Letter: Diversity should be valued but not imposed
April 8, 2009
Regarding Virginia Tech's increasingly strong "diversity" requirements for faculty merit raises, promotion and tenure, an April 1 column by Ellington Graves challenges the CT's editorial board and FIRE for "poorly reasoned analysis" of the policy.
Fire on Mount Tabor Road
February 8, 2009
Local firefighters responded to a forest fire Sunday along Mount Tabor Road in Blacksburg.
Apartment fire on Giles Road
September 23, 2008
At approximately 8:15 p.m. last night, Blacksburg Police, Fire and Rescue responded to 1301 Giles Road Apartment B due to a fire inside the residence, according to a press release from the Blacksburg Police Department.
Small fire occurs on campus
September 22, 2008
A dumpster fire, which occurred behind Miles Residence Hall early Friday morning, is one of several that Tech could see over the course of this year.
Roanoke Street Apartments suffer fire damage
September 9, 2008
A fire occured in Roanoke Street Apartments on the night of Sept. 8. Property manager April DeMotts received a call from the Blacksburg Fire Department at 9:30 p.m. Three residents reported smoke in the area.
Value in human connections
August 27, 2008
This past 23rd of May was the second anniversary of the day I lost my home. An unyielding fire overtook my house and stole every memory of my childhood and life from me. We were the victims of a careless neighbor that spread their ignorance to our home, a