Thoundands of Hokies, young and old, gathered on Virginia Tech’s Drillfield to spell out a special message for the world.
(Ground photo by Ivan Morozov)
(Helicopter photo by Michael Kiernan)
(Ground photo by Kim Peterson)
(Photo from Burruss Hall by Ty Brady)
(Aerial photo by Matt Gentry)
Virginia Tech’s Center for Geospatial Information Technology (CGIT) helped to assure the geospatial coordinates [...]
By Erik Brady, USA TODAY. Photos by me.
BLACKSBURG, Va. — Sports is often an amnesia machine, allowing fans a fantasyland for forgetting their troubles. That’s not how it will go Saturday at Lane Stadium.
Virginia Tech will use football to remember.
"What happened isn’t going anywhere," quarterback Sean Glennon says. "It’s going to [...]
LYTHAM ST. ANNES, England — Virginia Tech student Drew Weaver became the first American to win the British Amateur golf tournament since 1979, dedicating his victory Saturday to the victims of the campus massacre.
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Drew Weaver became the first American to win the British Amateur tournament since 1979.
The 20-year-old junior defeated Australia’s Tim [...]
Stole this from Sadie’s facebook profile:
Hokie Stone
Tears down cheeks
Young stones bled.
Pain laid paths
No fear tread.
White candles weep
Before darks night.
Slept in mourn
Empty piercing light.
Grace go I
New days dawn.
Friends of forever
Thus etched upon.
Rise mountain rise
Hokies not alone.
Open eyes feel
Love’s eternal Stone.
– VT Dad
– April 20, 2007
I was very excited to see other colleges and universities paying tribute to us
From FSU:
The Z Society at UVA:
More UVA love:
The Florida Gators are showing love:
MIT, Cambridge, Ma:
Penn State at their Blue and White game:
George Mason:
At William & Mary:
A candlelight vigil at Southern Methodist University:
From Texas Tech:
From Kentucky:
From USC:
From BYU:
From UNC Greensboro:
From Towson:
An [...]
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Original theme by Marc Mendell
Remembering our lost Hokie souls
I remember it better than any day I’ve ever lived.
I woke up and I had this feeling that it was going to be a weird day. Blacksburg was windier than usual, and it was dark and dreary. I was doing a contract job up the street in Roanoke, and I went into work anyway after [...]