day of so that you know if you need a rain jacket, a sweatshirt or a tank top for running.

Make a schedule.

Since there’s not too much time left to prepare beforehand, you will need to plan out when you will be running and how far you will be going. In the days leading up, start off with one mile, and then in the

following days continue to add on until you’ve gone the distance. If you’re a beginner, it’s ideal to find a pace that you’re comfortable running and stick with that.

Whether you’re running a 10-minute mile or a fiveminute mile, the best thing is to keep a pace that’s right for you. There’s nothing wrong with running slowly; find the right pace and finishing will be easy.

Always make sure to warm up.

Injuries are no fun, and there are a whole lot that you can get from running. Make sure to properly stretch for about 10 to 20 minutes before you run. Put the most focus into stretching out your legs, specifically your hamstrings, quads, groins, knees and ankles. It’s also a good idea to stretch your hip flexors too; that way you can be limber and warm before you set off.

Run on all types of surfaces.

Odds are you’ll be running uphill, downhill and on f lat surfaces, so the best way to start prepping is by training on all types of terrain. Since the run will take place on campus, find a nice day and go jogging around the Drillfield, the Duck Pond or the cross-country field.

If you’re unable to do that, hit up McComas or War Memorial Gym and run on the treadmill with different inclines to get some practice.

Know the route you’re running.

Most of the time when

you’re signing up for a 5K, a course map will be uploaded to the website sign up page.

Getting a sense of where you’ll be going the day of will make it a little less scary than going into the race blind and not knowing the route.

Stay m otivated and positive.

Getting ready may start off as a challenge, especially if you’ve never done a race before. The most important thing is to remember why you’re doing the race and know that it’s not only for a good cause and to promote a healthy lifestyle, but just finishing the race is an accomplishment in itself.

You can do it!

Have fun.

While you may have mixed feelings about running, the best thing you can do is remember that this isn’t a serious race, and to just have fun with it. There’s no pressure to come in first place, so take it easy. Get a group of friends to prepare for the race with you and run the race with you; not only will this motivate you, but it will also be way more fun than training and running on your own. Nothing could be better than doing something meaningful with a good group of friends.

Now that you have some idea of where to get started, get out there and finish that 5K!

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Jack White’s ‘Boarding House Reach’ is a shrill, disastrous mess of an album The legendary former White Stripes frontman neglects his place as one of rock’s greatest artists with his third solo LP. BRYCE NOLAN

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After listening to this album, I have just one question for Jack White: What the hell were you thinking? Seriously, the guy who gave the world “Seven Nation Army” and “Fell in Love with a Girl” through his old band The White Stripes, as well as a pair of excellent previous solo albums, has made an album that sounds like it was made by the love child of Yoko Ono and William Shatner, back when the latter made a rather baffling jab at being a singer. It was released on March 23 through White’s own Third Man label, and it is a baffling exhibition seemingly designed to destroy everything I thought I liked about Jack White.

Far be it from me to hate on an artist for experimenting with music, but lord above, this just seems like the experiment was designed to see how much it can make me cringe in its 44-minute run time. On the ponderous track “Corporation,” White repeatedly shouts “Who’s with me?” and before I can calmly reply that I have

no idea what he’s going on about, he screams like someone’s just dropped a cinderblock on his foot. I was folding my laundry while listening to this album, and with every successive pair of socks I folded into one another, I could actually feel myself growing confused and more than a little exhausted just hearing it.

The music is awkward, loose, clunky and unfocused; in other words, the exact opposite of what a Jack White album should sound like. On several of the tracks, it sounds like White just recorded himself rambling nonsense while on absinthe and then overdubbed a bunch of NES-era video game power-up sound effects to serve as mid-range melodies. It’s amazing to me that I find almost every aspect of this album to be unpleasant; even White’s trademark piercing guitars take their knife-edge scream to an almost literal extreme.

The heavy distortion on most of the songs, rather than providing a feeling of DIY grain as was likely the intention, just feels like another layer of headache on an already overly dense

disaster of an album. Even the piano parts, aspects of music that I feel are generally underrepresented, sound about as enjoyable as someone scraping a key against a very nice, brand-new convertible — one that you yourself own.

Every decision made on this album is one that could only possibly sound reasonable after banging your head against a brick wall about six or seven times.

I know Jack White is better than this. I know he’s better than music that sounds like he’s trying and failing spectacularly to update and imitate the early psychedelic era by taking the aspects of it that people used to complain about — incoherency and atonality — and making an album that could be entirely summed up by those two words. Jack White is one of the best contemporary musicians out there, which just makes this album’s existence all the more depressing.

I give “Boarding House Reach” two out of five stars.

