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Virginia Tech shootings stories: 48 news summaries

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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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Pa. Gym, Va. Tech Shooters Shopped on Same Website

Site rep: This proves people need to protect themselves

Aug 7, 09 11:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Pennsylvania health club shooter and the Virginia Tech killer purchased gun equipment from the same website, WPXI Pittsburgh reports. George Sodini bought accessories from TGSCOM, which sold a gun to Seung-Hui Cho. “We deal with police and government agencies as customers,” said a rep for the firm,... More »

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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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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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 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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Scrawled Threats Shut
Down Chicago College

'Post-Virginia Tech climate' forces school to close doors

Apr 12, 08 8:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - In the wake of campus shootings at Virginia Tech and NIU, threats in a bathroom stall at Chicago’s St. Xavier University prompted an indefinite campus shutdown last night. After graffiti appeared for the second time Thursday, this time reading “Be prepared to die 4/14,” school authorities told... 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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Colleges Apply Lessons From Shootings

Many rethink privacy concerns as they assess risky students

Mar 29, 08 11:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - In the wake of shootings on college campuses, administrators around the nation are forming threat-assessment groups and rethinking policies about sharing information on troubled students, the AP reports. "If a student is a danger to himself or others, all the privacy concerns go out the window,” said an... More »

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Va. Tech, NIU Gun Dealer:
Arm Students

Looser rules will deter school shooters, says man who sold to 2

Mar 5, 08 1:29 PM CST
(Newser) - Eric Thompson sold guns to both the Northern Illinois University and Virginia Tech shooters, but he’s not apologizing for it. “I’m a businessman,” he tells the Los Angeles Times. “It’s a product.” But Thompson thinks he knows how to stop such violence: allow... More »

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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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Utah's Well-Armed Students

In only state where concealed weapons are allowed on campus, many take advantage

Feb 21, 08 2:29 PM CST
(Newser) - While many states have responded to recent college shootings by debating whether firearms should be allowed on campus, Utah is the only one with such a law on the books—and students at its public universities are taking advantage, CNN reports. Predictably, while some students say they feel safer with... More »

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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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College Suicide Prevention Trumps Privacy

Cornell seeks signs of student anxiety, brings parents into loop

Dec 28, 07 12:15 PM CST
(Newser) - After the Virginia Tech massacre highlighted the issue of student safety, more colleges began risking legal action by telling parents when their kids suffer from mental health problems, the Wall Street Journal reports. Cornell University, battling a reputation for stressed-out students, is now training staff to seek out and report... 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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Threat Invoking Va. Tech Shuts Down College

School cancels today's finals after discovery
of cryptic graffiti

Dec 10, 07 3:34 PM CST
(Newser) - The discovery of a cryptic threat that referenced the Virginia Tech shootings has temporarily shut down Northern Illinois University, the Chicago Tribune reports. The scribbled message on the wall of a women's restroom in a dorm referred to a specific school building and today's date, and included a racial slur.... More »

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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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FBI's Mental Health Gun-Ban List Doubles

Addition highlights scope of 'background check loophole'

Nov 29, 07 5:38 PM CST
(Newser) - Spurred by April shootings at Virginia Tech, new reporting of mental health data has doubled the number of Americans banned from purchasing guns on such grounds, Attorney General Michael Mukasey said today. Nearly 220,000 names have been added to the FBI list, highlighting the data-sharing gap that allowed shooter... 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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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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