Tech senior dead after hiking fall
November 29, 2010
A Virginia Tech student died on Monday, Nov. 22, in Nelson County after falling in a hiking accident.
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Supreme Court will not hear alcohol case
November 29, 2010
The United States Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal on a ban of alcohol advertisements in collegiate newspapers, a suit brought by the Cavalier Daily and the Collegiate Times, the student-run newspapers at the University of Virginia and Virginia Tech.
Forest fire blazes near Blacksburg
November 9, 2010
Firefighters battled a forest fire outside Blacksburg yesterday.
Officials struggle with future of Blacksburg schools
November 8, 2010
Since the Blacksburg High School gymnasium’s Feb. 13 collapse, the topic was seldom far from conversation.
Ceremony celebrates ties between Tech, Blacksburg in a push for local art scene
November 8, 2010
Virginia Tech marked an important milestone for the $89 million Center for the Arts Monday, June 21, during an official ground-breaking ceremony.
Solar house shines in international competition
November 8, 2010
Lumenhaus, a house designed by Virginia Tech architects and engineers to run exclusively from solar power, has placed first in the Solar Decathlon Europe competition in Madrid, Spain.
Former rector joins BOV, among other new appointees
November 8, 2010
Gov. Bob McDonnell’s office announced four new appointees to the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors last week.
November 8, 2010
Montgomery County Circuit Court Judge Bobby Turk refused Tuesday, June 15 to reduce the life sentence on former Virginia Tech graduate student Haiyang Zhu, who received the life sentence at a hearing in April for the Jan. 21, 2009 killing of Tech graduate student Xin Yang.
Tuition rises while positions get cut
November 8, 2010
At the same time tuition for Virginia Tech students will rise 11.1 percent in the 2010-11 school year, around 200 faculty and staff positions will be cut.
Morgan Griffith unseats incumbent Rick Boucher
November 2, 2010
A jovial air of success filled a Bristol, Va. hotel Tuesday night as Morgan Griffith claimed the House of Representatives seat in the 9th District.
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