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New evidence about the 2007 Virginia Tech killings shed new light on the arrogance and hypritical stance of University leaders. The murder of 32 students was the worst mass shooting in U.S. history until the Ft. Hood massacre last month and remains the worst school shooting ever on U.S. soil. Virginia Tech is no stranger to violence. They had two shootings in the 2006-2007 school year. A student worried about the possibility of another shooting asked school officials to reconsider their "no guns" policy. School officials not only a href="http://www.buckeyefirearms.org/node/3669" target="_blank">rebuffed and mocked that request, they also cheered the defeat...

10:50 AM 4/18/2007 - Yesterday I was at the counter of the Sunrise Diner, where I often take my meals, seated next to one of AllentownÂ’s finest. Now, the counter at the Sunrise is divided into two halves, one smoking and one not. It doesnÂ’t matter to me except that the nonsmoking half is closer to the soup and salad bar, so thatÂ’s where I usually sit. Each half of the countor has its own TV; unfortunately, the smoking half gets to watch Fox News, while the soup hounds and nonsmokers have to watch CNN. IsnÂ’t balance a beautiful thing?...