"We are Virginia Tech"

That is the poignant phrase that graces the plaque on the memorial that now sits in front of Burress on the drillfield in honor of those lives that were lost during the shootings of April 16, 2007.

It was important to all of us that we visit the memorial and that we pay our respects to the 32 lives that were lost that day. Each victim has a Hokie stone with their name on it, and even a year and a half later, there were little trinkets and fresh flowers at almost all of the stones. The most emotional part for me was seeing a bouquet of flowers that were placed on a stone to celebrate the victim's birthday, which would have been November 21.

Seeing the amazing way that our Alma mater chose to memorialize these innocent victims made us all even more proud to be Hokies.

"We will prevail, We are Virginia Tech."