Sunday, October 12, 2008

Virginia Tech shootings

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Nationwide, Students Hold 'Lie-Ins'

How campuses across the country commemorated the Virginia Tech anniversary. more >>

The Impact of the Virginia Tech Attack

One consequence of the attack is the increased speed with which colleges respond to threats. more >>

Virginia Tech: A Day of Remembrance

"We've searched for meaning in what is incomprehensible," said the college president. more >>

College Life, One Year After Virginia Tech

Gun control, campus security, and mental health awareness have become key campus topics. more >>

Ban on Alcohol Ads Lifted off Virginia Student Papers

A judge decided the prohibition infringed on students' First Amendment rights. more >>

Outcry Over 'Concert for Virginia Tech'

A September 6 concert at Virginia Tech meant to "promote healing" has stirred controversy among the families of victims from the April 16 tragedy, the Collegiate Times reports.. more >>

Citadel Battle: Locks or Honor

The Citadel's decision to install locks on its barrack doors in the wake of the Virginia Tech massacre has some alums concerned it mocks the storied school's honor code. While female cadets already have locks on their doors, reaction to slapping them on men's dorms has been mixed. more >>

The Tech Listening Tour Release

We told you that the president's trio tasked to look into the Virginia Tech murders was planning to announce a listening tour, and today it did. The tour begins tomorrow and will touch down in states like New Mexico, Minnesota, Colorado, Utah, Iowa, Tennessee, Texas, and California. more >>

Feds Start School Safety Listening Tour

While last week's Virginia Tech murders are still in the headlines, the administration this week plans to begin a listening tour of major campuses and educational facilities to look into school safety and mental health issues and to tell state and local officials that the feds have a lot of resources they can tap. "This isn't just a four-year-college issue," says an administration official. more >>

Too Soon to Raise Antigun Money?

Last week's tragic slayings at Virginia Tech brought two remarkably different reactions from the nation's dueling gun lobbies. The antigun crowd struck first, offering prayers in a statement followed the next day with a fundraising letter. more >>

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—Pat Oliphant more >>

'Violated from Miles and Miles Away'

Students held vigils on Monday and Tuesday night at Washington University in St. Louis, passing out ribbons in Virginia Tech's orange and maroon colors, the Student Life reports. more >>

The Virginia Tech Murders

Correction: An earlier version of this post misidentified the location of a mass killing that took place at Appalachian School of Law.. more >>

He Shot, Then 'Sort of Gave Up'

The massacre at Virginia Tech, while the focus of the national media, has a greater importance among lawmakers and especially their staffs and other Washington industries because many know Tech students and their families.. more >>

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