@BryceNolan13

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Tchume shines as Hokies compete at High Point Both men’s and women’s teams remain ranked in the top 20 in the country after solid performances in North Carolina.

DAVIS CARBAUGH sports staff writer

Coming off a three-way split last weekend at the Texas, Florida and Raleigh Relays, the Virginia Tech track and field team traveled as a whole to the VertKlasse Meeting at High Point University in North Carolina on Friday. All but the distance squad competed at the meet, as teams from the Southeast competed for the third weekend of the season.

The Tech men’s team came into this meet ranked No. 13 in the nation and the women’s side moved up to No. 18 after last weekend’s races.

Senior sprinter Shanel Burr got things started for the Hokies as she dominated the field in the women’s 100-meter hurdles. Burr’s 13.69 finish is just .08 seconds off her career best in the event.

Jaelyn Demory took fourth overall in the men’s 110-meter hurdles with a time of 15.08 and Alex Davenport’s 15.41 was good for ninth. Both freshmen set personal bests in the event.

Sen ior A m a - Sel i na Tchume, back in her hometown, Raleigh, North Carolina, won the women’s 400-meter event with a 55.68 finish. On the men’s side,

sophomore Matthew Baker (49.55) and junior Nathan Hogye (49.81) cracked the top 10 by finishing ninth and 10th respectively.

Redshirt-junior Austin Kolko nearly won the men’s 400-meter hurdle event as his 54.64 finish was good for third place overall.

Tchume was not done for the day, as she came back and won the women’s 200-meter event with a 24.15. Tchume had only about two and a half hours to rest between winning the 400- and 200-meter races.

However, she wasn’t the only one doing double duty; Shanel Burr (25.48) placed ninth in the 200-meter race after winning the 100-meter hurdles earlier in the day.

On the men’s side of the 200-meter event, Baker took second overall with a 21.64 finish. The Leonardtown, Maryland native set a personal best in the event and was only .06 seconds behind first place.

Olivia Privitera, a senior from M a s s a c h u s e t t s, competed in the women’s pole vault and placed fourth overall with a 3.81-meter jump. Privitera competed in the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds last year and was just two spots away from making it to NCAA Nationals. In her final season at Virginia

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Virginia Tech track and field at the Hokie Twilight, April 7, 2018.

Tech, Privitera will be one to watch as Tech’s season progresses.

The Hokies ended the day with a solid performance from Deakin Volz in the men’s pole vault. The junior placed second overall after jumping a height of 5.36 meters.

The Hokies will travel to Knoxville, Tennessee, next weekend as the University of Tennessee hosts the Tennessee Relays. After a quiet weekend, the Hokies will look to move up in the national rankings as they take on a high level of competition in Knoxville. @CTSportsTalk

COURTESY OF BRENDAN MALONEY Freshman pole vaulter Lisa Gunnarsson breaks the outdoor school record and sets the No. 1 mark in the nation at the Texas Relays in Austin, Texas.

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Tech lacrosse pulls off back-to-back ACC wins

Tech hangs on to win against the Orange at home. Senior Tristan McGinley scores game winner in thrilling fashion.

MADDIE THOMPSON

Virginia Tech baseball drops 2 of 3 versus UVA The Hokies won one game but ultimately lost the series.

This weekend, Virginia Tech baseball took on 2015 NCAA Tournament champion Virginia. The Hokies were competitive in the final two games, but the Cavaliers took the series.

ninth run of the game. He, as well as Tanner Morris, had three hits, while Cayman Richardson had four, more than Tech had as a team.

Derek Casey threw his first career complete game shutout.

His ERA dropped from just over 4.00 to 3.38, as he picked up his fourth win of the season.

Game one Out of the gate, the series looked as if it could get out of hand quickly. The Cavaliers lit up starting pitcher Connor Coward, and UVA took the contest 9–0.

Virginia scored twice in the first inning. Nate Eikhoff hit an RBI double with two men on, and Alex Tappen followed with a sac fly. The Cavaliers also scored five runs combined in the fourth and fifth innings, two of which were unearned.

Coward, who entered the game with a 3.04 ERA, gave up six earned runs on 10 hits over 4.2 frames, while also walking more batters than he struck out.

In the seventh, Andy Weber, who entered the day hitting well over .300, drove in UVA’s

Game two Luke Scherzer got the start, but only pitched two innings as he works his way back from two Tommy John surgeries.

While on the mound, he held Virginia scoreless.

Nick Menken led of the top of the third with a single. He later stole second and scored on a single from Nick Owens, giving the Hokies their first multi-hit inning, run and lead of the day.

