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Virginia Tech Parents Testify Against School

Sometimes pushing back tears, the parents of victims in the 2007 Virginia Tech shooting testified Wednesday that they believe their children would have stayed in a safe place far away from where they were later shot if they'd had more information from the university about a safety threat on campus.

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AP via The Boston Globe

Panel: Local, Campus Police Should Aid Each Other

The Virginia State Crime Commission on Tuesday endorsed a plan to have college and local police departments assist each other with campus death and rape investigations if necessary, but it stopped short of mandating that authorities share information.

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The Virginian-Pilot

Virginia Tech Seeks To Block Fine In Shooting Case

Virginia Tech says it acted appropriately in alerting the campus that bloody spring day in 2007 during what turned out to be the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history.

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AP via The Boston Globe

Clery Act Reminder – Why the Penn State Scandal Matters to the Academy

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E. Jason Tremblay
University Business, Nov 2011

The U.S. Department of Education has announced that it will conduct an investigation into whether Penn State University failed to comply with the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act in regard to allegations of sexual misconduct on campus by a former Penn State football coach.

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Penn State Scandal Puts Campus Police In Spotlight

At Penn State, as at many colleges, campus police occupy an unusual and much-misunderstood spot on the law enforcement spectrum -- and when scandal breaks, that often leads to questions about divided loyalties.

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AP via The Boston Globe

Man Carrying An Umbrella Puts E. Carolina U On Lockdown

Authorities say they believe the person reportedly seen on East Carolina University campus carrying what initially authorities thought was a gun was carrying an umbrella.

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NBC17

Update: U of Iowa Alert Was Issued Due To "Credible Threat" Report

Police said a report of harassment near the University of Iowa campus eventually led to a Hawk Alert warning recipients about an armed subject.

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Iowa City Press Citizen

UNC Wilmington Issues Alert Of Gunman On Campus

Classes were scheduled to proceed as usual this morning at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington, as the search continued for a gunman who ran toward the campus after a holdup overnight.

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AP via The Virginia-Pilot

UC Regents Call Off Meeting; Campuses Set For Protest

College campuses around California are scheduled to erupt in protest today through Thursday, as anger at tuition increases and sympathy with an embattled faculty union combine with the spirit of the ongoing Occupy movement.

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The Sacramento Bee

Virginia Commonwealth U Says Server With 176,000 Files Hacked

Virginia Commonwealth University says a school server that included personal data of more than 176,000 current and former faculty, staff, students and affiliates has been hacked.

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AP via The Virginia-Pilot

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