How prepared is VCU?
In the wake of Monday’s senseless tragedy at nearby Virginia Tech, the VCU community is asking itself how their school would react in a similar emergency situation.
“We know that when something happens we need to use a variety of communication channels,” said Pam Lepley, director of University News Services.
Sports in Brief
WOMEN’S SOCCER
Midfielder Hayley Moorwood (Auckland, New Zealand) was named first team All-State by Virginia sports information directors last week. Moorwood led the Rams in points and tied for the team lead in goals while starting all 18 last season. She will not be back in the fall because of her participation on the New Zealand women’s national team in its effort to qualify for the Women’s World Cup in China.
Tech athletics: irrelevant now, helpful later
In the wake of Sept. 11, college and pro sports games were canceled across the country. In a time of national mourning, games didn’t seem very important. But in the following weeks, baseball and football games served as the transition from darkness back to normal life.
The journey: on the field and beyond
Top professional and collegiate athletes came together Tuesday night at the VCU Stuart C. Siegel Center to discuss their journeys to becoming successful student and professional athletes.
The diverse panel included VCU alum and baseball standout Brian Marshall, Randolph-Macon and basketball player Megan Silva, San Francisco 49ers running back Michael Robinson, VCU men’s basketball head coach Anthony Grant, Washington Redskins quarterback Jason Campbell, VCU women’s soccer co-head coach Tiffany Roberts Sahaydak, and VCU alum and track and field athlete Tanika Brown.
VT coaches take focus off sports
BLACKSBURG – Frank Beamer grew up about an hour from Blacksburg, played football for Virginia Tech and has become the very familiar face of the university as the man who built the Hokies into one of the nation’s elite football programs.
But on Monday, Beamer was like so many others – glued to the television and watching as the details of mass murder on the campus he loves slowly dribbled out.
Tech emotions expressed through videos
Only days after the tragic events at Virginia Tech, emotional video clips have already started appearing on YouTube, posted by all types of users.
People in the videos talk about the shootings, the media coverage, the police actions, gunman Cho Sueng-Hui and the possibility that the second shooting may have been preventable.
Lessons learned in ‘The History Boys’
On the surface, “The History Boys,” seems to be a fitting film to review in the wake of this week’s harrowing news.
Set in a 1980s all-boys prep school in England, the film follows a group of rambunctious teenage boys who, in pursuit of acceptance into college, are suddenly placed under the tutelage of a new instructor with challenging ideas.
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Your letters
I wish to express my deepest sympathy for all of those affected by the tragedy at Virginia Tech. It is hard to fathom how such an incident might occur, but it is a reality we must all deal with. As this tragic event cannot be changed, we must change policies so it cannot happen again.
Opinion In Brief
Liviu Librescu, if you are unaware, is the very defi nition of a man and a hero. The 76-year-old professor of engineering science and mechanics, Romanian-born Holocaust survivor and Israeli citizen, according to witnesses, used his body as an obstacle against the Virginia Tech gunman.