Weber doubled to start the home half of the third inning, and Eikhoff promptly blasted the first home run of the day, putting UVA on top 2–1. A two-out single with runners on the corners from Jack Owens knotted the score, but Brendan Rivoli responded with a solo shot to give his team the lead

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Though the calendar may say it is April, the women’s lacrosse team was back inside as Blacksburg experienced another snowfall.

This didn’t stop the Hokies from delivering an exciting matchup against Syracuse, defeating the Orange 15–14 in double overtime, a similar score to last week’s faceoff against Louisville.

The win improves Tech’s record to 11–4 overall, and 4–1 in conference. The Hokies, currently ranked No. 14, should be expecting a rise in the rankings after taking down No. 18 Syracuse.

Tech’s attack looked different on the snowy Saturday, now missing junior Emma Harden due to a leg injury. The offense was dominated by Marissa Davey, Paige Petty and Tristan McGinley, who each tossed in hat tricks for the Hokies, with Petty whipping five goals in herself.

At the end of the first half, Syracuse had accrued a 6–4 lead, with junior Nicole Levy leading the charge.

Levy continued to hit the back of the net throughout the second half, tossing in the first two goals and creating an even bigger deficit for the Hokies to come back from.

This was soon answered

by Petty, who knocked in two goals for Tech, followed by one from Davey and Taylor Caskey to even the

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EMILY BALL / COLLEGIATE TIMES The Virginia Tech Hokies flooding the field to hug Emma Harden (20), Feb. 28, 2018.

Young talent on offense was crucial for the Hokies once more during the matchup, with freshman Petty netting her second game in a row with a hat trick and some change. Tech also won out in draw controls, swiping 17 to ‘Cuse’s 16.

The Hokies improved defensively, picking up 20 ground balls compared to last week’s 14 against Louisville, with freshman Leigh Lingo picking up five herself for the team.

Tech lacrosse will travel up north to Massachusetts next Saturday as it gets set to face off against Boston College for its second-to-last game of the season.

score at eight, all within five minutes.

The two teams continued to go back and forth throughout the rest of the half, the Hokies scoring twice as many points as they did during the first. With two minutes left to play, the Orange were leading by one, 14–13. Caskey kept Tech in play, knocking in the tying goal with only 1:29 left to play.

It took the Hokies two overtimes before McGinley, assisted by Julia Bolte, was able to seal the deal.

It was a rough matchup for the two, Syracuse racking up 36 total fouls as it tried to maintain the lead. Tech was able to capitalize on some of those fouls, netting seven goals from 17 free-position shots.

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CHARLIE ALEXANDER / COLLEGIATE TIMES Virginia Tech’s Jack Owens (2) celebrates with Sam Fragale (21) after hitting a home run, April 4, 2018.

back.

Tech scored the next two runs of the game, when Stevie Mangrum and Joe Freiday Jr. hit RBI singles in the seventh and eighth inning, respectively. The Cavaliers tied it back up, though, in the bottom of the eighth.

Once again, Menken started the action by reaching base and stealing second. Nick Owens singled, advancing Menken to third, and Jack Owens brought him home on a sacrifice bunt.

Graham Seitz held Virginia hitless in the bottom of the ninth, and the Hokies earned a split of the doubleheader.

Game three Due to inclement weather, the teams didn’t play on Saturday and finished the series on Sunday. The action didn’t pick up until the teams traded two-run homers in the bottom of the third and top of the fourth. Luke Horanski also drove a man in later in the fourth, giving the Hokies a 3–2 lead.

Jumping to the sixth, the Hokies tacked on a run on an RBI single. They did likewise in the seventh, extending their lead to 5–2. The rally was erased, though, as Morris hit a two-run single in the eighth.

In the bottom of the ninth, Rivoli tied the game with an RBI triple, and Cameron Comer drove in the winning run in walkoff fashion.

The Hokies dropped to 13–17, with a home matchup against Marshall coming up on Tuesday at 4 p.m. @Stephen_Newman1

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Resolved By:

# of Cases

Percent

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Hearing Panel

67

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Academic Misconduct Cases Resolved by Charge Resolved By:

# of Cases

Percent

Cheating

415

55.7%

Plagiarism

188

25.2%

Complicity

28

3.6%

Falsification

43

5.9%

Fabrication

32

4.3%

Multiple Submission

12

1.6%

Violation of Rules

27

3.7%

Total Adjudicated:

745

100%

800

Cases Reported

488

Students Assigned the AI Education Program

500+

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Case Resolution Time

70%

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Focus groups will take place throughout the day on Thursday April 26 in the Squires Student Center.

Sessions should last no longer than 45 minutes.

This study will focus participant feedback on vt.edu’s: • Aesthetic • Navigation • Resourcefulness

More information will be sent to those confirming attendance before the focus group.

To express your interest, please email vtnews@vt.edu by Tuesday, April 24.

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