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University officials waited two hours to warn campus, students say With at least 33 dead and 29 wounded, some ask why the campus wasn't shut down after an early-morning killing.
  • A campus is not a light switch

    From what I've read so far, the VT officials thought, via the cops, that the early morning shooting was a domestic dispute and the shooter had left the campus.

    Also, when you consider that the school has 25,000 full time students and is spread over 2,600 acres, and that people were probably starting to come into the school for work and students were probably starting to head out to classes, an campus lockdown is quite a task and not an instant feat.

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