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Virginia Tech Massacre

Virginia Tech Survivor With Hidden Camera Films Dangerous Gun Sales at Gun Shows

Paul Helmke | Posted 11.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Columbine, Gun Show Loophole, National Rifle Association, Congress, Gun Shows, Nancy Pelosi, Gun Control, Virginia Tech Massacre, Virginia Tech, Nra, Barack Obama, Eric Holder, Mexico Drug Wars, Guns, Politics News
Paul Helmke

At gun shows in 43 states, felons, gangsters, wife-beaters, and the dangerously mentally ill can buy assault weapons, semi-automatic pistols and other firearms with no questions asked.

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Why Two White Kids Are a Senseless Tragedy but an Arab American Is Terrorism

Brian Ross | Posted 11.11.2009 | Media

Read More: Shootings, Army Shooting, Eric Harris, Politics News, Terrorism, Dylan Klebold, Media, Journalism, Major Nidal Hasan, Reporting, Harris, Politics, Cnn, Army, Virginia Tech Shooting, Cho Seung-Hui, Major Nidal Malik Hasan, New York Times, Fox News, Racism, Racism in Media, Colombine Shootings, US Army, Virginia Tech Massacre, Wolf Blitzer, Fort Hood Shootings, Klebold, Colombine, Media News
Brian Ross

When a couple of white kids shoot up a school, it is a tragedy. Bring on a shooting at a military base that involves an Arab-American though, and the media does everything it can to shout "terrorism."

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Guantanamo Bay: College Division

Stu Kreisman | Posted 10.26.2009 | Media

Read More: Butler University, Internet, First Amendment, College, Bloggers, Bushies, Guantanamo, Guantanamo Bay, Jess Zimmerman, Virginia Tech Massacre, Virginia Tech, Censorship, Lawsuit, Dick Cheney, Media News
Stu Kreisman

Is a school entitled to discipline a student? Of course -- if a crime is committed. But let's get real here. We're talking about freedom of speech on the Internet.

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Student Blogger Shut Down and Sued by Butler University Over Free Speech

Stu Kreisman | Posted 10.19.2009 | Media

Read More: College Students, Butler University, Alexander Hamilton, First Amendment, Crime, Bloggers, Jess Zimmerman, Virginia Tech, Barack Obama, Lawsuit, Freedom of Speech, University, Internet, College, Virginia Tech Massacre, Censorship, Benjamin Franklin, Media News
Stu Kreisman

Jess Zimmerman is a junior at Butler University. Last year he wrote criticisms of Butler's administration in an anonymous blog. We now have the first case of a university suing a student over online free speech.

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Revolutionary Goad: Has the Anti-Government Rhetoric Gone Too Far?

Chez Pazienza | Posted 05.08.2009 | Media

Read More: Columbine, Richard Poplawski Pittsburgh, Glenn Beck, Virginia Tech Massacre, Guns, Michele Bachmann, Media News
Chez Pazienza

Glenn Beck is basically good, clean fun -- at least until some tinfoil-hatted psychopath who takes his nonsense way too seriously and decides to fire off a few rounds at President Obama.

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A New Day For Gun Violence Prevention

Paul Helmke | Posted 02.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Gun Show Loophole, George Bush, Democratic Congress, Congress, Assault Weapons, National Rifle Association, Chris Cox, Antonin Scalia, President Obama, George W. Bush, Brady Law, Gun Control, Virginia Tech, Heller Decision, Illegal Guns, Eric Holder, Wayne LaPierre, Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives, Dc v Heller, Hilda Solis, District of Columbia v. Heller, Barack Obama, Rahm Emanuel, Janet Napolitano, Hillary Clinton, Obama Transition, Virginia Tech Massacre, Oregon, Politics News
Paul Helmke

Last year at this time, I said that America was turning a corner on the gun issue, and the watershed events of 2008 confirmed that prediction. The pa...

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Virginia Tech Newspaper Publishes Unauthorized Cho Seung-Hui Documents

Washington Post | Theresa Vargas and Amy Gardner | Posted 01.22.2009 | Media

Read More: Virginia Tech Massacre, Collegiate Times, Cho Seung-Hui Documents, Virginia Tech, Virginia Tech Collegiate Times, Cho Seung-Hui, Media News

The unauthorized release of thousands of documents related to the April 2007 Virginia Tech massacre has given new voice to killer Seung Hui Cho, who e...

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The Same Old Story

Josh Horwitz | Posted 08.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: Gun Violence, Shooting, School Shooting, Seung-Hui Cho, Cho Seung-Hui, Virginia Tech Shootings, Shooting Northern Illinois University, Steven Kazmierczak, Gun Control, Steve Kazmierczak, Virginia Tech Massacre, School Shootings, Northern Illinois University, Politics News
Josh Horwitz

If the cases of Seung-Hui Cho and Steven Kazmierczak have taught us anything, it's that red flags do appear consistently among shooters. What is needed is a screening process.

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Virginia Tech: $11 Million For Victims

AP | LARRY O'DELL and DENA POTTER | Posted 06.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: Shooting, Legal Settlement, Court Ruling, Virginia Tech Shooting, Virginia Tech Shooting Settlement, Cho Seung-Hui, Virginia Tech Massacre, Virginia Tech, Vt, Politics News

RICHMOND, Va. — A judge on Tuesday approved an $11 million state settlement with families of most of the victims in last year's Virginia Tech sl...

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Virginia Tech: One Year Later

The Christian Science Monitor | Stacy Teicher Khadaroo | Posted 04.24.2008 | Home

Read More: Virginia Tech Shooting, Virginia Tech Massacre, Virginian Tech Anniversary, Virginia Tech, Virginia Tech One Year, Home News

April 16. The date of Virginia Tech's tragedy resonates for campus leaders the way Sept. 11 does for the nation. The fatal shootings of 33 students a...

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