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Calling it a "tragedy of monumental proportions" Virginia Tech president Charles Steger said that the entire campus is "shocked and indeed horrified" at the shootings on campus that took the lives of at least 30 people, including the gunman.

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  • Virginia Tech President Haunted by Shootings
    For some people, Charles Steger will always be the president who didn't warn his students after two students were shot in a dorm. Still, some students remain fiercely protective of the university chief as expressions of grief continue.
  • Va. Governor Says He Won't Call for Tech Firings
    Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine says he agrees with a new report on the Virginia Tech massacre, but he says he won't call for the firing of university officials involved in the decision making on the tragic day. The report says the university could have done more to prevent the April shootings.
  • Virginia Tech Report Criticizes School Officials
    More than four months after the shootings at Virginia Tech, a state panel investigating the incident released its final report. It criticizes university officials both for the response to the shootings and for their handling of Seung-hui Cho in the months leading up to the April killings.
  • New Report Faults Va. Tech Response to Shooter
    Persistent signs that Seung-hui Cho might be disturbed and suicidal were largely ignored by his parents, teachers and counselors, a new report says. The report provides a comprehensive look at the student who killed himself after gunning down 32 students at the campus.
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    The Hokie Spirit Memorial Fund is distributing more than $7 million in donations to people affected by the April 16 shootings on the Virginia Tech campus.
  • Victims Remembered at Virginia Tech Graduation
    Commencement ceremonies were bittersweet this weekend on the campus of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.
  • Gunman Prompts Question of Forced Treatment
    More than a year before the Virginia Tech shootings, Seung-Hui Cho appeared on the radar of state mental-health officials. He was ordered to get psychiatric help but it's unclear whether he did. State mental health officials say that they are determined to adapt Virginia's mental health system.
  • Virginia Tech Graduation: A Senior's View
    Virginia Tech holds its commencement ceremony Friday night, almost one month after a gunman killed more than 30 people on the campus. Graduating senior Michelle Billman talks about the event.
  • Virginia Tech Gunman Fired 170 Shots, Police Say
    Virginia police provide new details about last week's shooting rampage at Virginia Tech. They said Seung-hui Cho fired 170 shots in Norris Hall, where most of the killings took place. But they still don't know why the killer chose either location, or what, if any, link there is between the two.
  • Parents, Children and Talk About Virginia Tech
    Violent tragedies, such as the massacre at Virginia Tech, are exceptionally scary for parents, who can end up passing on anxiety to their children. Dr. Sydney Spiesel, medical columnist for <em>Slate</em>, offers advice on how to frame frightening events for children.
  • Emotions Raw as Virginia Tech Students Return
    As Virginia Tech students returned to class Monday, professors gave them the opportunity to discuss their feelings about last week's shootings. Their thoughts give administrators a better idea of what it will take to help the school recover from the attacks.
  • Va. Tech Students Honor Shooting Victims as Classes Resume
    Classes resume at the campus in Blacksburg, Va., one week after 33 people died in a shooting rampage blamed on student Seung-hui Cho. Monday morning, a Buddhist singing bell was rung three times to begin a moment of silence and then three more times to end it.
  • Virginia Tech Prepares for Students' Return
    Virginia Tech students will return to class on Monday, one a week after a gunman killed 32 students and faculty, then himself. With less than two weeks left in the semester, no one knows how many of the 26,000 students will show up.
  • VT Students Remember, Prepare for Classes
    Students and faculty members at Virginia Tech are preparing to return to class on Monday. After the horror of this past week, many students and faculty are trying to put the tragedy behind them and move forward.
  • Henry Lee, Remembered as Funny, Brilliant
    Henry Lee, one of the Virginia Tech shooting victims, was known at Fleming High in Roanoke, Va., as a funny, helpful and brilliant student. The 20-year-old was an immigrant from China who didn't speak any English when he arrived in the United States as a child. But he became the salutatorian of his high school class and was about to finish his freshman year at Virginia Tech when he was killed.