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Located in Blacksburg, Virginia, Virginia Tech is a comprehensive, innovative research university with the largest full-time student population (25,000+ full-time students) in the state. The school was founded in 1872 as a land-grant college named Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College. On April 16, 2007 a student gunman there killed 32 people and wounded many more before committing suicide.
Located in Blacksburg, Virginia, Virginia Tech is a comprehensive, innovative research university with the largest full-time student population (25,000+ full-time students) in the state. The school was founded in 1872 as a land-grant college named Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College. On April 16, 2007 a student gunman there killed 32 people and wounded many more before committing suicide.
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Illegal immigrant, already a law grad, seeks Florida bar entrance
This post has been corrected. Please see note at bottom for details. The Florida Supreme Court may soon decide whether an illegal immigrant should be able to become licensed to practice law in the Sunshine State. The case of 25-year-old Jose Godinez-...
Tags: Politics, Laws, Career and Workplace, Migration, Immigration
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University of Maryland student held for alleged massacre threat
A 19-year-old student at the University of Maryland has been taken into custody and hospitalized for a psychiatric evaluation after allegedly threatening to go on a shooting rampage on the campus Sunday. Alexander Song, a student at the university...
Tags: Crimes, Politics, Apple iPad, Safety of Citizens, Students
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Fine overturned against Virginia Tech for mass-shooting warning
Virginia Tech did not violate federal law in its email response time that notified students of a campus rampage that left 33 people dead, the worst mass shooting by a gunman in U.S. history, a judge ruled Friday.The Department of Education had fined the...
Tags: Shootings, Fines, Justice System, Students, Judges
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USC hopes slayings won't hurt foreign enrollment
For the last decade, USC has enrolled the largest number of international students of any college in the country: 8,615 last year. The Los Angeles university worked hard to achieve that — recruiting students from China, India and South Korea,...Tags: South Korea, Technology, Science and Technology, Students, Murder
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Virginia Tech mother reflects on shooting anniversary
As we approach the five-year anniversary of the shooting at Virginia Tech, The Times revisited one of the relatives of those killed, Celeste Peterson, 52, of Centreville, Va. who spoke with us five years ago. Peterson’s 18-year-old daughter Erin was...
Tags: Politics, College Sports, Personal Weapon Control, Blacksburg, Gun Control
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Ohio high school shooting: 1 killed, 4 injured at Chardon High
One student was killed and four were injured in a shooting Monday morning at a high school in suburban Chardon, Ohio, authorities have reported.
A suspect was taken into custody, but his name was being withheld because he's a juvenile, said Chardon...Tags: Columbine High School, Shootings, Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill (2010), Students, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Virginia Tech shootings: Two killed, suspect at large
Nation NowA suspect remained at large Thursday afternoon on the campus of Virginia Tech afternoon killing a police officer and at least one other person, the university said.... -
Virginia Tech shooting: `We are looking absolutely everywhere'
Nation NowAn intense search is underway at Virginia Tech for the gunman who shot and killed two people -- a campus police officer and a student -- and authorities have ordered students and staff to stay indoors and secure themselves until the shooter is found.... -
Virginia Tech shooting: 1 of 2 dead might be gunman
Nation NowVirginia Tech officials said there is no longer any threat to campus after two people -- a campus police officer and an unidentified male -- were shot and killed.... -
Virginia Tech shootings: Student paper covers it from the inside
Nation NowVirginia Tech shooting: A scrappy campus newspaper -- Collegiate Times -- is covering the school shooting from the inside with live (and lively) updates.... -
Virginia Tech shooting: Lockdown lifted, weapon found
Nation NowVirginia Tech has lifted the lockdown on campus after an intense search for a gunman after two people -- a campus police officer and an unknown male - were shot and killed.... -
Virginia Tech shooting: 2007 massacre led to changes nationwide
Nation NowAfter the 2007 massacre at Virginia Tech, colleges and universities around the country improved their emergency notification systems and worked to speed up the reaction time of campus police to a potential shooter on campus....
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