Virginia Tech

www.vt.vedu



Okay so maybe this is super original, but why not go to the source of the action? The Virginia Tech website provides a lot of inside information dealing with the students on the campus. I really liked looking at this because it made me feel like I was getting an insider look on things and this helped out tremendously.

The VT website has the names of all the victims and also has dates for memorial services. I also found out about classes and the deal with what they are going to do. I also saw some pretty informational dates that showed me that there are still some vigils being held on campus. I really liked this site because it helped me realize that how up close and personal this tragedy really was.



http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/04/16/vtech.shooting/index.html



Alright, I know that we said we were going to show websites that we really liked about the tragedy of Virginia Tech, but I am absolutely disgusted with how CNN covers such a personal event. I was scrollling through reading how a young man survived his attack by playing dead. It offered to show a clip of the guy being interviewed on CNN. I clicked on the interview, and an add with cute dogs came up. I thought this was supposed to be serious? I realize that we can't control the ads that come up, but does there need to be profit made off of a video clip and somber and serious as this one? I was just upset and disgusted by such a thing and also by the pictures that have been shown. This awful thing has hit really close to home to me and I understand why these types of things are so upsetting to the people involved. I just think there could've been a little more tact used with portraying something like this.