Content on Fire:

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