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Virginia Tech Is Ready For Some Football

We just wrapped up our second week of classes at Virginia Tech and it's great to be back. They unveiled a humble memorial located on the drillfield in front of Buruss Hall, the centerpiece building on campus. Banners scrawled with support and sorrow line our corridor walls, as well as Plexiglas-encased instructions on how...

Through Hokie Eyes: Paying Respects

Several memorials have been made around campus so I decided that today I would visit some of them and do some personal mourning. My dad flew in around midnight yesterday and stayed with me all day today so I thought it'd be best if we went by ourselves. We first went to the VT logo staked against a tree on the drillfield,...

Through Hokie Eyes: Convocation and Vigil

First and foremost I want to thank everyone for the myriad of support that has been submitted in the comments section of my two previous posts this morning and last night. It blows me away how many people from so many different colleges have sent their best from campus. Even more people have related on a more personal...

Through Hokie Eyes: The Day After at Virginia Tech

I knew today was going to be a lot harder than yesterday. Sometime around nine o'clock last night I saw a picture of the first confirmed victim, Ryan Clark. He was a Resident Advisor in the dorm where the shootings began, which is connected to my dorm. Goosebumps shot down my back and my breath let out and took a few...

The Virginia Tech Massacre Through Hokie Eyes

This is my third year studying computer science and mathematics at Virginia Tech, and I am a Hokie through and through. We own the entire town of Blacksburg and everyone likes it that way. Every gas station within a 10 mile radius is saturated with VT logos and miniature footballs. The student body has the sort of...