Moving Tributes to Va. Tech Shooting Victims

Though of all us who have been either directly or indirectly affected by the Virginia Tech tragedy feel very tired from the long week of endless news coverage over one of the most senseless, shocking acts of violence in American history, there are some uplifting things that none of us want to look past.

The Virginia Tech homepage has designed a memorial to all 32 shooting victims. I found a smaller tribute to Reema Samaha, a Lebanese-American who lost her life at the tender age of 19. The freshman, who ironically went to the same high school as the shooter, was a member of a modern dance club and she had just performed a belly dance at the international street fair that I have been to in years past.

Here is the link to Samaha's memorial:

http://www.cde.org.vt.edu

The Virginia Tech web page is:

http://www.vt.edu