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Video: CBS Evening News-Remembering Virginia Tech
Original at AOL Video
• Tue, Mar 17
The worst civilian mass shooting in U.S. history is approaching its one year mark. A suicidal student gunman killed 32 students and faculty at ... video.aol.com
Student leaders urge CSU president to keep concealed-carry policy on campus
Original at Denver Post
• Thu, Dec 3
Examiner.com The mass shooting at Virginia Tech University in 2007 prompted CSU's faculty senate to ask for a review of the gun policy last year. ... Should we disarm Colorado State University?Examiner.com CSU officials weigh a gun ban; student leaders disagreeDenver Post
The Peacock Inside Pandora's Box: NBC News and the Virginia Tech Shootings
Original at Blogcritics
• Fri, Apr 20
By Cameron Archer It's obvious NBC News is airing Cho Seung-Hui's videos for publicity. Does anyone really need to know what was in his mind, given the established fact that he had a history of mental illness? Cho Seung-Hui is responsible for the largest mass shooting committed by a single person in America...
VA Tech mass shooting: Who or what is Ismail Ax? UPDATED
Original at Boing Boing
• Tue, Apr 17
By Xeni Jardin Xeni Jardin: B. Frank says, The Virginia Tech shooter [Cho Seung-Hui] had the words "“Ismail Ax"” written in red ink on his arm, according to this blog from the Chicago Tribune. AX may also stand for the Alpha Chi Omega women’s fraternity, which I found does have a chapter at Virginia Tech.
VA Tech: guns on campus, TV producers on Facebook
Original at Boing Boing
• Mon, Apr 16
By Xeni Jardin Xeni Jardin: Large-scale incidents of gun violence like yesterday's mass shooting at Virginia Tech University are inevitably followed by gun law debate. BB reader Aaron Krowne says, Virginia had just outlawed Concealed Carry on campus (At Virginia Tech's behest). I am a VT alum.