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At least 22 people were killed Monday morning at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg, Va., according to campus police.

Reports citing school officials initially said only one person was killed and another wounded inside the West Ambler Johnston dormitory, a residence housing more than 800 students. One person was arrested, according to the school's website.

But police held a news conference shortly after noon and said at least 22 people had been confirmed dead, including a gunman.

Police were searching the campus for a second shooter, after reports said another shooting had also taken place at a different residence at the opposite end of the campus.

"I don't want to start any [rumours] here, but it seems difficult for one person to cover that much ground, it's a pretty large campus here," Robert Bowman, an editor at the Collegiate Times student newspaper told CBC News.

Liz Hart, a member of the student union, told the CBC that the second shooting seemed to "indicate it is a group effort."

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"Right now I'm online with students who are actually on campus," Hart said. "There are ambulances going past very, very frequently and there are police officers standing guard at every building," she said.

TV images showed Virginia police officers hunkered behind trees with their guns drawn.

'Loud banging,' screams heard

Calling from campus, a junior student named Josh told the WDBJ news station in Virginia he was inside Norris Hall when a gunman opened fire.

"We heard some loud banging, we weren't sure if it was construction or not, then we heard some screaming," he said.

"It didn't stop for at least two or three minutes," the student said, adding "at least 30 to 40 big shots" were fired.

"We all jumped out the window," he said. The students were on the second floor of the building at the time and at least one person suffered injuries jumping from a window, an editor at the campus paper told CBC News.

Students told to stay inside residences

Meanwhile, the school, better known as Virginia Tech, has told students to remain inside their residences.

"Stay inside your building, away from windows,'' the school's website warned.

All Monday classes have been cancelled.

It is the second time in less than a year Virginia Tech has ordered an emergency closure of the campus because of a shooting.

In August 2006, the opening day of classes was cancelled and the campus closed when an escaped jail inmate killed a hospital guard and a sheriff's deputy involved in a massive manhunt just off the campus.

The campus has 26,000 students.

Whos gonna be there? Wife and I are heading there tonight!! Cant wait!

Too Hip for America?
By JOHN DUFFY, Correspondent
Sunday News

Published: Apr 15, 2007 12:02 AM EST

LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa - For serious music fans and semi-serious rock scholars, it's a common topic of discussion: Why can some Canadian bands cross over to the United States and find success, while others can't?

There's no consistent rule of thumb.

For every Bryan Adams there is a 54-40 (who?), for every Nelly Furtado a Sarah Harmer or Kathleen Edwards.

One of the bands that tops the shortlist of great Canadian acts most people below the 49th parallel have never heard of is the Tragically Hip.

Formed in 1983 by Gordon Downie (vocals), Bobby Baker (guitar), Paul Langlois (guitar), Gord Sinclair (bass) and Johnny Fay (drums) — all childhood friends growing up in Kingston, Ontario — the Hip didn't appear on record until six years later.

Over the next 15 years, the Hip became one of Canada's most revered and respected bands through its frenetic live shows and pursuit of a distinctive sound.

The blending of loud, angular guitars with Downie's wildly poetic lyrics gave the band a truly original sound: melodic, earnest, aggressive and demanding.

Hip songs often examine elements of Canadian history and identity in ways outsiders can't understand. In the same way Bruce Springsteen conjures images and icons of American culture, from Walt Whitman to Woody Guthrie to Charlie Starkweather to the anonymous Sept. 11 widow, the Hip speaks for Canada.

But for some reason, a band that has sold 6 million records in its native land and can fill hockey arenas with ease can't break through in the United States.

The Hip will play Lancaster's Chameleon Club at 7 p.m. April 22.

In the 1990s, the band made serious inroads into New England and the upper Midwest, regions served well by college radio, but failed to break through nationally.

A 1995 performance on "Saturday Night Live" at the urging of fellow Canadian Dan Aykroyd, who gave them an enthusiastic partisan introduction, didn't do the trick.

Earlier this year, the Hip opened several arena-size shows for the Who, and the band has sold out most of its current U.S. club tour. Perhaps this will be their year.

The band's latest album, "World Container," was released in the United States in early March, and the excellent two-disc set "Yer Favorites," an essential introduction to the Hip, is widely available.

There's no reason why the Tragically Hip couldn't be as big in America as an REM, with cerebral lyricist Michael Stipe being a close analogue to Downie.

"I could do hours on this subject," Downie told the Toronto Sun. "You know, why not? Why isn't Canadian film big down there? Is Paul Martin big down there?

"Who are you comparing us to? The Barenaked Ladies? Our music is entirely different. Nickelback? Avril? Because of the people we are and the music we make, we get the success we deserve."

In other words, Downie isn't really that concerned with breaking open America. He realizes that what makes the Hip unique may or may not be some Canadian "otherness," or perhaps it's something of the band's own making.

Fortunately, the band can laugh about it.

Canada possesses, as Vancouver writer Steve Burgess so aptly put it, a sense of humor that is often directed at its own reflection. Or as Hip drummer Fay once told Billboard magazine: Being Canada's biggest band is like being "the world's tallest midgets."

I don't know if many folks saw the fliers HOB had laying around on the bars and counters, but the Hip are heading back to Cleveland on Wednesday, May16th. "Back by popular demand!" the flier proclaims.

According to the fliers, the tickets go on sale Friday, 4/20 @ 10 a.m. It gives the phone # 216.523.BLUE or hob.com/Cleveland.

The show on Saturday was definitely one of the best I've seen. In fact, both Cleveland shows I've seen have been amazing, high-energy experiences. Catch 'em there if you can--based on past performances, you won't be disappointed.

I think this should be the place to discuss the songs, now that some of us are starting to complete our downloads. Leave the thread in the Download fourm for downloading issues.

So, here goes. First bit of news is that Mr Dame is going to have to change an entry or two at the Museum. Turns out Nuclear Barbeque has been titled "It's So Easy" from the 1988-07-15 Horseshoe show.

I love revising history.

Cheers,

Pat

Corby and I have been talking about a good and fitting title for the recently surfaced demo tapes.
We both thought that Nuclear Barbeque was a damn cool title, and Corby put the title in the following draft for some cover art:

We want to know if you guys have any other suggestions that would be fitting.

i am trying to upload a torrent (4.12.07) and i am getting this error:

Upload Failed
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am i missing something?

Enjoy & thanks again to all who donated so far to the tracker. The fund-raiser continues, only $110 to go for a new server!

http://www.thehiptracker.com/torrents-de...php?id=356

Enjoy!

srb

Match-up #35 - Fully Completely Vs. Courage
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can someone upload this to the tracker? i can't find my cd

thanks.