Tragedy In Blacksburg

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Article Archives

Wednesday, April 16, 2008

• Commemoration Begins With Midnight Ceremony
• Tragedy Still Lingers For Victims' Families
• Out Of Tragedy, Teams Share A Sense Of Purpose

Tuesday, April 15, 2008

• Marking Tragedy Common Today
• For Students, Massacre Isn't Everything
• Town Still Feels Massacre

Monday, April 14, 2008

• Living In Tech Tragedy's Shadow

Sunday, April 13, 2008

• The Tech Massacre, A Year Later
• Poetry Has Power To Unlock Emotions
• Recommendations And Implementation: What The Review Panel Suggested
• Remembering Tech
• I Now Know: It Will Affect Me Forever
• The Last Gift of The Fallen Was to Make Us Stronger
• We Renew Our Commitment To Learn From A Terrible Day
• An Interview With Virginia Tech President Charles W. Steger

Saturday, April 12, 2008

• Tech Killer's Motive Elusive

Friday, April 11, 2008

• Most Tech Families Agree To Settle

Thursday, March 20, 2008

• Steger: Tech Has Boosted Security

Wednesday, March 19, 2008

• New York Yankees Lend A Hand In Hokie Healing

Friday, February 22, 2008

• Virginia Tech Plans Observances for April 16

Saturday, February 16, 2008

• Tech Reaches Out To Illinois School

Friday, February 15, 2008

• Illinois Shootings Serve Ss Reminder Of Campus Security Needs
• Shootings Shock Students In Va.
• Tech President Responds To Illinois Campus Shootings

Monday, December 10, 2007

• Future Of Norris Hall Could Be Decided Soon

Wednesday, December 5, 2007

• House Passes Tax Break for Va. Tech Victims

Saturday, November 17, 2007

• Hokies Spell Out Their Appreciation

Tuesday, November 6, 2007

• House of Faith Honors Tech Hero

Wednesday, October 17, 2007

• Spirit of Volunteerism
• Virginia Tech Families Rally To Curb Guns

Tuesday, October 16, 2007

• Victims: Toughen Brady System
• Mental-Health Board Faulted in Cho's Case

Saturday, October 13, 2007

• Sales Of Tech Goods Hit Record

Saturday, September 29, 2007

• Kaine Wants Medal For Slain Tech Professor

Friday, September 07, 2007

• Hokie Nation Rocks
• Concert Scene: 'Surreal' Celebration

Sunday, September 02, 2007

• A Victory For All Of Hokie Nation
• A Somber Start To The Season
• Hokies Win, But Pirates Keep It Close

Friday, August 31, 2007

• 'Signals were missed'
• Cho's Family Unaware of His Homicidal Thoughts

Thursday, August 30, 2007

• All Eyes On Tech
• Report Blasts Response at Tech

Wednesday, August 29, 2007

• Tech Aims For Unity At Opener

Thursday, August 23, 2007

• Problems, Solutions at Tech Examined

Wednesday, August 22, 2007

• Families of Tech Victims Get Word

Tuesday, August 21, 2007

• 'A Regular Day' at Tech
• Response By Tech Criticized

Monday, August 20, 2007

• Forever A Part of Virginia Tech

Sunday, August 19, 2007

• At the Va. Tech Memorial Service

Saturday, August 18, 2007

• Move-in Day a Time to Look Forward at Tech
• Past Follows Student on Return to Tech

Friday, August 17, 2007

• Hokie Fund Payouts Set

Tuesday, August 14, 2007

• College Officials Gather to Discuss Security

Saturday, August 11, 2007

• Cho May Have Practiced Attack

Saturday, August 4, 2007

• Football Fix Should Help The Hokies

Friday, August 3, 2007

• Tighter Gun-Buy Checks Advance
• Show To Honor Tech Victims Criticized

Wednesday, August 1, 2007

• 'Concert For Virginia Tech' Planned

Monday, July 30, 2007

• State Aid To Tech Families Pushed

Sunday, July 29, 2007

• Kaine Gets Questions From Tech Families
• Tech Adding Office To Help Victims' Families

