Student Body Asks Media to Leave Va. Tech – washingtonpost.com:
Virginia Tech’s student government has asked that all journalists leave campus by 5 a.m. tomorrow, according to a statement issued by a spokeswoman.

“Students in general will also be declining all requests and contact from the media,” the statement says. “Please grant us your understanding as this decision was made by the students, with the intent to regain a sense of normalcy as we prepare to move forward as an academic institution and as a community in the healing process.”

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I hope this is honored and people should boycott any station that does not honor it. Respect the campus community, the students, the professors wishes.

Foto & Video log – Kittens:

Kittens

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I post this link to thank Yuka and Jason for their hospitality in Toronto and the dinner we shared.

KITTENZ!

TaxProf Blog: NY Times on Taxing Height:
NY Times on Taxing Height

On Wednesday, I blogged (Taxing Height) a new paper by Greg Mankiw & Matthew Weinzierl, The Optimal Taxation of Height: A Case Study of Utilitarian Income Redistribution, which argues in favor of a tax credit for short taxpayers and a tax surcharge for tall taxpayers, as well as Frank Pasquale’s critique of the paper.

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solid scholarship

TED | Talks | Sir Ken Robinson: Do schools kill creativity? (video):
Sir Ken Robinson: Do schools kill creativity?

The Buffalo News: Niagara County:
NIAGARA FALLS — The American and Horseshoe Falls will be illuminated in the colors of Virginia Tech Sunday night in honor of the 32 victims of Monday’s massacre.

The water will flow maroon and orange between 8:30 p.m. and midnight, lit by a phalanx of high powered lights on the Canadian side of the Niagara River. Prior to the lighting of the falls, a memorial prayer service will be held at 8 p.m. in Statue of Liberty Park, near the American entrance to the Rainbow Bridge.

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The orange and maroon are going to flow to the great oceans just like the fallen students and professors.

I have to say in a minortarian tone, that there were at least 33 victims lives that ended in death, and we don’t know how many thousands of lives were shortened through grief, worry, and this horrible transformation of their lives, that is a greater number than those in the Hokie Nation, that is everyone who now worries a little deeper about their loved ones because of this event.