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A truck driver killed five schoolgirls and seriously wounded six others in a school in Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania before taking his own life. April 2007 - Student Seung-Hui Cho shot and killed 32 people and wounded 15 others at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia, before shooting himself, making it the deadliest mass shooting in the United States after 2000. August 2007 - Three Delaware State University students were shot and killed in “execution style” by a 28-year-old and two 15-year-old…

Anxiety is defined as a feeling of worry or uneasiness that you get when you don’t know the outcome of what is about to happen or about a current situation. Depression is defined as a feeling of constant sadness, sorrow, and hopelessness. In today’s world, these two feelings not only correspond with one another, but they are also used to describe the feelings of many adolescents. Adolescents face many changes, as they get further into life. Many can cope just fine with the simple feeling of…

That day they took the lives of 13 students and wounded 23 more students. This is just a small fraction of all the mass shootings going on in America. On April 16, 2007 at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia another 23 year old gunman killed 32 people and wounded an undetermined number of individuals. Again, on December 14, 2012 another shooter named Adam Lanza took innocent lives. The ones killed were twenty children and six adults who courageously…

On October 26, 2016, I contacted Mr. Tracy McCoy the Vice President and lead estimator for the United Framing Company in Blacksburg, Virginia (VA). To complete the interview process, we talked on the telephone for approximately one hour. Coming out of college, Mr. McCoy had an undergraduate degree in Recreation and Leisure from Radford University. He wanted to into the athletic field. It was either between a director of recreation or a director of athletics. But at the end of the day he ended up…

There are number of risk involved in the aviation especially in the terms of operation and safety as internal safety of the aircraft is an inherent function of management. Modifications and improvement in safety is a continual process however there are much safety kept in the form clothing, noise control, temperature and electrical control. For the aircraft there are fabrics for fire safety and precaution like Nomex, Kevlar and PBI. For fire safety and protection at high temperature PBI is the…

Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia on April 16, 2007, Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut on December 14, 2012, and lastly the movie theater in Auro, Colorado on July 20, 2012. If you have not figured it out already, you may be wondering what those places have in common. The three places listed above are all famous locations where mass shootings have occurred in the United States within the past eight years. Since all of these major shootings, everyone is asking the same…

When you hear the word Michael Vick a lot of controversy comes up because everyone knows him as the man who was arrested for illegal dog fighting. But there is a whole lot more to him then what some people think. Like did you know he played in the NFL? Ok yes you probably did but what else do can you tell me about him? See it is harder than you thought. Before his legal troubles he was a very successful and promising athlete. Even after his time in prison he still found success in the NFL. This…

Many school shootings have roots in interpersonal communication. For example, the Umpqua Community College shooting involved an encounter between a teacher and a student (who ended up being the gunman). The shooter in the Virginia Tech massacre had issues communicating with other people, and his teachers were not aware of this, causing the problem to develop further. The way that the teachers and students communicated with each other played a large role in both shootings, so it is important to…

As most people have seen President Obama has released a series of rules for individuals wanting to purchase a gun to ensure safety for American citizens. Which will be referred to as the President’s gun control plan. Gun control plans in America have seen an increase in gun safety measures over the past several years, as a result of several mass shootings across the states. Some people might believe the President’s gun control plan will keep them safe. However, the President’s supporters will…

worst cases of failed reporting of mental health checks was the Virginia Tech Massacre, in April 2007, where a Virginia Tech student named Seung-Hui Cho shot and killed 32 people and injured 17 others, then killed himself on the college campus in Blacksburg, Virginia (“Mental Health Reporting”). Cho bought a gun despite going through two background checks through licensed gun dealers and having a mental health history in the records that should have prevented him from receiving a gun. Although…