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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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  • Monday, April 16, 2007 07:40 PM

    Here's what Joan Walsh was worried about today, in her own words:

    "My blogging today got delayed by the Virginia Tech tragedy, and coincidentally, so will Attorney General Alberto Gonzales' Senate testimony, which was postponed from tomorrow to Thursday. At first I thought the delay might help Gonzales."

    --Joan Walsh

    And you wonder why the editor-in-chief runs finger-pointing headlines instead of getting the facts straight first. Fuck Salon and the editor-in-chief who rode it straight into the ground.

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