{"id":1663,"date":"2008-04-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-04-16T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/blog\/news\/?p=1663"},"modified":"2008-04-16T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2008-04-16T04:00:00","slug":"students-remember-virginia-tech-tragedy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2008\/students-remember-virginia-tech-tragedy\/","title":{"rendered":"Students Remember Virginia Tech Tragedy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"photo right\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"EMU senior Lisa N. King \" src=\"\/news\/images\/tech-remembrance.jpg\" \/><br \/>Photo by Jim Bishop <\/div>\n<p> EMU senior Lisa N. 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