Virginia Tech converted a classroom building where a student gunman killed 32 people in 2007 into a peace studies and violence prevention center.

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Young boys and older men with greying beards half-heartedly mixed cement and worked iron rods as we walked through the site and were shown the skeleton of a 16 classroom building.

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He highlights a bright spot: A building in the community converted to a makeshift classroom and library where residents can get tutoring help and then take the GED --- the high school equivalency exam.

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Paterno promoted a "Grand Experiment" of doing it the correct way, of not falling prey to the cheap tricks and classroom shortcuts, and building a winning program of integrity.

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