One of four methods Virginia Tech uses to alert students and faculty in an emergency failed when school administrators tried to warn the Blacksburg campus about reports of gunfire in a residence hall. This is the first time Virginia Tech has used its new emergency alert system since the April 16, 2007, massacre. That day, a student gunman killed 32 people and himself.
To read the USA Today article, click here. ALSO: The university is trying to determine why the system did not work exactly as designed.
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