Zach Crizer

Zach Crizer

Position: Editor-in-chief

Hometown: Richmond, VA

Major: Communication

Expected Graduation: 2012

Content by Zach Crizer

Remembrance events draw Virginia Tech community together

April 16, 2012

A steady stream of Hokies and Blacksburg community members met on the Drillfield Monday for a community picnic in remembrance of the April 16, 2007, campus shootings.

Living with the Virginia Tech shootings: Leaving a legacy, forging a family

April 15, 2012

Time stood still each time Kristina Anderson heard about another traumatizing school shooting.

Virginia Tech leads campus safety revolution

April 15, 2012

When Virginia Tech Police officer Deriek Crouse was shot on Dec. 8, 2011, a police dispatch officer notified the campus community of the incident within 10 minutes.

Judge rules Tech did not violate Clery Act on April 16, 2007

March 30, 2012

An administrative law judge has ruled Virginia Tech did not violate federal law on the morning of April 16, 2007.

April 16 families win suits

March 14, 2012

Police in West Ambler-Johnston Hall had a theory on the morning of April 16, 2007.

April 16 trial: Families win suits against Virginia Tech

March 14, 2012

Two victims’ families won a civil suit against Virginia Tech Wednesday when a jury ruled that university officials did not adequately warn the students of a foreseeable danger on the morning of April 16, 2007.

Battle over legal interpretations stalls April 16 trial

March 13, 2012

The final evidence in the civil suits over the April 16, 2007, campus shootings was presented yesterday, but arguments over the instructions for the jury brought the proceedings to a halt.

The April 16 trial: Was it enough?

March 12, 2012

On the morning of April 16, 2007, two students — one male and one female — were shot in a West Ambler-Johnston Hall dorm room.

4/16 victims oppose repeal of handgun law

February 27, 2012

Gov. Bob McDonnell listened to input from victims of the 2007 Virginia Tech campus shootings this weekend as he prepares to decide whether Virginians will be allowed to purchase more than one handgun in a month.

Seltzer memorialized by university community

February 17, 2012

Members of the Virginia Tech community touched by Dieter Seltzer gathered Friday to remember the sophomore philosophy major who died Tuesday and console his family.