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  • April 2007

    • Police Search for Answers at VT

      Washington Post  |  Apr 26, 07 6:14 AM CDT

      Police Search for Answers at VT

      (Newser) - The Post reports on the ongoing probe into the Virginia Tech shootings, with police reconstructing details of gunman Cho Seung-Hui's movements and searching for motives. Questions include whether Emily Hilscher, his first victim, was a random target, and the possibility that someone else mailed Cho's manifesto to NBC News. More »

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    • Privacy Laws Tie Colleges' Hands

      Baltimore Sun  |  Apr 19, 07 1:43 PM CDT

      Privacy Laws Tie Colleges' Hands

      (Newser) - Despite numerous red flags, Cho Seung-Hui was able to live in a Virginia Tech dorm and plot a campus massacre in part because the law limits colleges' ability to seek help for adult students who do not request it. Stalking complaints and a report that Cho was suicidal did not outweigh federal privacy statutes and medical ethics. More »

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    • Police Talked to Cho in 2005

      Washington Post  |  Apr 18, 07 1:50 PM CDT

      Police Talked to Cho in 2005

      (Newser) - Police questioned Virginia Tech shooter Cho Seung-Hui twice in 2005, after two women accused him of accused making unwanted contact, the Virginia Tech police department said this morning. The same semester, poetry professor Nikki Giovanni had him removed from her class. But since Cho made no direct threats, the police could not legally take action against him, they say. More »

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    • Cho's Macabre Plays Warned Of Violence

      News Bloggers  |  Apr 18, 07 9:54 AM CDT

      Cho's Macabre Plays Warned Of Violence

      (Newser) - Ian MacFarlane, a former classmate of Seung Cho, blogs on AOL about two plays written by the Virginia Tech killer for a writing class. The short pieces, along with other compositions, writes MacFarlane, were "like something out of a nightmare," imagining bizarre murders and exuding an obsession with revenge. More »

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    • Virginia Tech Cancels Spring Football Game

      ESPN  |  Apr 18, 07 9:22 AM CDT

      Virginia Tech Cancels Spring Football Game

      (Newser) - Virginia Tech football coach Frank Beamer has cancelled his team’s remaining three spring practices and its annual spring game in light of the school shooting that left 33 dead. No players on the team were injured. More »

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    • VT Student Was at Columbine

      US News and World Report  |  Apr 18, 07 7:53 AM CDT

      VT Student Was at Columbine

      (Newser) - A veteran of the Columbine massacre has now relived that high school tragedy as a graduate student at Virginia Tech. Regina Rohde, a master's candidate in the department of fisheries and science, was a freshman at Columbine in 1999. "They're strikingly similar," Rohde says of the shootings. More »

    • Bad Tip Led Police Off Shooter's Trail

      New York Times  |  Apr 18, 07 6:45 AM CDT

      Bad Tip Led Police Off Shooter's Trail

      (Newser) - A false lead in the first two shootings at Virginia Tech led to the critical two-hour delay in warning students that there was a gunman on campus, the Times reports.  After Emily Jane Hilscher was shot in her dorm, her roommate told police that her boyfriend, a student at a nearby college,  had guns at his townhouse. More »

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    • Virginia Tech Shooter Was A Student

      CNN  |  Apr 17, 07 9:19 AM CDT

      Virginia Tech Shooter Was A Student

      (Newser) - A Virginia Tech senior, Cho Seung-Hui, has been identified as the shooter in yesterday's massacre. Cho, from South Korea, lived in a campus dormitory; his motive, which some speculate grew from rage over a soured relationship, remains unclear. More »

    • Professor Gave Life to Save Students

      New York Daily News  |  Apr 17, 07 8:49 AM CDT

      Professor Gave Life to Save Students

      (Newser) - A 77-year-old Virginia Tech professor who barred the door to his classroom against the gunman wreaking havoc down the hall sacrificed his life to save his students. Professor Liviu Librescu was teaching a class on solid mechanics when he heard gunshots. He held the door closed as students escaped through the window, and was shot through the door. More »

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    • Virginia Tech Criticized for Inaction

      Guardian (UK)  |  Apr 17, 07 8:36 AM CDT

      Virginia Tech Criticized for Inaction

      (Newser) - As Virginia Tech prepares for today's memorial service for the 30 students  and two teachers killed in two shootings yesterday, the school faces mounting criticism for not doing more to alert the campus between the attacks. " "The university has blood on their hands because of their lack of action," one student said. More »

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    • Police Know V.T. Gunman’s ID

      CNN  |  Apr 17, 07 8:34 AM CDT

      Police Know V.T. Gunman&rsquo;s ID

      (Newser) - Police have a preliminary ID on the man who gunned down 30 people at Virginia Tech, but they aren't ready to release it, CNN reports. They won’t even confirm that the same gunman pulled the trigger at two the sites across campus, two hours apart, in the largest mass killing in American history. More »

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    • Virginia Tech Shootings Two Hours Apart

      Associated Press  |  Apr 16, 07 5:27 PM CDT

      Virginia Tech Shootings Two Hours Apart

      (Newser) - The gunman who killed at least 32 people at Virginia Tech this morning struck twice—two shooting sprees two hours apart, on opposite sides of the campus. Two student were killed at West Ambler Johnston, a coed dorm, at about 7:15. Two hours later 30 people were stuck down at Norris Hall, an engineering building.  More »

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    • 32 STUDENTS DEAD AT VA TECH

      Washington Post  |  Apr 16, 07 2:37 PM CDT

      32 STUDENTS DEAD AT VA TECH

      (Newser) - At least 32 students are dead after a gunman opened fire on a Virginia Tech dormitory and classroom building this morning. The shooter is dead; two dozen other students were wounded in the attack. “This place is in a state of panic,” one student told CNN; others report watching classmates jump from dormitory windows to escape the attack. More »

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