Videos Posted by Virginia Tech: One Year Later
Back to Blacksburg
Martin Arvebro was honored to be selected as one of two students to visit Blacksburg last year as part of a weeklong foreign exchange program with Virginia Tech.
His first day at Tech was on April 16, 2007.
The 28-year-old Swedish student was in McBryde Hall when he heard a "commotion" outside, police standing around with rifles, ambulance sirens blaring and students running toward buildings to get inside.
A year later, Arvebro, who will graduate from the Blekinge Institute of Technology in Karlskrona, Sweden, returned to Tech for the one-year anniversary.
Originally published: Monday, April 21, 2008
Video by Evelio Contreras | The Roanoke Times
His first day at Tech was on April 16, 2007.
The 28-year-old Swedish student was in McBryde Hall when he heard a "commotion" outside, police standing around with rifles, ambulance sirens blaring and students running toward buildings to get inside.
A year later, Arvebro, who will graduate from the Blekinge Institute of Technology in Karlskrona, Sweden, returned to Tech for the one-year anniversary.
Originally published: Monday, April 21, 2008
Video by Evelio Contreras | The Roanoke Times
Tech shooting survivor finds rhythmic solace at tennis camp
Girls hit tennis balls as cicadas whir in the heat, familiar sounds for Heidi Miller as she gathers strength at a Shenandoah Valley camp before Virginia Tech’s start of classes Monday.
This place is a touchstone for Miller, 19, a camp counselor and tennis instructor at a rustic, all-girls camp where she has summered since she was 8.
This time, she also traveled three times a week to Harrisonburg for physical therapy for wounds inflicted in Seung-Hui Cho’s April 16 rampage when he killed 32 people on Tech’s campus.
Originally published: Sunday, August 19, 2007
Video by Sam Dean | The Roanoke Times
For more Tech video, visit http://www.roanoke.com/vtm
This place is a touchstone for Miller, 19, a camp counselor and tennis instructor at a rustic, all-girls camp where she has summered since she was 8.
This time, she also traveled three times a week to Harrisonburg for physical therapy for wounds inflicted in Seung-Hui Cho’s April 16 rampage when he killed 32 people on Tech’s campus.
Originally published: Sunday, August 19, 2007
Video by Sam Dean | The Roanoke Times
For more Tech video, visit http://www.roanoke.com/vtm
Ben's Bells in Blacksburg
Andrea Rojas and about 30 other Virginia Tech students spent two hours Sunday hunting for such unlikely spots to hang 300 of the hand-painted bells -- Ben's Bells.
And they can't wait for you to have them.
"When we hear the stories of people who actually find them, that's when it'll mean something," Rojas said.
Ben's Bells is a Tucson, Ariz.-based nonprofit group that aims to bring kindness and hope to people hit by tragedy.
Originally published: Monday, April 14, 2008
Video by Anna Mallory | The Roanoke Times
Read the story: http://www.roanoke.com/new
And they can't wait for you to have them.
"When we hear the stories of people who actually find them, that's when it'll mean something," Rojas said.
Ben's Bells is a Tucson, Ariz.-based nonprofit group that aims to bring kindness and hope to people hit by tragedy.
Originally published: Monday, April 14, 2008
Video by Anna Mallory | The Roanoke Times
Read the story: http://www.roanoke.com/new
Nikki Giovanni - "We are Virginia Tech"
Nikki Giovanni's now famous poem at Virginia Tech's convocation on April 17, which created the rallying cry "We are Virginia Tech ... We will prevail."
Originally published: April 17, 2007
Video by Seth Gitner and Evelio Contreras | The Roanoke Times
For more VA Tech video, visit http://www.roanoke.com/vtm
Originally published: April 17, 2007
Video by Seth Gitner and Evelio Contreras | The Roanoke Times
For more VA Tech video, visit http://www.roanoke.com/vtm
Therapy dog visits VA Tech
Originally published: Tuesday, April 24, 2007
Video by Seth Gitner | The Roanoke Times
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Video by Seth Gitner | The Roanoke Times
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VT thanks you
As 11 a.m. approached, somewhere between 3,000 and 5,000 people stood motionless atop lines meticulously surveyed and spray-painted on the Drillfield's grass. Most participants wore maroon and orange. They waited for the pass of an imaging satellite that they hoped would capture and communicate the message outlined by their collaborative stance: "VT thanks you."
Originally published: Sunday, November 18, 2007
Video by Evelio Contreras | The Roanoke Times
For more VA Tech video, visit http://www.roanoke.com/vtm
Originally published: Sunday, November 18, 2007
Video by Evelio Contreras | The Roanoke Times
For more VA Tech video, visit http://www.roanoke.com/vtm
Coping through journalism
Staff members of the Collegiate Times, Virginia Tech's student newspaper, dealt with the tragedy on campus by doing their jobs.
Originally published: Wednesday, April 18, 2007
Video by Evelio Contreras and Seth Gitner | The Roanoke Times
For more VA Tech video, visit http://www.roanoke.com/vtm
Originally published: Wednesday, April 18, 2007
Video by Evelio Contreras and Seth Gitner | The Roanoke Times
For more VA Tech video, visit http://www.roanoke.com/vtm
Highlights from the Concert for Virginia Tech
Dave Matthews, John Mayer, Phil Vassar, and Nas came together to perform a free concert for the Virginia Tech community.
Originally published: Friday, September 07, 2007
Video by: WSLS-10 & pool video
For more VA Tech videos, visit http://www.roanoke.com/vtm
Originally published: Friday, September 07, 2007
Video by: WSLS-10 & pool video
For more VA Tech videos, visit http://www.roanoke.com/vtm
Virginia Tech Candlelight Vigil for Northern Illinois
More than 1,000 people gathered on Virginia Tech's campus Monday to honor the five students killed in February's shooting at Northern Illinois University.
Originally published: February 19, 2008
Video by Seth Gitner | The Roanoke Times
For more VA Tech videos, visit http://www.roanoke.com/vtm
Originally published: February 19, 2008
Video by Seth Gitner | The Roanoke Times
For more VA Tech videos, visit http://www.roanoke.com/vtm