Virginia Tech Articles
Virginia Tech students return to class
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BLACKSBURG, Va. - Classes began Monday at Virginia Tech, but students are still deciding if the semester ended for them April 16. Fourth-year student Rahel Seyfou said it was hard to be back in chemistry class Monday. "The past week went by really fast," she said.
Hokie supporters rally around Tech
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BLACKSBURG, Va. - Hokie supporters have filled the Virginia Tech Drillfield this week to offer spiritual counseling, pet therapy and a listening ear. Students are finding ways to cope after the April 16 tragedy when English major Seung-Hui Cho, 23, shot two people in a residence hall around 7:15 a.
VT students dress to fight distress
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April 23, 2007
BLACKSBURG, Va. -- The Virginia Tech campus has become a sea of orange and maroon. Many students, family, faculty and supporters are decking themselves out in the university's colors to show their support in a time of tragedy.Chico State prepares for shooting threats
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A Yuba City man threatened on April 18 to go on a killing spree that "will make Virginia Tech look mild" but did not manage to cause any harm before turning himself in. Jeffery Thomas Carney surrendered to Yuba City authorities late Thursday. Carney, 28, called his pastor and family members the night of April 18 to tell them that he had an AK-47 assault rifle, improvised explosive devices and poison, according to the Sutter County Sheriff Department.
Virginians seek God in crisis
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BLACKSBURG, Va. - Many Virginia residents turned to religion after experiencing shock, disbelief, anguish, grief, anger and numbness as they tried to cope with the April 16 shootings at Virginia Tech. On Sunday, Rev. Bob Jackson posed the question "God and Tragedy - Where do we go from here?" and based his sermon on Luke 13:1-5.
Messages provide meaning, mourning
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April 24, 2007
BLACKSBURG, Va. -- Almost 1,000 square feet of white plywood became canvases for messages of grief, encouragement and hope for those affected by the Virginia Tech tragedy. Sheets of plywood were hinged together to form standing message boards, painted white and placed on the Drillfield in the days after the shootings. Sheets of plywood were hinged together to form standing message boards, painted white and placed on the Drillfield in the days after the shootings.Technology tells tale of tragedy
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April 25, 2007
BLACKSBURG, Va. - Senior Bridget Devlin started her day April 16 by reading away messages written on AOL Instant Messenger. "Locked in the dorms. Somebody got shot," her friend's message read. For the rest of the day, Devlin stayed in her off-campus apartment and relied on social networking Web sites, text messaging, e-mail and phone calls to unravel the events.Virginia Tech students pack up for semester's end
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April 22, 2007
BLACKSBURG, Va. -- Kelly Pierce lived in a single dorm room on the fourth floor of West Ambler Johnston Hall. She woke the morning of April 16 to an unrecognizable noise and fell back to sleep. When she woke later that morning, she learned that her resident adviser and another student had been killed four doors down - the first of two shootings that would leave 33 people dead.Virginia Tech campus newspaper works through tragedy, hardship
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April 22, 2007
BLACKSBURG, Va. -- Bobby Bowman assumed his position as managing editor for Virginia Tech's campus newspaper the Collegiate Times, April 16, the day 32 innocent lives were taken in a campus massacre. He worked 61 hours and slept for 10 in the four days that followed. Around 7:15 a.m. English major Seung-Hui Cho, 23, shot two people in a campus residence hall. Two hours later, he opened fire in a building across campus, killing 30 more before turning the gun on himself.Student support recruits prospective students
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April 23, 2007
BLACKSBURG, Va. -- Last week's Virginia Tech tragedy has not changed the minds of many prospective students interested in attending the school. The response on campus has made some of them more determined to go there. Lindsey Barsanti, a senior at Hershey High School in Hershey, Penn., took a tour of Virginia Tech Tuesday. "I loved it," Barsanti said. "I love it here. I'll probably go here."Poet speaks out on tragedy
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April 24, 2007
BLACKSBURG, Va. - Nikki Giovanni was on a plane to return to Blacksburg the morning of April 16 when a girl behind her turned on her cell phone and said, "Oh my god. There's been a shooting at Virginia Tech!" Giovanni said she and the other passengers were shocked to hear the girl say 21 people had been killed. "We're all Tech people one way or another, whether you work here or not," Giovanni said.Silence shows student support
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