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April 16, 2009
Tech at Two
Two years ago today Seung-Hui Cho committed perhaps the worst atrocity ever visited upon the commonwealth. His rampage at Virginia Tech was a searing event...
April 15, 2009
Two years later, Tech survivors take steps forward
It was three months after he nearly died in Virginia Tech’s Norris Hall when Kevin Sterne took his first unaided steps.
February 08, 2009
Lonely search for answers
By DAVID RESS AND CARLOS SANTOS
TIMES-DISPATCH STAFF WRITERSThe Virginia Tech massacre The parents remember, as they waited for word about their children on April 16, 2007, how cold it was in Blacksburg that evening....
The aftermath of April 16, 2007
April 16 2:30 p.m.: Top Tech officials told 32 are dead, soon get word of Seung-Hui Cho’s death. 2:48: Fundraiser’s e-mail: Tragedy “presents...
February 02, 2009
No Tech follow-up on Cho incidents
The story of April 16, 2007 second of three parts Seung-Hui Cho got away easily from his first two shootings on April 16, 2007—on the same floor...
Headlines from April 16-17, 2007
• Local leaders express condolences
• Deadliest campus shooting
• HISTORY: Other college shootings
• PARENTS REACT: Fear, reassurance and grief
• STUDENTS REACT: On campus, chaos and confusion
• Va. Tech alumni never felt unsafe
• Saturation coverage on TV
• What is a traumatic event?
• Kaine returning from Asia
• Will 'Virginia Tech' soon be a tragic buzzword?
 Reflection & Renewal Comprehensive coverage of the shooting at Virginia Tech from our news partners in Virginia and beyond. Sign the guestbook |
Learn more about those who died in the Virginia Tech tragedy.
A year to reflect: How have you responded to last year's tragedy at Virginia Tech? Share your stories and comments
Richmond Hokies Richmond alumni chapter
Admission to Tech, 2003
Fall semester, 2005
Troubles in the dorm
Removed from Nikki Giovanni's class, Oct. 2005
- Giovanni asks Cho to leave her class
- Cho paper prompting her request.
- Police alerted
- Dean, Associate Dean of liberal arts informed, Part 5, p 17
- Top officials advised
- Dean of Students, no threat in Cho's behavior
- Judicial affairs director offers to advise Cho
- Administrative report on Cho's actions in Giovanni class
- Cho acknowledges he is in trouble
- Notes: Cho-Roy meeting
- Cho explains himself
- Roy to tutor Cho
- Police called off
- Roy concerned about Cho
- Dean, associate dean approve Roy's handling
- Counseling center head praises Roy
- Cho's poems
- Professor's notes on Cho
- Comments on Cho's poems for independent study
- Roy continues to worry
Female students harassed, Nov., Dec, 2005
Mental health hospitalization, Dec. 2005
- Police interview
- Screener finds probable cause of mental illness
- Temporary Detention Order
- Judge finds he is mentally ill and must get treatment
- Report on hospitalization to Tech officials, Part 3, pp 807, 810
- Counseling center follow-up
- R.A. checks up on him
Spring Semester, 2006
Fall semester, 2006
- English professor: Cho needs help
- Cho walks out of class
- Cho's stories for her
- Her comment he handles violence in interesting ways
- Cho's grades, 2003-6
Spring semester, 2007
- Violent writing
- West Ambler Johnston shootings, police logs & report
- 8:01 email: there is an emergency
- Bank pickups canceled
- Police briefing on bomb threats canceled
- Policy Group meeting notes
- 8:45; email: gunman loose but don't disclose
- Email, reminder to not disclose
- 8:52; Tech president's office ordered locked down
- Blacksburg schools lock down; heard of shooting on police radio
- Trash pickup canceled
- Counseling center staff asked not to disclose shooting
- Health and Safety office is locked down
- 9:25. Police captain advises no lockdown but says gunman loose
- 9:26. The first advisory
- Earlier draft of alert
- Safety official says gunman is loose
- Police log, dispatch to Norris Hall
- Norris Hall office lockdown
- Official Tech warning to campus about gunman
April 16, 2007
4/17/08
• Commemoration
• VT Remembers
4/16/08
• Vigil photos
4/23/07
• Bells toll to honor
victims
• Tech students return to
campus
• Virginia Tech moves
forward
4/22/07
• Weekend events at Virginia
Tech
4/20/07
• Virginia's Day of
Mourning
• Vigils across Virginia
4/19/07
• On campus and around
Blacksburg
4/17/07
• The morning after
• Convocation at Lane
Stadium
• Blacksburg in mourning
• Vigils in Richmond and
Blacksburg
4/16/07
• The day of the shootings
· Courage Under Fire - A look at Liviu Librescu, one of the professors killed on April 16, 2007
· "Forever Changed," by The Season
4/13/08
• Charles Steger
No way to stop a gunman willing to die
A year later, students feel secure
4/16/07
• Heather Harris, VT student:
Part 1 | Part 2
• Veronica Gentry, VT student
• Josh Bell, VT student: Part 1 | Part 2
• Katharine Kamer, VT student
