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Classes Resume at Virginia Tech

HeadlineApr 24, 2007

Back in this country, Virginia Tech opened its classrooms Monday, one week after the mass shooting that killed 32 people.

Virginia Tech student Amy Berry: “I have a lot of mixed emotions about it. Part of me is glad that the university has decided to continue classes, and the other part of me, like most students are going to be feeling on Monday morning, is anxious, anxiety about having to go to class because of what had happened just a week ago. It’s definitely a lot of mixed feelings.”

Scores of students, alumni and visitors attended memorials across campus. One memorial had 33 stones in a circle — including one for the killer, Seung-Hui Cho.

Virginia Tech student Kunmi Otitoju: “I just think it’s touching. It shows that people in this community have big hearts and really love people, including Cho.”

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