On April 16th, 2007, Virginia Tech English major Seung-Hui Cho went on the deadliest shooting rampage in American history, claiming 32 victims on the VT campus before shooting himself. As the investigation unfolded, officials realized just how many warnings they had missed that Cho was dangerously troubled: Faculty and students had repeatedly expressed concern about his disturbing behavior, and at least one incident led to a run-in with police and a court-ordered psychological evaluation. So, too, the incident has, however tragically, returned America's gun control debate to the political fore.http://www.newser.com/2008 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 07 Oct 2008 6:45:14 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/34891/kaine-has-obamas-appeal-and-his-flaws.html?refid=rss_all_defaultIn 10 years, Tim Kaine has steered a meteoric rise from mayor of Richmond to governor of Virginia to prospective Democratic VP candidate. In many ways, writes the New York Times , Kaine's story mirrors that of Barack Obama: a liberal who speaks openly about religion, he disdains Washington and has sought to bridge racial divides. But he has no foreign policy experience, and even the governor's supporters admit that his record is thin.http://www.newser.com/story/34891/kaine-has-obamas-appeal-and-his-flaws.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThu, 14 Aug 2008 5:35:06 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/30307/judge-oks-11m-settlement-for-va-tech-families.html?refid=rss_all_defaultA 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. Instead, 2.5 hours passed before an email warning was sent, just 10 minutes before the second rampage, which claimed 32 lives.http://www.newser.com/story/30307/judge-oks-11m-settlement-for-va-tech-families.html?refid=rss_all_defaultWed, 18 Jun 2008 6:22:11 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/24710/va-tech-marks-grim-anniversary.html?refid=rss_all_defaultA 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 are, it hurts."http://www.newser.com/story/24710/va-tech-marks-grim-anniversary.html?refid=rss_all_defaultWed, 16 Apr 2008 9:39:06 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/24254/scrawled-threats-shut-down-chicago-college.html?refid=rss_all_defaultIn the wake of campus shootings at Virginia Tech and NIU, threats in a bathroom stall at Chicago’s St. Xavier University prompted an indefinite campus shutdown last night. After graffiti appeared for the second time Thursday, this time reading “Be prepared to die 4/14,” school authorities told students to leave campus and suspended operations, the Chicago Tribune reports.http://www.newser.com/story/24254/scrawled-threats-shut-down-chicago-college.html?refid=rss_all_defaultSat, 12 Apr 2008 7:49:47 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/24068/virginia-tech-families-state-reach-11m-deal.html?refid=rss_all_defaultVictims’ 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 sue over the tragedy last April 16, when student Seung-Hui Cho killed 32 and wounded more at the school before killing himself.http://www.newser.com/story/24068/virginia-tech-families-state-reach-11m-deal.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThu, 10 Apr 2008 12:36:09 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/22852/colleges-apply-lessons-from-shootings.html?refid=rss_all_defaultIn the wake of shootings on college campuses, administrators around the nation are forming threat-assessment groups and rethinking policies about sharing information on troubled students, the AP reports. "If a student is a danger to himself or others, all the privacy concerns go out the window,” said an administrator at the University of Kentucky, whose panel of administrators, police, and mental health officials meets twice a month.http://www.newser.com/story/22852/colleges-apply-lessons-from-shootings.html?refid=rss_all_defaultFri, 28 Mar 2008 20:15:52 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/22455/100k-virginia-tech-offer-slammed-as-insult-to-victims.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThe 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 human life an insult, an absolute insult."http://www.newser.com/story/22455/100k-virginia-tech-offer-slammed-as-insult-to-victims.html?refid=rss_all_defaultMon, 24 Mar 2008 23:46:42 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/20813/va-tech-niu-gun-dealer-arm-students.html?refid=rss_all_defaultEric Thompson sold guns to both the Northern Illinois University and Virginia Tech shooters, but he’s not apologizing for it. “I’m a businessman,” he tells the Los Angeles Times . “It’s a product.” But Thompson thinks he knows how to stop such violence: allow students to carry guns. “We know it’s going to happen again. It’s time to hit it head on.”http://www.newser.com/story/20813/va-tech-niu-gun-dealer-arm-students.html?refid=rss_all_defaultWed, 05 Mar 2008 12:05:43 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/20316/students-arent-signing-up-for-text-alert-systems.html?refid=rss_all_defaultCampus shootings keep making headlines, and schools are increasingly adopting text message alert systems as a response—but students aren't jumping on the bandwagon, the AP reports. Experts chalk up low enrollment rates to students' sense of invincibility, unwillingness to reveal personal information and the cost of receiving texts. "It will take time to earn their trust," said one spokesman.http://www.newser.com/story/20316/students-arent-signing-up-for-text-alert-systems.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThu, 28 Feb 2008 17:36:06 CST