April 16 victim’s brother forms cycling team for 32
April 27, 2011
The recently formed Virginia Tech Victims Cycling Team will host its first annual cycling event in Blacksburg Saturday at 8 a.m.
April 16, 2007
Around the world it's known as the "Virginia Tech massacre," but at the university itself, the shootings are referred to as simply "April 16."
The shootings, consisting of two separate attacks on April 16, 2007, left 32 people dead, plus the gunman, becoming the deadliest shooting spree in United States history.
Seung-Hui Cho, a 23-year-old English major, began his rampage early Monday morning when he entered West Ambler-Johnston Hall. At 7:15 a.m., he shot Emily Hilscher, a freshman animal and poultry sciences major on the fourth floor, and then shot her resident advisor Ryan Clark, a senior biology, English and psychology major. More than two hours later at 9:40 a.m., Cho opened fire on four second-floor classrooms in Norris Hall, killing 30 students and faculty with a 9-millimeter Glock and a .22 caliber Walther P22. Cho then took his own life with a gunshot to the head. The deceased included 27 students, both undergraduate and graduate students, and five faculty members.
In the days, months and even years following the shootings, the university — as well as the nation and world — has grappled with issues involving campus security, gun control and mental illness.
Content on April 16, 2007:
April 16 memorial events important for students
April 20, 2011
As April 16 nears, people’s Facebook profile pictures become Virginia Tech logos donned with a black ribbon and statuses become about the 32 wonderful lives that were lost.
April 19, 2011
April 16: Candlelight vigil 2011
April 16, 2011
Students and community members gathered on the Drillfield Saturday night to remember the 32 killed and honor the 17 wounded in the April 16, 2007, campus shootings.
April 16, 2011
Virginia Tech picnickers are happily warm and dry on blankets inside Squires Student Center's Commonwealth Ballroom.
Updated: Run in Remembrance canceled, picnic moved
April 16, 2011
The "3.2 for 32" run, which was set to begin on Alumni Mall at 9:40 a.m. this morning, has been cancelled by organizers because of a severe weather forecast.
April 14, 2011
Nestled in a recording studio, Kevin Sterne sits back amid the hundreds of CDs and records that line the walls, his silver flecked hair catching the dim light.
Library display personally honors memory of victims
April 14, 2011
If classmates, friends and family chose one book to represent your life, which would it be?
Understanding, embracing April 16 as a community
April 14, 2011
For most of the world, Saturday, April 16, will be an ordinary day — except for Virginia Tech, as the campus and Blacksburg community will gather for the fourth anniversary of the tragic events of April 16, 2007.
Remembrance of April 16 Fading
April 14, 2011
I was walking through Squires one day this week and heard a rather interesting conversation.