Wednesday, July 25, 2007

• Tech Panel Not Sure When Findings Will Be Made Public

Saturday, July 21, 2007

• Hokie Fund Recipients May Sue

Friday, July 20, 2007

• Virginia Tech Panel Vows Public Discussion

Thursday, July 19, 2007

• An 'Irrefutable' Need

Thursday, July 12, 2007

• Review Focuses On Tech Mental-Health Care

Tuesday, July 10, 2007

• New Year Signaled At Tech

Sunday, July 8, 2007

• VT Prepares For Freshmen

Friday, July 6, 2007

• Feinberg To Manage VT Fund

Wednesday, July 4, 2007

• Hokie Spirit Fund At Issue

Saturday, June 30, 2007

• Cho Went Once To Campus Center
• Kaine Taps Liaison For Relatives

Tuesday, June 26, 2007

• Police To Search Pond In Tech Probe

Sunday, June 24, 2007

• Kaine Meets Kin Of Tech Victims

Saturday, June 23, 2007

• Mental Health At A Loss For Money

Friday, June 22, 2007

• No Drugs In Cho's System

Thursday, June 21, 2007

• Tech Locks Dormitory Doors

Wednesday, June 20, 2007

• Tech Panel's Powers Increase

Tuesday, June 19, 2007

• Cho's Case Spelled Out
• COLUMN: How Far Should We Go to Prevent Catastrophes?

Sunday, June 17, 2007

• Helping Virginia Tech Heal

Thursday, June 14, 2007

• Cho's Records Given To Investigating Panel
• House Backs Tighter Gun Rules
• Chances To Avert Rampage Cited
• Virginia Tech Opens Norris Hall To Media

Tuesday, June 12, 2007

• Tech Panel Struggles For Information
• Tech Squares Blanket Shop

Sunday, June 10, 2007

• Condolences overwhelm Virginia Tech

Friday, June 8, 2007

• Tech Announces Plans for Memorial

Wednesday, June 6, 2007

• Panel To Ask: How Did Cho Avoid Scrutiny?

Wednesday, May 23, 2007

• Agency Wasn't Aware That Cho Needed Care
• Panel Leader Seeks Cho Records

Tuesday, May 22, 2007

• Cho Could Have Killed More
• Healing Blankets For Tech Families

Monday, May 21, 2007

• Shooting Survivor 'Still Piecing It Together'

Wednesday, May 16, 2007

• Experts: Assessments Key To Stopping Violence

Sunday, May 13, 2007

• Reminders Dot Campus In Quiet Times, Celebrations
• Emotional Professor Says Tragedy Doesn't Diminish Successes

Saturday, May 12, 2007

• Virginia Tech Engineering Program Honors Victims
• Sorrow Tempers Graduation Thrill
• Parents of Tech Grads Share Joy, Sorrow

Friday, May 11, 2007

• Joy Among Sorrow on Tech campus
• Tech to celebrate — and reflect
• Closing Firearm Loopholes Explored
• Learning From Tragedy

Thursday, May 10, 2007

• Tech Commission Will Convene Today
• New Rules On Gun-Sale Checks

Tuesday, May 8, 2007

• Final Tech Assignment: Graduation
• Victims' Families Will Be Given Rings
• Tech Group Receives Condolences From Queen

Wednesday, May 3, 2007

• Tech Review Panel Plans First Meeting For May 10
• The Phenomenon Of The Hokie Spirit
• Tech Group Says It Will Meet The Queen
• State Offers Help Through Victims Fund

Tuesday, May 1, 2007

• One Loophole Closed; Rest Still Available
• Tech's 'Fine Line' For Graduation Ceremonies

Monday, April 30, 2007

• Virginia Governor Closes Gun Loophole

Sunday, April 29, 2007

• To Know A Killer

Friday, April 27, 2007

• Mental status reporting reviewed
• Kaine Says He Supports Steger, Nichol

Thursday, April 26, 2007

• Officials: Cho Randomly Targeted His 32 Victims
• A Stone For Cho
• 170 Shots Fired In 9 minutes

Wednesday, April 25, 2007

• Killer's Dorm Is Searched

Tuesday, April 24, 2007

• Coping In The classroom
• Most Hospitalized Tech Students Released
• Area Professionals Pitch In At Virginia Tech

Monday, April 23, 2007

• Victims Had 100-plus Wounds

Sunday, April 22, 2007

• Life in Blacksburg
• Conflicting Gun Laws Let Cho Buy
• Cho Practiced At Shooting Range
• Two Hours Forever Changed Virginia Tech

Saturday, April 21, 2007

• Some Leave Messages For Cho
• Virginians Come Together To Mourn
• "You Will Be Remembered, As All Of Those Gone Will Be"

