Thursday, April 19, 2007

University Newspaper Covers VA Tech Shootings

The Daily Collegian a student run newspaper at the University of Massachusetts Amherst is located approximately 750 miles north of Blacksburg, Virginia.

Blacksburg, home of Virginia Tech's university campus with 26,000 students is now recovering following Monday's fatal shootings where 33 people were killed.

UMass' newspaper coverage of the fatal events began Tuesday with Tragedy strikes Virginia Tech: UMass students react to campus massacre focused on engaging UMass student's reactions.

Today's headline, Preventative measures: In wake of shootings, UMass police, administration discuss emergency preparedness continues the Collegian's local coverage with a story on health counseling available at the UMass campus to follow.

More information on this topic from the perspective of UMass students can be viewed here.

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