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Football as healing

by Michele Hriciso

The New York Times ran a nice article on Virgina Tech, marking the beginning of freshman orientation on the campus. It seems that the freshmen overwhelmingly want to know where and when they can get their football tickets.

Football games are a fun part of college life. But football will mean more than fun at Virginia Tech this year. This will be the year when an entire campus uses football as a healing process.

The spring game was cancelled in the wake of the shooting tragedy that occurred in April at the Virginia Tech campus, so the resumption of football games will be a sign that everything is returning to normal. It will give students, faculty and alumni something to be proud of, especially if the team does well. Having ESPN there to televise the return to normal is something I’ve been looking forward to all summer.

There is not a beating, feeling heart in the entire country that is not rooting for the Hokies this year in some small way. Here’s to healing.

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Posted in Opinion on July 23rd, 2007

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