| WIKI | FAQ | Tech FAQ | |
 http://csua.com/feed/ | |
| ||||||
| 7/8 |
| 2007/4/17-19 [Politics/Foreign/Asia/Korea, Reference/Military] UID:46342 Activity:nil 71%like:46337 |
4/17 http://tinyurl.com/3973ly (latimes.com) Killer, a 23-year-old senior English major, virtually never spoke to roommate or suitemates. Wrote a play for class where a kid suffocates his father-in-law with a rice krispy treat. http://tinyurl.com/34dewa (washingtonpost.com) Simultaneously wielded handguns in both hands during the attack. High school friends say he was a big fan of Counter-Strike. \_ Mr. Robinson? \_ Chau Yun-Fat style. |
| 7/8 |
|
| tinyurl.com/3973ly -> www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-shooter18apr18,0,2210161.story Virginia Tech shootings reverberate across Web BLACKSBURG, Va. As he left the bathroom at Harper Hall, his dormitory mate, Cho Seung-Hui, wearing boxer shorts and a T-shirt, entered for his morning ritual of applying lotion, inserting his contact lenses and taking his medication. "He was, like, normal," Grewal, a 21-year-old accounting major, said today, describing the ordinary start to what turned out to be an extraordinary day. Grewal said he went back to sleep but, according to authorities, Cho stayed awake. In fewer than five hours, Cho was dead, having killed himself after shooting 32 others to death at two locations on the Blue Ridge Mountain campus. "He did not seem like a guy that's capable of anything like this," Grewal said. A day after the deadliest gun massacre in modern US history, students, friends and officials were trying to understand how Cho, a 23-year-old senior who was majoring in English, came to kill. It was a hazy picture of a man, whose last note was a rant against rich kids and debauchery, but who also appeared organized enough to secure weapons and stage his rampage. According to school officials, Cho even had time to post a deadly warning on a school online forum. "im going to kill people at vtech today," they said he wrote. The Chicago Tribune reported on its website that Cho left a note in his dorm that included a rambling list of grievances. The note included rants against "rich kids," "debauchery" and "deceitful charlatans" on campus. Cho arrived in the United States as an 8-year-old boy from South Korea in 1992, Korean Embassy officials said. His only previous contact with the law was a recent speeding ticket for doing 74 mph in a 55-mph zone, federal sources said. But the officials said he once set fire to his dorm room and was taking medication for depression. By around 7:15 am Monday, Cho had left his Harper Hall dorm for West Ambler Johnston dormitory. There he went to see Emily Hilscher, described as a friend by officials. Hilscher and the resident advisor, who came to investigate, were shot to death. He had a backpack containing knives and ammo magazines, sources said. The other gun, a 9-mm Glock, was bought from a Roanoke firearms store. After leaving the scene of the first shooting, Cho telephoned authorities with a threat, saying there was a bomb at Norris Hall, about half a mile away from Johnston. At Norris, officials said Cho barricaded the doors with chains, then began shooting people. Thirty were killed before Cho turned the gun on himself, officials said. At Harper, Cho shared a second-floor apartment-style suite with six other students. The suite is connected with one living room and a shared bathroom. Its living room has a burgundy couch and tan coffee table, and today it was littered with empty water bottles and Dr. Cho shared a bedroom with Joseph Aust, a sophomore majoring in electrical engineering. Aust said he knew barely anything about him, and the two hardly spoke. When they moved in together, Aust said that Cho told him he was a business major. Aust said Cho was always on his computer listening to rock, pop and classical. "He would spend a lot of time downloading music," he said. Share trip ideas with family & friends Message Board READERS WEIGH IN: Share your thoughts on the Virginia Tech University shooting. I live in Jamaica, I'm a teacher and it's my birthday today. my sympathy goes out to the families and friends who must bear this tragedy. Submitted by: Alexis 4:05 PM PDT, Apr 17, 2007 Administrators are not given classes on these type of security issues. I'm sure if anyone knew what to do to prevent these deaths, it would have been done to protect the Virginia Tech family. |
