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Virginia Tech Shooting

6 Years Since the Virginia Tech School Tragedy, What Have We Learned About Campus Safety?

Kristina Anderson | Posted 04.16.2013 | College
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Kristina Anderson

On a very basic and scary level, before our story became a national headline -- a "massacre" -- and before the heated discussions around violent video games and gun violence, it was a very real, vivid, and tragic series of loud, piercing, and fatal moments in time.

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In Guns We Trust

Rev. Kenneth Tanner | Posted 04.10.2013 | Religion
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Rev. Kenneth Tanner

As individuals, we are responsible for our choices, especially the choice to kill. But something in our collective heart appears diseased. We cling to guns, it seems, more tightly than we cling to God.

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Shooting Victims Seek Greater Control Over Donations

Reuters | Posted 05.24.2013 | Politics
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By Daniel Trotta NEW YORK, March 24 (Reuters) - Survivors of mass U.S. shootings have united to provide victims of future tragedies g...

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Time to Listen to America's Youth on Gun Violence

Dennis Paul | Posted 04.15.2013 | Impact
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Dennis Paul

No issue is more integral to us all than the future of America's children, and the opportunities that our society gives them to succeed. The senseless violence affecting children in America today is abhorrent.

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WATCH: Will More Guns Prevent A Mass Shooting On Campus?

Posted 02.01.2013 | College
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As the Obama administration begins a push for the president's new gun control proposals, college presidents are speaking out, declaring their oppositi...

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Tyler Kingkade

More Guns Would Not Make College Campuses Safer: HuffPost/YouGov Poll

HuffingtonPost.com | Tyler Kingkade | Posted 01.08.2013 | College
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NEW YORK -- Americans have a mixed opinion on whether guns should be allowed on college campuses, but a plurality of respondents to a new poll believe...

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Another Tragedy and Another College-aged Shooter

Ross Szabo | Posted 02.17.2013 | College
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Ross Szabo

There have been wide scale efforts to educate students and families on other public health crises. It is now time to create effective programs to help young people and everyone involved in their lives learn about mental health.

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The Newtown Massacre: Time for Legislation, Not Conversation

Andy Ostroy | Posted 02.17.2013 | Politics
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Andy Ostroy

There's plenty of room in a civilized society for people to protect themselves, their homes and still shoot helpless deer if they so choose without allowing deadly combat-style assault weapons to end up in the hands of demonic, psychotic monsters.

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David Lohr

Va. Tech Families Mourn Sandy Hook; Offer Support

HuffingtonPost.com | David Lohr | Posted 12.15.2012 | Crime
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As they prepare to mark the upcoming sixth anniversary of the Virginia Tech shooting, families of the victims in that tragedy are mourning again follo...

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Nick Wing

Presidential Response To Mass Shootings Yields Few Answers

HuffingtonPost.com | Nick Wing | Posted 12.14.2012 | Politics
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On Friday, Dec. 14, a gunman entered Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., and opened fire on students and teachers, killing at least 26 and...

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Gov: Shooting Stirs Memories Of Virginia Tech Massacre

AP | Posted 02.13.2013 | Politics
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RICHMOND, Va. — Saying his state still has painful memories from the April 2007 massacre at Virginia Tech, Gov. Bob McDonnell on Friday extended...

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Parents Seek To Sue VaTech President For '07 Massacre

AP | STEVE SZKOTAK | Posted 12.11.2012 | College
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RICHMOND, Va. — The state moved Thursday to reverse a wrongful death verdict in the 2007 massacre at Virginia Tech while the parents of two stud...

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Biden Gets Emotional At Virginia Tech Memorial

The Huffington Post | Sam Stein | Posted 08.15.2012 | Politics
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An emotional moment transpired Wednesday when Vice President Joseph Biden made an unannounced stop at the campus memorial for victims of the April 200...

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New Developments In Virginia Tech Lawsuit

AP | STEVE SZKOTAK | Posted 08.20.2012 | College
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RICHMOND, Va. — A judge on Wednesday upheld a jury's negligence finding against the state in the 2007 Virginia Tech massacre but sharply reduced...

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WATCH: Metallica & FBI Team Up In Search For Killer

AP | ERIC TUCKER | Posted 08.13.2012 | Entertainment
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WASHINGTON — Metallica has recorded a public service video as part of a law enforcement publicity blitz to try to catch a man wanted in the deat...

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Michelle Obama Cheers Hokie Nation At Commencement (VIDEO)

Posted 05.12.2012 | College
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First Lady Michelle Obama cheered graduates at Virginia Tech's commencement ceremony Friday, offering advice with a nod to the school's strength follo...

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Rage and Rampage: School Shootings and Crises of Masculinity

Douglas Kellner | Posted 06.24.2012 | College
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Douglas Kellner

While the motivations for school shootings may vary, they have in common crises in masculinity in which young men use guns and violence to create ultra-masculine identities as part of a media spectacle.

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WATCH: Amazing Timelapse Of Virginia Tech Vigil

Posted 04.17.2012 | College
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The Virginia Tech community came together yesterday to remember the tragic shootings, which occurred five years ago and claimed the lives of 32 people...

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Five Years Later, Mother Of Virginia Tech Victim Wrestles With God, Finds Peace

Posted 04.16.2012 | Religion
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By B. Denise Hawkins Religion News Service CENTREVILLE, Va. (RNS) It's been five years since Celeste Peterson's only daughter was killed in a shoo...

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Lessons for My Five Year Old, the tragedies at Oikos and Virginia Tech

Ricky Choi, MD, MPH | Posted 06.16.2012 | San Francisco
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Ricky Choi, MD, MPH

While both campus incidents were caused by individuals who just happened to be of Korean descent, ethnic Koreans in America, in South Korea and the broader Asian community all felt the burden.

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5 Years After The Virginia Tech Massacre, Colleges Gauge Threats

AP | ZINIE CHEN SAMPSON | Posted 06.14.2012 | College
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RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia's colleges and universities have quietly investigated hundreds of students, employees and others in recent years to pre...

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What a Difference a Gun Makes

Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 06.13.2012 | Politics
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Marian Wright Edelman

It's a tragedy that five years after Virginia Tech so little has changed. How many years must we wait until tragic headlines about school shootings, children dying, and people using the "shoot first and ask questions later" defense to take the law into their own hands go away? When will we finally get the courage to stand up as a nation and say enough to the deadly proliferation of guns and gun violence that endanger children's and public safety? As a nation we can't afford to keep waiting for common-sense gun control laws that would protect our children and all of us from indefensible gun violence. The time to act is now.

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State Says To Cap Damages In Virginia Tech Negligence Suit

AP | STEVE SZKOTAK | Posted 06.04.2012 | College
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RICHMOND, Va. — The state is asking a judge to honor a $100,000 cap on damages in a successful wrongful death lawsuit brought by the parents of ...

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U.S. Secretary of Education Should Weigh in on Virginia Tech Shooting Fine Reversal

S. Daniel Carter | Posted 06.03.2012 | College
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S. Daniel Carter

The recent decision in the Virginia Tech case should not be the final word on this matter, not because of the money but because of what it means for keeping campuses as safe as possible.

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Judge Dismisses Virginia Tech Fine

AP | ZINIE CHEN SAMPSON and KIMBERLY HEFLING | Posted 06.02.2012 | College
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RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia Tech received a measure of vindication for its handling of a 2007 campus massacre that left 33 people dead when a judge...

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