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Virginia Tech stories: 38 news summaries

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School Suspends 1st-Grader for Cub Scout Eating Utensils

Zero-tolerance weapons policies sometimes ridiculous, say critics

Oct 12, 09 1:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - A first grader was suspended for 45 days from school for bringing a Cub Scout combined knife-fork-spoon utensil to class, triggering an uproar among parents. Zachary Christie, 6, was booted because his Newark school has a zero-tolerance policy on knives. Horrifying episodes like the Columbine and Virginia Tech shootings have... More »

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 Va. Tech Couple 
 Shot Dead 
 in Forest 

Campground killing apparently random

Aug 28, 09 4:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - Two Virginia Tech students have been found murdered in a campground near the school, bringing fresh horror to a campus already rocked by tragedy, the Roanoke Times reports. Police have found no murder weapon, motive or suspect. They believe an attacker shot the sophomore couple in a "random act... More »

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(Newser) - Penn State has knocked the University of Florida from its No. 1 spot … atop the Princeton Review’s “Best Party School” list. Each year, the Review ranks schools in a huge number of categories based on surveys of their students. A Penn State spokeswoman called it a “... More »

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Virginia Tech • University of Florida • college • George Washington University • Princeton Review • Clemson • Brigham Young University • colleges and universities • Brown University • UC Santa Cruz • Penn State University • party schools • US Merchant Marine Academy • Sarah Lawrence College • Thomas Aquinas College • Bard College

Found: Missing Mental Health Records of Va. Tech Shooter

Files had been removed from university clinic illegally

Jul 22, 09 11:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - The mental health records of the gunman behind the 2007 Virginia Tech massacre have been found in the home of a former director of the university’s clinic, reports the AP. Seung-Hui Cho’s records were illegally taken from the clinic more than a year before the attack, says a... More »

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Student Held in Fatal
Virginia Tech Stabbing

Student alert system launched

Jan 22, 09 5:50 AM CST
(Newser) - A Chinese graduate student has been arrested in the fatal stabbing of a female student in a cafeteria of the Virginia Tech campus. The death was the first campus killing since a suicidal gunman shot dead 32 in 2007. A student alert system devised after that attack was launched when... More »

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Judge OKs
$11M Settlement for Va. Tech Families

Quicker action could've saved lives, suit said

Jun 18, 08 7:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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.... More »

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Virginia Tech • Seung-Hui Cho • school shooting • settlement • Virginia Tech shootings • wrongful death • Virginia Tech massacre

 Va. Tech Marks
 Grim Anniversary 

Students, faculty still struggle with last year's killings

Apr 16, 08 10:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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,... More »

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Virginia Tech Families,
State Reach $11M Deal

Lawyers quiet on details

Apr 10, 08 1:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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

Proposed settlement aims to head off lawsuits over university massacre

Mar 25, 08 3:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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

Students Aren't Signing Up for Text Alert Systems

Sense of invincibility, fear of revealing personal data to blame

Feb 28, 08 6:15 PM CST
(Newser) - Campus shootings keep making headlines, and schools are increasingly adopting text message alert systems as a response—but students aren't jumping on the bandwagon, the AP reports. Experts chalk up low enrollment rates to students' sense of invincibility, unwillingness to reveal personal information and the cost of receiving texts. "... More »

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cell phones • Virginia Tech • text message • texting • Northern Illinois University • Virginia Tech shootings • shooting • campus violence • campus shooting • campus security

States Weigh Allowing Guns on Campuses

Bills pending in 12 legislatures; advocates want ability to protect selves

Feb 15, 08 5:23 PM CST
(Newser) - Twelve states are considering bills that would allow people to carry guns at public universities, USA Today reports, a response to last year's Virginia Tech massacre. "The only way to stop a person with a gun is another person with a gun," says a University of Cincinnati sophomore... More »

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Va. Tech to Turn Shooting Site into Peace Studies Center

New program will focus on violence prevention

Dec 20, 07 6:20 PM CST
(Newser) - 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... More »

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New Fed Gun Law Inspired by Virginia Tech Massacre

Congress makes it harder for mentally ill to buy guns

Dec 20, 07 3:15 AM CST
(Newser) - 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... More »

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Virginia Tech • Seung-Hui Cho • Patrick Leahy • John Dingell • Carolyn McCarthy • National Rifle Association • 1968 Gun Control Act • National Instant Criminal Background Check

Penn State Costumes Spark Va. Tech Wrath

Macabre Halloween photos surface on Facebook

Dec 9, 07 11:22 AM CST
(Newser) - 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... More »

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Carnegie Mellon Wins $2M in Robot Car Race

Only three of 11 cars finished the 60 miles in 6 hours allotted

Nov 4, 07 11:02 PM CST
(Newser) - A robot car built by Carnegie Mellon University and General Motors beat out ten others to win a race for self-driving vehicles, race officials announced today. The cars had 6 hours to complete a 60-mile course—including missions like parking and merging into traffic—in pursuit of a $2 million... More »

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6 Months After Virginia Tech,
Lawsuits Loom

Lawyer representing 20 families files notices against town, state

Oct 13, 07 3:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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 “... More »

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Virginia Tech Massacre 'Could Have Been Stopped'

Official report says college should have warned students of shootings

Aug 30, 07 5:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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Va. Tech Never Knew of Shooter's Disorder

Cho was exposed to ridicule for condition

Aug 28, 07 5:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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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Virginia Tech • Seung-Hui Cho • privacy • mental illness • Fairfax • mutism • selective mutism

Shooting Report Levels No Blame at Virginia Tech

School's response deemed okay, some upgrades recommended

Aug 22, 07 7:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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Carbon Monoxide
Fells VA Tech Students

19 sickened; 5 roomies seriously poisoned

Aug 20, 07 12:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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