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September 2008
- Finnish Shooter Also Burned His Victims, Mainly Women
  
  Times (UK) | Sep 24, 08 12:39 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Eight of the 10 victims in yesterday's shooting at a Finnish catering and tourism college were women, but it may take investigators weeks to identify the bodies—which Matti Saari charred with gasoline bombs after shooting, the Times of London reports. A college official described Saari as a “silent young man,” and investigators told the AP that the trainee chef probably knew his victims. More »
- 9 Dead In Finland School Shooting
  
  BBC | Sep 23, 08 7:39 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A shooting spree at a vocational college in Finland has left nine people dead and several others wounded, reports the BBC. The gunman, who is believed to be a 20-year-old student, entered the college wearing a ski mask and carrying an automatic weapon. Police say he finally turned the gun on himself, although his condition remains unclear. More »
April 2008
- SC Teen Faces WMD Charge, Life Sentence
  
  Associated Press | Apr 22, 08 2:55 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Ryan Schallenberger, the South Carolina teenager whose Columbine-style attack police say they foiled yesterday, will be charged with a federal count of attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction, the AP reports. The charge, stemming from the 10 pounds of explosives discovered by Schallenberger’s parents yesterday, carries a possible life sentence. The 18-year-old also faces two lesser federal charges. More »
March 2008
- Va. Tech, NIU Gun Dealer: Arm Students
  
  Los Angeles Times | 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 students to carry guns. “We know it’s going to happen again. It’s time to hit it head on.” More »
- Best Undergrad Biz Schools
  
  BusinessWeek | Mar 1, 08 6:10 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - The financial world may be on its ear, but undergraduate business schools are booming as increasing numbers of quality high school grads drive up standards and B-school grads command more on the employment market. Here are the 10 best, as ranked by Business Week: Pennsylvania (Wharton): Can be too competitive. Virginia (McIntire): Intense workload. Notre Dame (Mendoza): Ethics focus draws raves. More »
February 2008
- Gun Laws Only Rule the Rational
  
  Quad City Times | Feb 22, 08
  
  As Northern Illinois University students bled in the arms of classmates, Reaper wasted no time blaming the horrific shooting on the unarmed. %u201CBy disarming the law-abiding people and legal age students, Illinois made its people easy victims for criminals who don%u2019t care about the law,%u201D Reaper wrote at 5:09 p.m. Thursday. %u201CPeople need to wake up and look at the statistics. Look at the FACTS. While nobody can prevent this kind of crime, a criminal would think twice before going on a rampage like this if he knew there was a good chance he would meet armed resistance. Had any one...
- Utah's Well-Armed Students
  
  CNN | 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 their guns on hand, others say it makes classrooms even scarier. More »
- States Weigh Allowing Guns on Campuses
  
  USA Today | 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 who has a license but is barred from having a weapon on campus. More »
November 2007
- Students Aim to Put Guns on Campus
  
  Time | Nov 22, 07 11:43 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Thousands of college students think they have a way to make their campuses safer: more guns. Students with a license to carry concealed weapons should be able to do it on campus, argues the group Students for Concealed Carry on Campus. “It’s the basic right of self defense,” said one student. “Here on campus, we don’t have that right.” More »
April 2007
- Utah Only State to Allow Guns at College
  
  Associated Press | Apr 28, 07
  
  As Northern Illinois University students bled in the arms of classmates, Reaper wasted no time blaming the horrific shooting on the unarmed. %u201CBy disarming the law-abiding people and legal age students, Illinois made its people easy victims for criminals who don%u2019t care about the law,%u201D Reaper wrote at 5:09 p.m. Thursday. %u201CPeople need to wake up and look at the statistics. Look at the FACTS. While nobody can prevent this kind of crime, a criminal would think twice before going on a rampage like this if he knew there was a good chance he would meet armed resistance. Had any one...
- Should Guns Be Allowed on Campuses?
  
  Washington Post | Apr 22, 07
  
  As Northern Illinois University students bled in the arms of classmates, Reaper wasted no time blaming the horrific shooting on the unarmed. %u201CBy disarming the law-abiding people and legal age students, Illinois made its people easy victims for criminals who don%u2019t care about the law,%u201D Reaper wrote at 5:09 p.m. Thursday. %u201CPeople need to wake up and look at the statistics. Look at the FACTS. While nobody can prevent this kind of crime, a criminal would think twice before going on a rampage like this if he knew there was a good chance he would meet armed resistance. Had any one...
March 2007
- A Generation Is Lost to Violence
  
  New York Times | Mar 12, 07 2:19 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The generation of Palestinians now coming of age—and 56.4 percent of the population is under 19—have no hopes for peace, only of a lifetime of “resistance.” Growing up through two intifadas, they are isolated from the world, divided amongst themselves, and surrounded by violence, reports Steven Erlanger. The struggling West Bank economy offers few jobs and the only non-Palestinians they see are gun-toting Israeli soldiers. Resistance groups Fatah and Hamas are recruiting--and competing--aggressively. "We’re pushed all the time to be more political, more militant, more religious, more extreme,” says a 20-year-old student . "Now, there is no politics, no talks," says a 46-year-old ambulance driver, "so the sacrifices of the youth are wasted and empty." More »