http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/vatech/ en-us Wed, 30 Dec 2009 12:31:11 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417540/posts Amidst continued reverberations from the worst campus shooting in our nation's history at Virginia Tech in 2007 came news of yet another shooting on a "no-guns" Virginia campus earlier this month. According to news reports, as 20 year-old James Michael Hamilton stood at the entrance to his math classroom with a long black canvas bag at his side, oblivious classmates filed into a classroom, apparently giving nary a thought to what was in the bag, or why Hamilton had suddenly decided to reappear at the class after having been absent for several weeks. Although at least one student reportedly questioned... Buckey Firearms Association http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417540/posts#comment Wed, 30 Dec 2009 12:31:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2404447/posts New evidence about the 2007 Virginia Tech killings shed new light on the arrogance and hypritical stance of University leaders. The murder of 32 students was the worst mass shooting in U.S. history until the Ft. Hood massacre last month and remains the worst school shooting ever on U.S. soil. Virginia Tech is no stranger to violence. They had two shootings in the 2006-2007 school year. A student worried about the possibility of another shooting asked school officials to reconsider their "no guns" policy. School officials not only a href="http://www.buckeyefirearms.org/node/3669" target="_blank">rebuffed and mocked that request, they also cheered the defeat... Buckey Firearms Association http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2404447/posts#comment Thu, 10 Dec 2009 12:10:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2400977/posts New details revealed Friday about the university's response — from the time the victims were found to when they alerted the campus of a gunman on the loose — brought angry reactions and questions from some victims' families about leadership during the massacre that ended with 33 people dead. APvia AOL http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2400977/posts#comment Sat, 5 Dec 2009 15:30:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2379542/posts Military officials say the suspected shooter at Fort Hood was a psychiatrist at Walter Reed Army Medical Center for six years before being transferred to the Texas base in July. The officials had access to Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan's military record. They said he received a poor performance evaluation while at Walter Reed. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because military records are confidential. The Virginia-born soldier was single with no children. He was 39 years old. He is a graduate of Virginia Tech University, where he was a member of the ROTC and earned a bachelor's degree in... Breitbart http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2379542/posts#comment Fri, 6 Nov 2009 00:16:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2328477/posts The funeral services for two Virginia Tech sophomores who apparently were shot to death last week in the Caldwell Fields section of the Jefferson National Forest are scheduled for today in Lynchburg. As of Sunday evening, the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office still was seeking leads for the shooting, which they believe occurred either Wednesday night or Thursday morning. Services for David Lee Metzler, 19, of Lynchburg and Heidi Lynn Childs, 18, of Forest will be held at Heritage Baptist Church, which both students attended. Metzler's service will be at 1 p.m., while Childs' will be at 3 p.m. Each service... Roanoke Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2328477/posts#comment Mon, 31 Aug 2009 13:12:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2327725/posts BLACKSBURG, Va., Aug. 28 -- In what has become a sadly familiar ritual, about 100 students huddled together Friday on the Drillfield at the heart of the Virginia Tech campus, weeping and singing hymns as they mourned two slain classmates. Heidi Childs, 18, and David Metzler, 19, bright and promising students who were active in Campus Crusade for Christ, were found fatally shot Thursday morning in a national park about 15 miles from campus. Police said Friday that they had no suspects. The Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2327725/posts#comment Sun, 30 Aug 2009 00:15:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2326109/posts David Lee Metzler, 19 years old, and Heidi Lynn Childs, 19 years old, both of Lynchburg, VA were found by a passerby this morning at approximately 8:00 a.m. in the area of Caldwell Fields off of Craig’s Creek Road in Montgomery County. Both were deceased when they were found. The preliminary investigation revealed that both victims had gunshot wounds. Both were Virginia Tech students living off campus. WSLS http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2326109/posts#comment Thu, 27 Aug 2009 23:05:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2298312/posts RICHMOND, Va. – Missing mental health records of Virginia Tech gunman Seung-Hui Cho have been discovered in the home of the university clinic's former director, according to a memo obtained by The Associated Press on Wednesday. Cho killed 32 people on April 16, 2007, then committed suicide as police closed in. His mental health treatment has been a major issue in the investigation of the shootings. A memo from Gov. Tim Kaine's chief legal counsel to victims' family members says Cho's records and those of several other Virginia Tech students were found July 18 in the home of Dr. Robert... Yahoo News-AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2298312/posts#comment Wed, 22 Jul 2009 15:45:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2298332/posts Missing mental health records of Virginia Tech gunman Seung-Hui Cho have been discovered in the home of the university clinic's former director, according to a memo obtained by The Associated Press on Wednesday. The memo said the records were removed from the Cook Counseling Center on the Virginia Tech campus more than a year before the shootings. