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Virginia Tech Massacre

Years after Columbine, America is shaken by another disturbed student with a gun

On April 16th, 2007, Virginia Tech English major Seung-Hui Cho went on the deadliest shooting rampage in American history, claiming 32 victims on the VT campus before shooting himself. As the investigation unfolded, officials realized just how many warnings they had missed that Cho was dangerously troubled: Faculty and students had repeatedly expressed concern about his disturbing behavior, and at least one incident led to a run-in with police and a court-ordered psychological evaluation. So, too, the incident has, however tragically, returned America's gun control debate to the political fore.

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  • August 2008

    • Kaine Has Obama's Appeal, and His Flaws

      New York Times  |  Aug 14, 08 6:00 AM CDT

      Kaine Has Obama's Appeal, and His Flaws

      (Newser) - In 10 years, Tim Kaine has steered a meteoric rise from mayor of Richmond to governor of Virginia to prospective Democratic VP candidate. In many ways, writes the New York Times , Kaine's story mirrors that of Barack Obama: a liberal who speaks openly about religion, he disdains Washington and has sought to bridge racial divides. But he has no foreign policy experience, and even the governor's supporters admit that his record is thin. More »

  • June 2008

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

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

      Judge OKs $11M Settlement for Va. Tech Families

      (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. 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

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

      Va. Tech Marks Grim Anniversary

      (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, how wise we are, it hurts." More »

    • Scrawled Threats Shut Down Chicago College

      Chicago Tribune  |  Apr 12, 08 8:32 AM CDT

      Scrawled Threats Shut Down Chicago College

      (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 students to leave campus and suspended operations, the Chicago Tribune reports. More »

    • Virginia Tech Families, State Reach $11M Deal

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

      Virginia Tech Families, State Reach $11M Deal

      (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 sue over the tragedy last April 16, when student Seung-Hui Cho killed 32 and wounded more at the school before killing himself. More »

  • March 2008

    • Colleges Apply Lessons From Shootings

      Associated Press  |  Mar 29, 08 11:00 AM CDT

      Colleges Apply Lessons From Shootings

      (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 administrator at the University of Kentucky, whose panel of administrators, police, and mental health officials meets twice a month. More »

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

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

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

      (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 a human life an insult, an absolute insult." More »

    • Va. Tech, NIU Gun Dealer: Arm Students

      Los Angeles Times  |  Mar 5, 08 1:29 PM CST

      Va. Tech, NIU Gun Dealer: Arm Students

      (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 students to carry guns. “We know it’s going to happen again. It’s time to hit it head on.” More »

  • February 2008

    • Students Aren't Signing Up for Text Alert Systems

      Associated Press  |  Feb 28, 08 6:15 PM CST

      Students Aren't Signing Up for Text Alert Systems

      (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. "It will take time to earn their trust," said one spokesman. More »

    • Same Gun Dealer Supplied NIU and Va. Tech Killers

      Associated Press  |  Feb 16, 08 5:15 AM CST

      Same Gun Dealer Supplied NIU and Va. Tech Killers

      (Newser) - An online gun dealer who helped arm the Virginia Tech shooter also sold accessories to the killer in Thursday's Northern Illinois University rampage, the AP reports. "I'm still blown away by the coincidences," said Eric Thompson, whose company, TGSCOM, is based in Green Bay. He called a federal agency yesterday when he realized he had sold two magazines and a holster to Illinois shooter Stephen Kazmierczak.  More »

    • States Weigh Allowing Guns on Campuses

      USA Today  |  Feb 15, 08 5:23 PM CST

      States Weigh Allowing Guns on Campuses

      (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 who has a license but is barred from having a weapon on campus. More »

  • December 2007

    • College Suicide Prevention Trumps Privacy

      Wall Street Journal  |  Dec 28, 07 12:15 PM CST

      College Suicide Prevention Trumps Privacy

      (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 signs of anxiety. The approach skirts a student privacy law on a technicality. More »

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

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