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  • June 2008

    • Judge OKs $11M Settlement for Va. Tech Families

      newser  |  Washington Post  |  Jun 18, 08 7:44 AM CDT

      Judge OKs $11M Settlement for Va. Tech Families

      A Virginia judge yesterday approved an $11 million settlement with 42 families of those killed or injured in last year's Virginia Tech shootings, the Washington Post reports. The families sued after a panel concluded that lives might have been saved if the university contacted students immediately after the first shootings. Instead, 2.5 hours passed before an email warning was sent, just 10 minutes before the second rampage, which claimed 32 lives. More »

  • April 2008

    • Va. Tech Marks Grim Anniversary

      newser  |  Washington Post  |  Apr 16, 08 10:16 AM CDT

      Va. Tech Marks Grim Anniversary

      A year after the tragic shootings in which 33 people died, members of the Virginia Tech community are still doing their best to heal, reports the Washington Post . "We have struggled to equilibrium," says a writing instructor at the university, "But no matter how strong we are, how wise we are, it hurts." More »

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      Virginia Tech shootings  • Virginia Tech  • memorial services

    • Virginia Tech Families, State Reach $11M Deal

      newser  |  Roanoke Times  |  Apr 10, 08 1:09 PM CDT

      Virginia Tech Families, State Reach $11M Deal

      Victims’ families in the Virginia Tech shootings have settled with the state for $11 million in a deal to prevent future lawsuits, lawyers said today. The lawyers, who represented 21 families, are mum on details pending finalization, reports the Roanoke Times . At least 20 families had earlier warned they might sue over the tragedy last April 16, when student Seung-Hui Cho killed 32 and wounded more at the school before killing himself. More »

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      lawsuit  • Virginia  • Virginia Tech shootings  • Virginia Tech  • settlement  • Seung-Hui Cho

  • March 2008

    • $100K Virginia Tech Offer Slammed as 'Insult' to Victims

      newser  |  Virginian-Pilot  |  Mar 25, 08 3:20 AM CDT

      $100K Virginia Tech Offer Slammed as 'Insult' to Victims

      The state of Virginia is offering $100,000 to each family of the 32 students and teachers killed by a lone gunman in the Virginia Tech massacre, the Virginian-Pilot reports. If accepted, the settlement would prevent families from suing the state for negligence. One attorney called the offer "for a human life an insult, an absolute insult." More »

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      lawsuit  • school shooting  • Virginia  • Virginia Tech  • PTSD  • university  • Seung-Hui Cho

  • February 2008
  • December 2007

    • Va. Tech to Turn Shooting Site into Peace Studies Center

      newser  |  Washington Post  |  Dec 20, 07 6:20 PM CST

      Va. Tech to Turn Shooting Site into Peace Studies Center

      Virginia Tech's Norris Hall will soon house the university's new Center for Peace Studies and Violence Prevention, in an effort to keep alive the memory of those who died in that building during the April 16 massacre. School officials announced the plan today, after a several months-long deliberation about how to use the massive, 4,300 square foot building, the Washington Post reports. More »

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      school shooting  • Virginia Tech shootings  • Virginia Tech  • academia

    • New Fed Gun Law Inspired by Virginia Tech Massacre

      newser  |  Reuters  |  Dec 20, 07 3:15 AM CST

      New Fed Gun Law Inspired by Virginia Tech Massacre

      New gun control legislation designed to keep weapons out of the hands of the mentally ill was passed by the Senate yesterday. The rare event of congressional action on gun control—and even rarer bipartisan agreement—was triggered by the Virginia Tech massacre last April. The bill, which strengthens background checks, passed the House in June. More »

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      Virginia Tech  • Patrick Leahy  • Seung-Hui Cho  • John Dingell  • National Rifle Association

    • Penn State Costumes Spark Va. Tech Wrath

      newser  |  Washington Post  |  Dec 9, 07 11:22 AM CST

      Penn State Costumes Spark Va. Tech Wrath

      Virginia Tech is in an uproar over Penn State students who dressed up for Halloween as Tech shooting victims, then posted the tasteless pictures on Facebook, reports the Washington Post . The reaction has been both mournful and violent. "People all over Penn State—students, faculty, alumni—are appalled at what they've done," said a Penn official. Website moderators have had to remove threatening comments. More »