Friday, April 20, 2007

• Closure To A Lost Semester
• A Voice From Inside The Attack
• Show of Support Continues

Thursday, April 19, 2007

• Kaine Declares Day Of Statewide Mourning

Wednesday, April 18, 2007

• Victims Are Heroes, Loved Ones
• NASCAR Pays Tribute To VT
• Cho Diatribe Offers Little Explanation
• Student With Cell Phone Video A Citizen Journalist
• Column: Meet Violence With Modest Gestures of Kindness
• Tech Police Felt Cho Was Suicidal In 2005
• Cho Posed 'Imminent Danger'

Tuesday, April 17, 2007

• VT Candlelight Vigil In Blacksburg
• Shooter Called Quiet, "Just Weird"
• VT Wounded Student Blocks Door To Shooter
• Still Strong
• Shooter's Nationality May Lead To Backlash
• Some Question Decision Not To Secure Campus
• Cho Family Not Well Known In Neighborhood
• Students Describe 'Unreal' Hours
• Killer Bought Handgun, Ammo Last Month
• Victim Profile: Mary Karen Read
• Georgia Man Among Victims in Virginia Tech Shootings
• Tech Convocation Draws Tens Of Thousands
• Presidential Remarks at Tuesday's Service
• Tech: Many Unaware Of First Shootings
• Sadness And Relief Grip Tech Students
• Presidential Remarks at Tuesday's Service
• List of Victims
• Presidential Proclamation
• Police identify shooter
• Tech: Many Unaware Of First Shootings
• Students Describe 'Unreal' Hours
• Students Catch Sounds, Video Of Chaos
• Intense Day For Four Hospitals

Monday, April 16, 2007

• Athletes React To VT Shootings
• Parents, Students Keep Cell Towers Busy
• President Bush "Horrified"
• Massacre at Virginia Tech
• On Campus, Chaos And Confusion
• Parents Worry As They Await Word
• Statement from VT President
• Timeline of Events
• School Shootings List

Tragedy on Campus

• Massacre At Virginia Tech
• On Campus, Chaos And Confusion
• Students Describe 'Unreal' Hours
• Parents, Students Keep Cell Towers Busy
• Intense Day For Four Hospitals
• Police Identify Shooter
• Some Question Decision Not To Secure Campus
• Still Strong
• Tech Convocation Draws Tens Of Thousands
• Tech: Many Unaware Of First Shootings
• VT Candlelight Vigil in Blacksburg
• Cho Diatribe Offers Little Explanation
• Closure to a Lost Semester
• You Will Be Remembered...
• Some Leave Messages For Cho

Victims

• Remembering - Profiles Of Those Killed
• Victims Are Heroes, Loved Ones
• Two Hours Forever Changed Virginia Tech

Cho Seung-Hui

• Shooter Called Quiet, 'Just Weird'
• Cho Family Not Well Known In Neighborhood

Survivors

• VT Wounded Student Blocks Door To Shooter
• Student With Cell Phone Video A Citizen Journalist
• A Voice from Inside the Attack
• Survivor Shares His Story
• Shooting Survivor 'Still Piecing It Together'

Graduation

• Emotional Professor Says Tragedy Doesn’t Diminish Successes
• Parents of Tech Grads Share Joy, Sorrow
• Virginia Tech Engineering Program Honors Victims
• Sorrow Tempers Graduation Thrill
• Final Tech Assignment: Graduation
• Victims' Families Will Be Given Rings

Investigation

• Mental Health At A Loss For Money
• No Drugs In Cho's System
• Tech Locks Dormitory Doors
• Tech Panel's Powers Increase
• Cho's Case Spelled Out
• Cho's Records Given To Investigating Panel
• House Backs Tighter Gun Rules
• Experts: Assessments Key To Stopping Violence
• Closing Firearm Loopholes Explored
• Learning From Tragedy
• Officials: Cho Randomly Targeted His 32 Victims
• Killer's Dorm Is Searched
• Victims Had 100-Plus Wounds
• Conflicting Gun Laws Let Cho Buy
• Cho Practiced At Shooting Range
• Killer Bought Handgun, Ammo Last Month
• Cho Posed 'Imminent Danger'
• Tech Police Felt Cho Was Suicidal In 2005

Recovery

• Helping Virginia Tech Heal
• Condolences Overwhelm Virginia Tech
• Tech To Replace First Memorial For Victims
• State Offers Help Through Victims Fund

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