2007. At approximately 7:15 AM on that date‚ police received a 911 call regarding shots fired in West Ambler Johnston Hall dormitory on the campus of Virginia Tech University‚ in Blacksburg‚ VA. Upon investigation‚ they discovered that two people had been shot and killed‚ one male and one female‚ in their dormitory room. ("Virginia Tech.") Over approximately the next two and a half hours‚ school police and other investigators would assess the situation and alert students of what was happening
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morning excited about my job and wanting to go to work or my life would be miserable. I want to accomplish my goal of becoming one of my three professions I have chosen. I plan on getting my undergraduate degree at Texas Tech University in Lubbock. Then I plan on going to Texas Tech law school or school of medicine. If I choose to become a veterinarian I will go to Texas A&M vet school. I know my college years will not be easy but I am looking forward to going away to college. It is very exciting
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Conflict can reveal unexpected qualities in an individual. Philosopher Emerson once said “every coin has two sides; so do conflicts”. In the pages of human history‚ conflicts are unavoidable and while major conflicts such as war have been evil forces in the world it can also produce very positive results. That is not to say conflict is entirely positive. When conflict arises there are those individuals that show unexpected qualities; those assets that are sudden and unforseen. These assets can be
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past few years with the increasing number of crimes ranging from theft to murder. The Virginia Tech shootings back in April 2007 got many people looking at the safety procedures that colleges are taking to protect the students from something like that happening again. Of course no college can guarantee a safe haven but some colleges are trying to come close (“Campus Safety”). Ever since the Virginia Tech shootings‚ school campuses have been more frequently discussing campus safety ideas such as emergency
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References: American Psychological Association (2012) Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct. Retrieved Oct. 4‚ 2012‚ from http://www.apa.org/ethics/code/index.aspx?item=3 Bartol‚ C.R Friedman‚ E. (2009‚ Aug. 19) Va. Tech Shooter Seung-Hui Cho ’s Mental Health Records Released‚ ABCNews. Retrieved Oct. 4‚ 2012‚ from http://abcnews.go.com/US/seung-hui-chos-mental-health-records-released/story?id=8278195 Gabriel‚ P Khan‚ A. (2011‚ Jan. 20) "Are the mentally ill more violent
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shall not be infringed.” However many riots and shootings have recently broke out in the last couple of years. So therefore the right to bear arms has been taken advantage of and as lead to many malicious events like The Columbine Shootings‚ Virginia Tech‚ Aurora Shooting‚ and New Town Shootings. In 1999‚ a failed bombing which turned into a shooting occurred at Columbine High School. This event is known as the Columbine Shootings in which two high school seniors‚ by the name of Eric Harris and Dylan
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mental illness. Remember the Virginia Tech Shootings in 2007. Seung-Hui Cho killed 32 students and faculty members before turning the gun on himself at Virginia Tech. Cho had a history of mental illness and that should’ve been caught in a background check when he purchased the 9mm handgun and a box of ammunition. He was diagnosed with selective mutism‚ but it was supposed to be autism. It was forbidden by federal law to disclose Cho’s diagnosis with Virginia Tech without Cho’s permission‚ so Westfield
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USA TODAY. A.3. SIRS Issues Researcher. Web. 10 Jul 2013. Watson‚ P. J. (7 January 2013) “Statistics prove: More guns‚ less crime.” FBI Uniform Crime Reports. Infowars.com‚ Web. 17 July 2013 "The Warning Signs that Could Have Prevented the Virginia Tech Shootings". School Violence: Weapons‚ Crime & Bullying. nscc1.org. Web. 17 July 2013. "20 children among dead at school shooting in Connecticut". CBC News. December 14‚ 2012. Web. 17 July 2013
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Plenty of people including myself have wonder what is it that makes the crime rate in the U.S so much higher than in other countries. Well for starters “the U.S is has the highest gun ownership rate in the world.”The U.S has a statistic violent crime rate of 386.3 per year. 236 More than 31‚000 people a year in the United States die from gunshot wounds .Because victims are disproportionately young‚ gun violence is one of the leading causes of premature mortality in the U.S.Gun violence in the United
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Reflection on Gun Shooting on American Campus Nowadays the campus violence problem becomes a hot topic which arouses more and more people to be concerned about campus gun shooting. People in the world have heard and seen this kind of tragedy over and over in the news. The Safety of United States schools was seriously questioned by the world when in the news all we heard about was there was another shooting in an American high school or university. According to “School Shooting Statistics” which
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