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UD reacts quickly to aid Tech
Students organize multiple fundraising efforts
Issue date: 4/24/07 Section: Editorial
It has been just slightly more than a week since the massacre at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, but our community has wasted no time in responding to the tragedy.
The university has rallied around the horror witnessed there in an effort to provide relief for Tech in its time of need.
Such fundraising efforts include donations collected by the Student Government Association and other Registered Student Organizations which will be donated to the Hokie Spirit Memorial Fund.
The SGA should be commended for its rapid response to the tragedy. Its efforts are providing much-needed financial aid to the victims' families and those grieving on the Tech campus.
By immediately organizing charitable efforts, the SGA has made an effort to help when the incident is still fresh in university students' minds.
Other efforts in the works include the collection of donations by the Student Centers Programming Advisory Board and individual projects such as a memorial T-shirt being sold by senior Brendan Taubman, all of the proceeds of which will be donated to the Hokie Spirit Memorial Fund.
As a university community similar to the one in Blacksburg, Va., we have reacted the way we would expect any other college in the country to if it were in the same unfortunate situation.
The outpouring of aid shows there is a genuine heartfelt connection that all college students share.
In recent years the university has been labeled as an extremely apathetic campus. With the donations and fundraising efforts to benefit Tech, we are showing that as a community we do not fit that stereotype and that we do care about issues that do not directly affect us.
All of those who have contributed to the aid being sent to Tech should also be commended for their generosity. The situation is unique in that even though many people here know students that attend Tech, most who are helping do not have a direct connection with the students in Blacksburg.
Although they are Hokies and we are Blue Hens, the donations come from a genuine care for a community just like ours.
The university has rallied around the horror witnessed there in an effort to provide relief for Tech in its time of need.
Such fundraising efforts include donations collected by the Student Government Association and other Registered Student Organizations which will be donated to the Hokie Spirit Memorial Fund.
The SGA should be commended for its rapid response to the tragedy. Its efforts are providing much-needed financial aid to the victims' families and those grieving on the Tech campus.
By immediately organizing charitable efforts, the SGA has made an effort to help when the incident is still fresh in university students' minds.
Other efforts in the works include the collection of donations by the Student Centers Programming Advisory Board and individual projects such as a memorial T-shirt being sold by senior Brendan Taubman, all of the proceeds of which will be donated to the Hokie Spirit Memorial Fund.
As a university community similar to the one in Blacksburg, Va., we have reacted the way we would expect any other college in the country to if it were in the same unfortunate situation.
The outpouring of aid shows there is a genuine heartfelt connection that all college students share.
In recent years the university has been labeled as an extremely apathetic campus. With the donations and fundraising efforts to benefit Tech, we are showing that as a community we do not fit that stereotype and that we do care about issues that do not directly affect us.
All of those who have contributed to the aid being sent to Tech should also be commended for their generosity. The situation is unique in that even though many people here know students that attend Tech, most who are helping do not have a direct connection with the students in Blacksburg.
Although they are Hokies and we are Blue Hens, the donations come from a genuine care for a community just like ours.
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