Posted on 04/17/2007 2:49:41 PM PDT by 2Jedismom
Memorial to honor Virginia Tech shooting victims.
The Tower at the University of Texas at Austin will be darkened tonight and will remain dark through Thursday night in remembrance of the victims of the shooting incident Monday at Virginia Tech.
Campus flags will fly at half-staff through Sunday "as the university symbolizes its compassion and concern for the members of the Virginia Tech community," officials said in a statement.
"The University of Texas at Austin extends its profound sympathy and compassion to the members of the Virginia Tech community," UT President William Powers Jr. said in an e-mail to members of the UT community.
"Virginia Tech's students, faculty and staff, and their families are in our hearts and thoughts as they struggle to cope with yesterday's horrible tragedy," he said.
In the e-mail, Powers said he had contacted Virginia Tech President Charles Steger to express his sympathies and offer the university's assistance as Virginia Tech recovers from the incident.
wasn’t it UT that had that sniper incident back in the 60’s?
Yes.
Charles Whitman was the sniper’s name
The Ballard of Charles Whitman:
He was sitting up there for more than an hour,
Way up there on the texas tower
Shooting from the twenty-seventh floor. yahoo!
He didn’t choke or slash or slit them,
Not our charles joseph whitman,
He won’t be an architect no more.
Got up that morning calm and cool,
He picked up his guns and walked to school.
All the while he smiled so sweetly
And it blew their minds completely,
They’d never seen an eagle scout so cruel.
Now won’t you think for the shame and degradation
For the school’s administration
He put on such a bold and brassy show.
The chance looked right, it’s adolescent
And of course it’s most unpleasant
But I got to admit it was a lovely way to go.
There was a rumor about a tumor
Nestled at the base of his brain.
He was sitting up there with his .36 magnum
Laughing wildly as he bagged ’em.
Who are we to say the boy’s insane ?
Now charlie was awful disappointed
Else he thought he was anointed
To do a deed so lowdown and so mean.
The students looked up from their classes
Had to stop and rub their glasses,
Who’d believe he’d once been a marine.
Now charlie made the honor roll with ease,
Most all of his grades was a’s and b’s.
A real rip snorting trigger squeezer
Charlie proved a big crowd pleaser
Though he had been known to make a couple c’s.
Some were dying, some were weeping,
Some were studying, some were sleeping,
Some were shouting ¡°texas # 1!¡±
Some were running, some were falling,
Some were screaming, some were balling,
Some thought the revolution had begun.
The doctors tore his poor brain down,
But not a snitch of illness could be found.
Most folks couldn’t figure just-a why he did it
And them that could would not admit it,
There’s still a lot of eagle scouts around.
There was a rumor about a tumor
Nestled at the base of his brain.
He was sitting up there with his .36 magnum
Laughing wildly as he bagged ’em.
Who are we to say the boy’s in
Who are we to say the boy’s in
Who are we to say the boy’s insane ?
A&M held a special “Echo Taps” last night for V Tech — a military version of Silver Taps, the touching silent ceremony held for students who die while enrolled.
Aggies know the pain of losing classmates, the Bonfire tragedy less than a decade ago.
Who ordered this?
ML/NJ
I heard about that. I actually come from a family of Aggies.
I don’t believe I’ve ever seen the tower unlit at night. I lived in Austin for 8 years but can’t recall it...
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