going off to college. That could never happen at my school or How did this happen is a common response when a student or faculty member is interviewed after a high profile crime that has taken place on a college or university campus. The Virginia Tech shootings motivated school administration to take a closer look at the safety procedures that colleges and universities had in place to protect their from future shootings. Of course no college can guarantee a safe haven but some colleges are trying
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April‚ 16‚ 2007 Virginia Tech went through a crisis that they won’t ever forget. During the morning of April‚ 16 a tragedy occurred in two separate attack. The first attack started at 7:15 am in the campus of Blacksburg‚ VA. At that time two people got killed in the dormitory. The second attack occurred two and a half hour later across campus. During the second attack the killer wounded 17 people and end up killing 31 people including taking his own life. The Virginia Tech shooter was Seung-Hui Cho
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MN3027 – STRATEGY IN ACTION ASSIGNMENT 2 – 3‚000 words ZARA: FAST‚ FASHION from SAVVY SYSTEMS Contents Contents 2 1.0 Introduction and Key Issues: 4 2.0 Present Vision‚ Mission‚ and Corporate Objectives: 5 3.0 Situational Analysis: 6 3.1 Environmental Analysis: 7 3.1.1 PESTLE: 7 3.1.2 Market Structures: 9 3.2 Industrial Analysis: 9 3.2.1 Competitive Forces: 9 3.2.2 Strategic Groups: 11 3.2.3 Key Factors for Success: 12 3.2.3 Competitor Profiles: 13
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facility. What gets me are the teachers who are opposed to having to arm themselves to protect a national resource‚ our children‚ and themselves from another Sandy Hook or Virginia Tech incident. While researching various websites to balance out opinions in this essay‚ there’s an entire Facebook page
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selected to attend the most elite Ivy League Universities (Schmalleger‚ 2009). Cho went on to attend Virginia tech where he was recognize once again for being extremely violent and was even removed from class. Cho was referred to multiple counselors and officials where he denied all thoughts of suicide and homicide. Although Cho denied these having these thoughts students that attend Virginia Tech could see the imminent risk rising with Cho. There are many social development theories that can be applied
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jeopardize their lives to save others‚ whether it be running into a house blazing with fire to help a child or an individual caught In the flames‚ or consider the case of the Virginia Tech professor Liviu Librescu “ a 76-year-old professor who survived the Holocaust was shot to death while saving his students from the Virginia Tech assailant.” Librescu blocked
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RICHARD ROGERS Richard Rogers‚ Italian-born British architect noted for what he described as “celebrating the components of the structure.” His high-tech approach is most evident in the Pompidou Centre (1971–77) in Paris‚ which he designed with the Italian architect Renzo Piano. Profound knowledge of building materials and techniques Artistic effect Clear echo of a building’s program Means to make architecture more productive for those it serves Energy efficiency and sustainability
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Joseph Pitt is reiterated: Can Blacksburg‚ Virginia residents ever return to a life of unlocked doors? (p. 44). This comes after the shocking incident that took place on April 16th of 2007 where a young South Korean student opened fire on the Virginia Tech campus‚ killing thirty-two innocent people in two separate attacks before taking his own life. This horrific event directly affects a vast majority of Blacksburg’s relatively small population not to mention the families of victims that may very well
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against people with mental health problems. The article “Colleges Are Watching Troubled Students”‚ by Jeffrey McMurray‚ mentions how many colleges and universities began monitoring and sharing information about troubled students after the Virginia Tech shootings‚ to prevent crime and violence on school campuses. School officials created a “watch list” of troubled students and decided whether they needed professional help or if they should just kick them out of school. Both articles are similar because
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From YouTube to BuzzFeed‚ everywhere you search on the Internet these days‚ you will be able to find a variety of genres of videos. According to YouTube headquarters‚ YouTube allows over a billion of viewers to discover‚ watch and share videos and provides a forum for people to connect‚ inform‚ and inspire others across the globe (“Statistics”). Moreover‚ it acts as a distribution platform for original content creators and allows people to advertise videos which ultimately generates billions of views
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