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090722/ap_on_re_us/us_virginia_tech_shooting AP via Yahoo News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2298332/posts#comment Wed, 22 Jul 2009 16:08:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285241/posts A participant of a summer camp on Tech's campus has been confirmed by Schiffert Health Center to have a case of H1N1 influenza, according to an e-mail to on-campus students from Housing and Dining Services. The H1N1 influenza virus, also known as swine flu, recently hit pandemic status in early June, indicating widespread global activity, as defined by the World Health Organization. According to the Center for Disease Control website, the pandemic status only reflects the spread of the virus to over 70 countries and not its severity. Housing's e-mail, sent by Associate Director for Occupancy Management Kenneth Belcher, clarified... The Collegiate Times, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285241/posts#comment Sat, 4 Jul 2009 03:05:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2262312/posts This is a tremendous speech by a young republican at the state Republican convention in Richmond, Virginia. The link is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4_0L2ZJAvQ for part one. Part two is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zejvNWt65VI&feature=related You Tube http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2262312/posts#comment Mon, 1 Jun 2009 18:25:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2261678/posts The Best Speech of the Virginia GOP Convention. Cadet Colonel Adnan Barqawi:"Impossible is Nothing..." Click here for the video Cadet Colonel Adnan Barqawi "Impossible is Nothing"We had so many speakers at the Virginia Convention, we had Mitt Romney, Sean Hannity and a slate of Virginia representatives but it was not one of them that claimed the day. It was Cadet Colonel Adnan Barqawi, a new citizen and descendent of Palestinian refugees born in Kuwait, who brought the house down with his speech given from the heart with a clear love of his new country and its founding principles. His success... http://www.rpvnetwork.org/ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2261678/posts#comment Sun, 31 May 2009 17:32:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2231125/posts BLACKSBURG -- They were: The apple of a parent's eye. A collector of friends. Brilliant. Warm. They dreamed. Volunteered. Had smiles that made others smile. They were 32 people who Virginia Tech paused yesterday to remember and to honor, on the second anniversary of the worst mass shooting in U.S. history. Under a cloudless sky, 3,000 gathered: families, friends, faculty -- the community of Virginia Tech -- to reflect on those who died. The Richmond Times-Dispatch http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2231125/posts#comment Fri, 17 Apr 2009 02:00:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2205004/posts "... not one, but two, of President John Tyler's grandsons are still alive." The (NRO) Corner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2205004/posts#comment Thu, 12 Mar 2009 13:58:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2181262/posts (Undated) -- Virginia Tech will open an archive of documents related to the April, 2007 campus massacre to the public on Monday. The mass shootings left 32 students and professors dead along with gunman Seung-Hui Cho. Documents will include materials related to Cho and his academic career at Virginia Tech along with e-mails from university officials on the day of the massacre. It will not include any personal information about the victims. The 77-hundred documents were made available to families and victims of the shootings in mid-December as part of a negotiated settlement. The public archive will be available on... WMAL http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2181262/posts#comment Mon, 9 Feb 2009 02:12:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2170875/posts BLACKSBURG -- Virginia Tech police on Thursday released gruesome details of a killing in a campus cafe, as students wondered why a campus that went two decades without a murder before the April 16, 2007, shootings has become the site of so much tragedy. When police arrived Wednesday night at Au Bon Pain inside the Virginia Tech Graduate Life Center, they found a decapitated female victim who had arrived on campus just two weeks ago and a young man they have now charged with killing her. The events have shocked a campus still coping with the 2007 shootings of 32... New River Valley.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2170875/posts#comment Sat, 24 Jan 2009 14:51:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2169910/posts WASHINGTON (AFP) — A female Chinese graduate student has been decapitated by a fellow student at Virginia Tech, the scene of the worst school shooting in US history in 2007, police said Thursday. At approximately 7:00 pm Wednesday (0000 GMT Thursday), Xin Yang, a 22-year-old graduate student from Beijing, was killed at an Au Bon Pain cafe on the Virginia Tech campus in Blacksburg, Virginia, university officials said. They added that emergency contact records suggest that Yang and the student who murdered her, Haiyang Zhu from Ningbo, China, knew each other. According to officials, witnesses said Zhu, 25, attacked Yang... Fox http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2169910/posts#comment Fri, 23 Jan 2009 