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Apr. 22-Apr. 28,2008
THEaronnian
THE INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF UNCG
www.carolinianonline.com
lini
Seven lend a helping hand to those remembering a tragedy
UN Johnson
Staff Writer
lust over a year ago, on April
16, the tragedy at Virginia Tech
unfolded. This day was referred
to as the "deadliest shooting
rampage by a single gunman in
U.S. history" by MSNBC. Thir-ty-
two victims were killed and
15 injured after Seung-Hui Cho
shot several students in West
Ambler Johnston dormitory and
then moved on to Norris Hall,
an engineering building.
Last week, classes were can-celled
at the school in order to
hold events to honor those lost
a year ago. The day started with
a 10:30 a.m. memorial service at
the Drillfield, where the presi-dent
of Virginia Tech read the
names of the 32 students and
faculty who died that day a year
prior. Governor Tom Kaine was
in attendance and closed the
program. There were numer-ous
events going on during the
day that students, faculty and
friends could attend, including
an art exhibit, two dance per-formances
and a memorial slide
show. The day ended with a can-dlelight
vigil on the drill held, to
remember those lost.
Six UNCG students who work
at the EUC (from the EUC info
desk or facility managers), and
the assistant director for Fa-cilities
and Services, Kathleen
McGirty, were among about 40
non-Virginia Tech students or
alumni who were in attendance
that day to help out. UNCG is
part of region five of the Asso-ciation
of College Unions In-ternational,
which encompasses
the states of Kentucky, Virginia,
Tennessee, South Carolina and
North Carolina. This union be-tween
the states made some feel
like it was a family that had been
attacked.
"When a family member ex-periences
a tragedy, you find a
way to help them," McGirty said.
She brought with her students
Jarius Caldwell, Michelle Cole-man,
Carrie Coperning, Wesley
Rogers, Jenna Ryan and Amy
Wagher to help out at the Squire
Center, Virginia Tech's student
union. There were also a few
volunteers from Appalachian
State and a few from Northern
Illinois, which lost four students
in a shooting on their campus
on Feb. 14 of this year.
The UNCG volunteers worked
at the Squire Student Center be-cause
faculty had been given the
option to take the day off. The
group volunteered in any areas
that needed help, ranging from
basic custodial duties to patrol-ling
the drill field during the
commemoration ceremony.
Amy Wagher, who was man-ning
the drill field to make sure
no suspicious activity going on,
discussed the amount of pride
the Hokies showed that day.
"One of the most beautiful
parts of the whole visit was when
the 10:30 a.m. memorial service
was over," explained Wagher. "It
was just a massive sea of maroon
and orange, probably the size of
the entire UNCG student body,
dispersing and slowly spreading
out over the campus."
The students and faculty
member all had different rea-sons
for helping out on a day
when UNCG still held class.
"I wanted to be there, to be
honest, I wanted to feel it ...
I wanted to show them that
I cared, being a student from
UNCG with no connections to
[Virginia Tech] at all," Wagher
continued.
Jenna Ryan, another UNCG
student, was honored to be at
the event.
"The Virginia Tech commu-nity
welcomed us with open
arms and open hearts, and I
am honored that they gave us
.the opportunity to help them,"
said Ryan. "Their campus was
absolutely beautiful, and the
amount of school spirit and
unity [that they portrayed was]
overwhelming."
"I was just really glad to be
able to give back [to Virginia
Tech] and help a family mem-ber,"
said McGirty. "You want to
be there for your family in times
of need. [We] worked all day,
cleaning and helping out where
needed so that we could give
their faculty a chance to remem-ber
that day."
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THE CAROLINIAN
ESTABLISHED 1919
VOL LXXXVIII
ISSUE 29
CONTACT US
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| Full text | Apr. 22-Apr. 28,2008 THEaronnian THE INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF UNCG www.carolinianonline.com lini Seven lend a helping hand to those remembering a tragedy UN Johnson Staff Writer lust over a year ago, on April 16, the tragedy at Virginia Tech unfolded. This day was referred to as the "deadliest shooting rampage by a single gunman in U.S. history" by MSNBC. Thir-ty- two victims were killed and 15 injured after Seung-Hui Cho shot several students in West Ambler Johnston dormitory and then moved on to Norris Hall, an engineering building. Last week, classes were can-celled at the school in order to hold events to honor those lost a year ago. The day started with a 10:30 a.m. memorial service at the Drillfield, where the presi-dent of Virginia Tech read the names of the 32 students and faculty who died that day a year prior. Governor Tom Kaine was in attendance and closed the program. There were numer-ous events going on during the day that students, faculty and friends could attend, including an art exhibit, two dance per-formances and a memorial slide show. The day ended with a can-dlelight vigil on the drill held, to remember those lost. Six UNCG students who work at the EUC (from the EUC info desk or facility managers), and the assistant director for Fa-cilities and Services, Kathleen McGirty, were among about 40 non-Virginia Tech students or alumni who were in attendance that day to help out. UNCG is part of region five of the Asso-ciation of College Unions In-ternational, which encompasses the states of Kentucky, Virginia, Tennessee, South Carolina and North Carolina. This union be-tween the states made some feel like it was a family that had been attacked. "When a family member ex-periences a tragedy, you find a way to help them," McGirty said. She brought with her students Jarius Caldwell, Michelle Cole-man, Carrie Coperning, Wesley Rogers, Jenna Ryan and Amy Wagher to help out at the Squire Center, Virginia Tech's student union. There were also a few volunteers from Appalachian State and a few from Northern Illinois, which lost four students in a shooting on their campus on Feb. 14 of this year. The UNCG volunteers worked at the Squire Student Center be-cause faculty had been given the option to take the day off. The group volunteered in any areas that needed help, ranging from basic custodial duties to patrol-ling the drill field during the commemoration ceremony. Amy Wagher, who was man-ning the drill field to make sure no suspicious activity going on, discussed the amount of pride the Hokies showed that day. "One of the most beautiful parts of the whole visit was when the 10:30 a.m. memorial service was over," explained Wagher. "It was just a massive sea of maroon and orange, probably the size of the entire UNCG student body, dispersing and slowly spreading out over the campus." The students and faculty member all had different rea-sons for helping out on a day when UNCG still held class. "I wanted to be there, to be honest, I wanted to feel it ... I wanted to show them that I cared, being a student from UNCG with no connections to [Virginia Tech] at all," Wagher continued. Jenna Ryan, another UNCG student, was honored to be at the event. "The Virginia Tech commu-nity welcomed us with open arms and open hearts, and I am honored that they gave us .the opportunity to help them," said Ryan. "Their campus was absolutely beautiful, and the amount of school spirit and unity [that they portrayed was] overwhelming." "I was just really glad to be able to give back [to Virginia Tech] and help a family mem-ber," said McGirty. "You want to be there for your family in times of need. [We] worked all day, cleaning and helping out where needed so that we could give their faculty a chance to remem-ber that day." ^\vO\ THE CAROLINIAN ESTABLISHED 1919 VOL LXXXVIII ISSUE 29 CONTACT US the caroiinian@hotmail.com PHONE: FAX: 336-334-5752 336-334-3518 DIRECTORY News Classifieds Corrections Opinions A&E Sports Life 2-4,18 2 5 5-7 8-9, 19 10-13 14 16 ON THE WEB AT: fio Bookmarks loots \&> »©■©I r 1C~ |
