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Monday, April 16, 2007 12:00 AM

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.

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  • Wednesday, April 18, 2007 01:19 PM

    Know what?

    "I haven't read a single quote from any student saying that they're glad they didn't know until 9:30, have you?"

    Didn't know what until 9:30? That there was a earlier murder in one of the dorms which resulted in it being lockdowned and the police were questioning an off-campus suspect, so therefore, they should be on the lookout for someone else on campus, who was unidentified (and a student), and getting ready to committ mass murder?

    "It's sickening to see people defend the willful disinformation and incompetence here as "the best thing that could be done." It wasn't, and people died for it."

    No, what's sickening is to see someone who first used this event to play "feminist" politics and who is now trying to self-rightgeously scapegoat the VT admin and the cops for the actions of a crazed gunman.

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