Before Wednesday night’s vigil, students painted the Rock black with the orange Virginia Tech logo. On the back of the Rock: “4-16 2007″ and on the benches: “Today we are Hokies.”
Check out other North by Northwestern coverage and commentary on the shootings:
- An audio slideshow and story from Wednesday night’s vigil at the Rock.
- A report about the vigil.
- A Netplay post of a powerful speech from Nikki Giovanni, an author and English professor at VA Tech. Giovanni also spoke at Northwestern this year.
- A series of posts commenting on the deaths at VA tech and media, rounding up must-read stories, linking to a profile on the shooter, and describing the NBC message.