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Va. Tech Gunman Writings Raised Concerns

BLACKSBURG, Va. The gunman in the Virginia Tech massacre was a sullen loner who alarmed professors and classmates with his twisted, violence-drenched creative writing and left a rambling note in his dorm room raging against women and rich kids. A chilling picture emerged Tuesday of Cho Seung-Hui, a 23-year-old senior English major a day after the bloodbath that left 33 people dead, including Cho, who killed himself as police closed in.

April 17, 2007

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Virginia Tech Gunman Was Student From South Korea

BLACKSBURG Va. A Virginia Tech senior from South Korea killed at least 30 people locked inside a classroom building in the deadliest shooting rampage in modern U.S. history, the university and police said Tuesday.

April 16, 2007

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Questions Raised About Virginia Tech’s Response To Shootings

BLACKSBURG Va. A gunman massacred 32 people at Virginia Tech in the deadliest shooting rampage in modern U.S. history Monday, cutting down his victims in two attacks two hours and a half-mile apart before the university could figure out what was going on and get the warning out to students.

April 15, 2007

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Gunman Killed 21 at Virginia Tech Before Being Killed

BLACKSBURG, Va. A gunman opened fire in a dorm and classroom at Virginia Tech on Monday, killing 21 people in the deadliest campus shooting in U.S. history. The gunman was killed but it was unclear if he was shot by police or took his own life. CNN, however, is reporting the death toll at 31.

April 15, 2007

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Preserving, Not Partying, This Spring Break

Plenty of students head to Cancun for Spring Break. But instead of lying on a beach, students from the University of Southern California will be on the beach cleaning up.

April 4, 2007

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A Perfect 10?

If history repeats itself, Florida A&M University’s famed Marching 100 Band will add another drum major and change…

March 7, 2007

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Study: Black, Hispanic Children Suffer Bleak Living Conditions

Living conditions experienced by children in the 100 largest U.S. metropolitan areas continues to show a depressing picture for Black and Hispanic children, according to a new report from the Harvard School of Public Health. Another study shows Whites less trusting of foreign-born doctors than Blacks.

January 29, 2007

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Project Town Gown

The neighborhood surrounding Rhodes College suffers from high infant mortality rates, among other ills; but the college refuses to stand by and watch its community deteriorate.

January 24, 2007

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UCLA to Review Taser Use on Minority Student

LOS ANGELES An attorney who was part of a review of excessive force complaints following the Rodney King beating will investigate a UCLA police officer’s use of a Taser on an Iranian-American student, the school said Friday.

November 19, 2006

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Crime Creeping Higher on Campuses

On-campus arrests for alcohol violations are up significantly nationwide, but hate crimes…

November 15, 2006

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Death Penalty Sought For Former HBCU Professor Charged With Murder

ATLANTA The death penalty will be sought against a former mathematics professor accused of sending contract killers to murder his 22-year-old daughter-in-law, Fulton County prosecutors said this week.

October 17, 2006

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Don’t Blame the Victim

I eagerly read this article (see “Student Murder Shatters ‘Morehouse Mystique,’” Oct. 5) thinking that I would…

October 17, 2006