One year later: Virginia Tech remembers those who died

One year ago today, Seung Hui Cho killed 32 people on the Virginia Tech campus in Blacksburg before turning his gun on himself. This unwanted milestone is reopening the wounds that so many students, parents, faculty members and others have struggled to close. Although public memorials and remembrance ceremonies are designed to reaffirm the resiliency and extraordinary unity that have come to define this campus, they also will be reminders that healing is difficult and time-consuming.
Click here to read The Washington Post article.

OPINION: In the year since the shooting at Virginia Tech, American colleges have been under pressure to beef up campus security. Many schools have overreacted by instituting safety measures of questionable effectiveness. Safety officials are quick to shut down classes. Instead of making campuses safer, we are fostering an unwarranted level of fear. To read The New York Times column, click here.

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Most families of the Virginia Tech massacre victims have agreed in principle to accept shares of an $11 million settlement in exchange for agreeing not to sue the state. State officials and the families wanted a settlement to help put the case behind them and avoid a long, emotional court case. But the state still could be vulnerable to lawsuits, Although "a substantial majority" of the families of the dead and 27 wounded have agreed to the terms of the settlement, others are undecided and considering their options.
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A proposed multimillion-dollar settlement by the state of Virginia to head off lawsuits over last year's mass shooting at Virginia Tech offers $100,000 to each of the families of those killed, and payment and insurance for medical and counseling expenses for families and surviving victims. Some families are not pleased with the proposed agreement.
Click here to read The Virginian-Pilot article.