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      Virginia Tech shootings  • Virginia Tech  • Halloween  • Penn State

  • November 2007
  • October 2007

    • 6 Months After Virginia Tech, Lawsuits Loom

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Oct 13, 07 3:36 PM CDT

      6 Months After Virginia Tech, Lawsuits Loom

      The Virginia Tech shootings six months ago Tuesday left 32 people dead and 20 threatening to sue. A lawyer yesterday notified state and town officials that he represents the families of 12 people killed and eight wounded; the group is weighing legal action on the grounds that town employees “failed to conduct a reasonably thorough and professionally appropriate investigation,” the AP reports. More »

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      lawsuit  • Virginia Tech shootings  • Virginia Tech

  • August 2007

    • Virginia Tech Massacre 'Could Have Been Stopped'

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Aug 30, 07 5:35 AM CDT

      Virginia Tech Massacre 'Could Have Been Stopped'

      A state investigation into the Virginia Tech massacre, in which 33 students and teachers were killed, concluded that college authorities could have saved lives by acting more quickly to warn students after the first shootings. The report, released last night after the New York Times obtained a copy,  also criticizes the college's failure to insure that gunman Seung-Hui Cho received counseling after a mental-hospital stay. More »

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      school shooting  • Virginia  • Virginia Tech  • Seung-Hui Cho

    • Va. Tech Never Knew of Shooter's Disorder

      newser  |  Washington Post  |  Aug 28, 07 5:28 AM CDT

      Va. Tech Never Knew of Shooter's Disorder

      Fairfax County school officials knew that the outcast student who shot dead 32 people at Virginia Tech had selective mutism, a serious social anxiety disorder that prevented him from speaking in many situations. But federal privacy laws blocked disclosure of that information to Virginia Tech, reports the Washington Post .  More »

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      privacy  • Virginia Tech  • mental illness  • Seung-Hui Cho

    • Shooting Report Levels No Blame at Virginia Tech

      newser  |  CNN  |  Aug 22, 07 7:17 PM CDT

      Shooting Report Levels No Blame at Virginia Tech

      Virginia Tech's response to the April shootings that left 33 dead got a free pass in an internal review today, CNN reports. Although the university should improve its communications systems and means of monitoring troubled students, the report says, it found no fault with how school officials and police handled the incident. The spree was the worst school massacre in US history. More »

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      school shooting  • Virginia Tech shootings  • gun control  • Virginia Tech  • Seung-Hui Cho

    • Carbon Monoxide Fells VA Tech Students

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Aug 20, 07 12:23 AM CDT

      Carbon Monoxide Fells VA Tech Students

      Five female roommates were seriously poisoned yesterday after a carbon monoxide leak in off-campus housing at Virginia Tech sickened 19 people. Two of the women remained in critical condition and three were listed as serious.The accident was yet another blow for the school which yesterday dedicated a memorial to 32 victims killed by a campus gunman in April. More »

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      accident  • Virginia Tech shootings  • Virginia  • Virginia Tech  • poison

    • Va. Tech Shooter May Have Practiced

      newser  |  Richmond Times-Dispatch  |  Aug 10, 07 3:49 PM CDT

      Va. Tech Shooter May Have Practiced

      The Virginia Tech killer may have rehearsed his rampage 2 days before the massacre of 32 people on April 16, police investigators said today. One witness reported spotted a suspicious-looking hooded male near doors inside the academic building where the shootings took place on April 14, the Richmond Times-Dispatch reports; another witness saw chains on the door that same day. More »

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      murder  • investigation  • Virginia Tech shootings  • gun control  • Virginia Tech  • mental health  • Seung-Hui Cho

    • 'Brutal' Job Blasted in Coach's Death

      newser  |  ESPN  |  Aug 2, 07 4:49 AM CDT

      'Brutal' Job Blasted in Coach's Death

      The recent death of Wake Forest basketball coach Skip Prosser has triggered severe criticism about grueling demands placed on NCAA skippers. ESPN's Gene Wojciechowski speculates that the "brutal recruiting month" of July is to blame for tragedies like Prosser's heart attack and another Div I coach's seizure—and calls summer's scouting rush a manic and unhealthy enterprise. More »

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      NCAA  • Virginia Tech  • ESPN  • Wake Forest University  • Skip Prosser

  • May 2007
  • April 2007

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