Read more Virginia Tech stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/1265/virginia-tech.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 18:10:59 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/71440/school-suspends-1st-grader-for-cub-scout-eating-utensils.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA first grader was suspended for 45 days from school for bringing a Cub Scout combined knife-fork-spoon utensil to class, triggering an uproar among parents. Zachary Christie, 6, was booted because his Newark school has a zero-tolerance policy on knives. Horrifying episodes like the Columbine and Virginia Tech shootings have...http://www.newser.com/story/71440/school-suspends-1st-grader-for-cub-scout-eating-utensils.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 12 Oct 2009 1:42:18 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68002/va-tech-couple-shot-dead-in-forest.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTwo Virginia Tech students have been found murdered in a campground near the school, bringing fresh horror to a campus already rocked by tragedy, the Roanoke Times reports. Police have found no murder weapon, motive or suspect. They believe an attacker shot the sophomore couple in a "random act of...http://www.newser.com/story/68002/va-tech-couple-shot-dead-in-forest.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 28 Aug 2009 4:32:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65412/penn-state-dethrones-florida-as-top-party-school.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPenn State has knocked the University of Florida from its No. 1 spot … atop the Princeton Review’s “Best Party School” list. Each year, the Review ranks schools in a huge number of categories based on surveys of their students. A Penn State spokeswoman called it a “popularity contest,” among...http://www.newser.com/story/65412/penn-state-dethrones-florida-as-top-party-school.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 27 Jul 2009 14:20:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65030/found-missing-mental-health-records-of-va-tech-shooter.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe mental health records of the gunman behind the 2007 Virginia Tech massacre have been found in the home of a former director of the university’s clinic, reports the AP. Seung-Hui Cho’s records were illegally taken from the clinic more than a year before the attack, says a memo from...http://www.newser.com/story/65030/found-missing-mental-health-records-of-va-tech-shooter.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 22 Jul 2009 11:42:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/48648/student-held-in-fatal-virginia-tech-stabbing.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA Chinese graduate student has been arrested in the fatal stabbing of a female student in a cafeteria of the Virginia Tech campus. The death was the first campus killing since a suicidal gunman shot dead 32 in 2007. A student alert system devised after that attack was launched when...http://www.newser.com/story/48648/student-held-in-fatal-virginia-tech-stabbing.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 22 Jan 2009 5:50:16 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/30307/judge-oks-11m-settlement-for-va-tech-families.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA Virginia judge yesterday approved an $11 million settlement with 42 families of those killed or injured in last year's Virginia Tech shootings, the Washington Post reports. The families sued after a panel concluded that lives might have been saved if the university contacted students immediately after the first shootings....http://www.newser.com/story/30307/judge-oks-11m-settlement-for-va-tech-families.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 18 Jun 2008 7:44:29 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/24710/va-tech-marks-grim-anniversary.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA year after the tragic shootings in which 33 people died, members of the Virginia Tech community are still doing their best to heal, reports the Washington Post . "We have struggled to equilibrium," says a writing instructor at the university, "But no matter how strong we are, how wise we...http://www.newser.com/story/24710/va-tech-marks-grim-anniversary.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 16 Apr 2008 10:16:12 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/24068/virginia-tech-families-state-reach-11m-deal.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagVictims’ families in the Virginia Tech shootings have settled with the state for $11 million in a deal to prevent future lawsuits, lawyers said today. The lawyers, who represented 21 families, are mum on details pending finalization, reports the Roanoke Times . At least 20 families had earlier warned they might...http://www.newser.com/story/24068/virginia-tech-families-state-reach-11m-deal.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 10 Apr 2008 13:09:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/22455/100k-virginia-tech-offer-slammed-as-insult-to-victims.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe state of Virginia is offering $100,000 to each family of the 32 students and teachers killed by a lone gunman in the Virginia Tech massacre, the Virginian-Pilot reports. If accepted, the settlement would prevent families from suing the state for negligence. One attorney called the offer "for a...http://www.newser.com/story/22455/100k-virginia-tech-offer-slammed-as-insult-to-victims.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 25 Mar 2008 3:20:00 CDT