01:27:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2169567/posts Update: Further information on the murder at the Graduate Life Center at Donaldson Brown By Larry Hincker BLACKSBURG, Va., January 22, 2009 -- Virginia Tech Police have confirmed the name of the female graduate student murdered yesterday evening in the university's Graduate Life Center at Donaldson Brown. She was Xin Yang, a 22-year-old graduate student from Beijing, China. She had just arrived at Virginia Tech Jan. 8 to begin her studies in accounting in the Pamplin College of Business. She was a resident of the Graduate Life Center. Yang was killed at the Au Bon Pain restaurant on the first... Virginia Tech News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2169567/posts#comment Thu, 22 Jan 2009 16:52:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2169191/posts No details yet. Alert sent to all students: VT Police have confirmed a murder in the Graduate Life Center. A suspect is in custody. Stay where you are and stay vigilant. Stay away for GLC. 8:16pm Text Alert http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2169191/posts#comment Thu, 22 Jan 2009 01:26:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2164743/posts RICHMOND, Jan. 13 -- The Virginia State Crime Commission on Tuesday declined to endorse closing the so-called gun show loophole in Virginia law, heightening uncertainty about the prospects of success in the General Assembly. The deadlocked vote -- taken before a large crowd that included gun owners, at least one survivor of the Virginia Tech shootings and friends and relatives of other massacre victims -- highlighted an enduring split between country and city that transcends party affiliation in Virginia. Two key commission members bucked their parties' habitual views of gun control measures. The commission's chairman, Del. David B. Albo (R-Fairfax),... Washington *bleep* http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2164743/posts#comment Thu, 15 Jan 2009 02:26:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2134358/posts SAN MARCOS, Texas -- Violence on college campuses is a growing concern among students, and some say it's time to take protection into their own hands -- by carrying guns. Mike Guzman, a senior at Texas State University-San Marcos, is among 30,000 members of Students For Concealed Carry on Campus, a group dedicated to a nationwide effort to make it legal for students to carry concealed handguns on campus, San Antonio television news station KSAT reported. "It's a tool that we're allowed to use across the street in larger society, so why not on campus?" Guzman said. Concealed handguns may... KIRO-TV http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2134358/posts#comment Wed, 19 Nov 2008 01:38:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2101605/posts For the first time since 1964, Democrats actually have a chance of winning Virginia's 13 electoral votes. Barack Obama is up 4.8% according to the Real Clear Politics average, and according to Nate Silver, Virginia could be one of this election's decisive swing states. And, in a state with 161 colleges and 483,159 students, the predominantly Democratic youth vote could play a huge role in tipping the election Obama's way. But there's a hold-up: Virginia's local laws make it exceedingly difficult for students to register in their college towns. Indeed, though other states like Idaho and Tennessee also make student... The New Republic http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2101605/posts#comment Thu, 9 Oct 2008 19:29:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2056097/posts The first convention of Students for Concealed Carry on Campus (SCCC) featured at least one speaker who said college students bearing arms on campus would not make anyone safer. Paul Helmke, president of the Brady Campaign, a gun control advocacy group, said studies show that college students are more likely to engage in risky behavior than the general population. “When I look back on my college days, maybe it was a different era in the late ‘60s, but most of my fraternity brothers didn’t have criminal records – not yet, most of them, even those who were in ROTC and... CNSNews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2056097/posts#comment Mon, 4 Aug 2008 09:57:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2055822/posts A Virginia Tech employee shot himself in a room off the Cassell Coliseum arena on Saturday afternoon, officials said. Tech police responded to the incident at 2:15 p.m., and the man was flown to Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital, police Chief Wendell Flinchum said. Officials declined to identify the man, and his condition is unknown. Although officials said the shooting posed no threat to the campus community, Flinchum said police notified the public by e-mail using part of an alert system put in place after the April 16, 2007, shootings. The Roanoke Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2055822/posts#comment Sun, 3 Aug 2008 18:25:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2045398/posts READING, WRITING, WEAPONS Texas students join a nationwide movement for the right to bear arms while at college BLANCO — Cameron Schober, a 22-year-old Texas State University student, aimed his semi-automatic pistol at the outline of a man's torso just as a gust of wind blew down the target. "Everybody hold up!" hollered instructor Mike Cox. As six other shooters lowered their weapons, Schober scrambled to brace the cardboard target at a makeshift range on a deserted Hill Country ranch. Schober and fellow student Bill Downs were among 13 people who recently completed Cox's shooting proficiency and eight-hour classroom course,... Houston Chronicle Austin Bureau http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2045398/posts#comment Mon, 14 Jul 2008 22:06:28 GMT