| tinyurl.com/34dewa -> www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/17/AR2007041700563.html Debbi Wilgoren, Sari Horwitz and Robert E Pierre Washington Post Staff Writers Tuesday, April 17, 2007; Cho Seung Hui was a South Korean native who immigrated to this country as a child, officials said. Police say he is responsible for killing 32 people during a shooting rampage at two buildings on the sprawling campus in Blacksburg. Facebook His body was found in Norris Hall, a classroom building, among those of several other slain students, Virginia state police superintendent Col. Cho, a senior and English major, had apparently taken his own life. Cho graduated in 2003 from Westfield High School in Fairfax County. Law enforcement sources said that Cho died with the words "Ismail Ax" in red ink on one of his arms, but they were not sure what the words meant. Investigators also found a note left in the shooter's dorm room, said to a law enforcement source familiar with the investigation. "It's sort of a manifesto" said the source, who described the note as a rambling and somewhat incoherent list of grievances. Among the people that Cho attacked in the note were those he considered rich, spoiled students, the source said. "It was just sort of against the world," the source said. The source also said investigators believe there was a connection between the shootings and recent bomb threats on campus and are "trying to nail it down." In a news conference after a convocation this afternoon at Virginia Tech , Gov. Timothy M Kaine pledged a "very thorough after-action report of the event and the response" to address questions about the initial handling of the shooting spree. Lucinda Roy, an English professor who taught a creative writing class that Cho attended, was so concerned about Cho that she had warned university police and officials about him, and volunteered to teach him by herself, to spare colleagues. Roy, now the Alumni Distinguished Professor of English and co-director of the creative program, said university officials were responsive and sympathetic but indicated that because Cho had made no direct threats there was little they could do. "I don't want to be accusatory, or blaming other people," Roy said. "I do just want to say, though, it's such a shame if people don't listen very carefully, and if the law constricts them so that they can't do what is best for the student." On the morning of the shooting, Cho Sueng-Hui looked like he had every other day since he moved into his suite at Harper Hall, said his suitemate Karan Grewal. Cho's face was blank, expressionless -- the only face Cho had been seen with, even among those who lived with him. Top 35 Most Viewed Post a Comment Comments: (Limit 5,000 characters) Post Comments that include profanity or personal attacks or other inappropriate comments or material will be removed from the site. Additionally, entries that are unsigned or contain "signatures" by someone other than the actual author will be removed. Finally, we will take steps to block users who violate any of our posting standards, terms of use or privacy policies or any other policies governing this site. |
| latimes.com -> www.latimes.com/ Private Rocket Nears Space By Peter Pae Craft designed by Burt Rutan goes where no private craft has gone before in bid for prize. US Military Lawyers Felt 'Shut Out' of Prison Policy By Ken Silverstein They said civilian political lawyers were deciding how prisoners could be questioned. Governor Opts to Put Off the Pain By Peter Nicholas ANALYSIS: Schwarzenegger's revised plan avoids deep cuts in spending and includes no new taxes. An Editor's Hollywood Ties Pay Off By Claudia Eller, Michael Cieply and Josh Getlin Vanity Fair's Graydon Carter strikes business deals with some people his magazine covers. Tough Outing for Nomo By Ben Bolch He gives up six runs and walks three in shortest outing of the season as Dodgers fall to Cubs, 7-3. US Military Lawyers Felt 'Shut Out' of Prison Policy By Ken Silverstein They said civilian political lawyers were deciding how prisoners could be questioned. Awed, one and all, deep below ground By Vani Rangachar A family visits Carlsbad Caverns National Park to witness what millions of years and sulfuric acid can do. Setting a Modern standard By Cara Mullio and Jennifer M Volland An architect of Case Study Houses, Edward Killingsworth used many of the same principles in his own home -- light, glass, an emphasis on indoor-outdoor living. |
| washingtonpost.com -> www.washingtonpost.com/ Numbers, History Cast Shadow on Bush Hopes Despite close horse race with Kerry, president's approval ratings trail those of predecessors who won reelection. Soldier Details Iraq Abuse Defendant in prison scandal gives account of detainee treatment, offers to plead guilty. IN MOVIES New releases: "Troy," "Breakin' All the Rules," "Young Adam," "Godzilla: Uncut," "Word Wars," "With All Deliberate Speed." IN STYLE Fox issued a stunning news release for a reality special called "Seriously, Dude, I'm Gay" in which, two heterosexual men will try to convince people that they are gay. |