Archive | Campus Safety
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Stand Your Ground law and “Florida Loophole” ignite debate in wake of Martin shooting
The alleged killing of Florida high school student Trayvon Martin by George Zimmerman ignited a firestorm of debate across the country surrounding “stand your ground” laws and “right to carry” gun permits.
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1998 Jerry Sandusky police report released to NBC
In 1998, a psychologist said the incidents surrounding Jerry Sandusky met all definitions of a “likely pedophile’s pattern of building trust and gradual introduction of physical touch, within a context of a ‘loving,’ ‘special’ relationship.” Penn State U.
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Two students found dead in dorms within hours; believed to be unrelated
Two students were found deceased in their residence hall rooms at Illinois State U. on Thursday night and Friday morning. According to a press release from President Al Bowman, the two incidents were unrelated.
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Jurors find Virginia Tech negligent in campus massacre
Jurors for the wrongful death case filed by the parents of slain Virginia Tech students Erin Peterson and Julia Pryde ruled yesterday the university had not done enough to inform the school community about the two shootings which occurred the morning of April 16, 2007.
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Lauren Spierer: ‘She’s not a poster. She’s a person.’
Author’s Note The story of Lauren Spierer started before June 3, but it remains unknown what has happened to her since then. The reporting for this article began in September 2011.
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Column: Chardon shooting was tragic but preventable
Tragedy. Terror. Confusion. Loss. These along with many other words come to mind when thinking about the Chardon High School shooting, an event that has made international news. Tragedy struck at CHS Monday morning when a shooting left three students dead and two other students injured.
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Deeper issues led to Chardon High School ‘nightmare’
Columbine High School, Case Western U., Virginia Tech, Chardon High School. All of these schools have been impacted by shootings in some shape or form, and were of different magnitudes, fatalities and motives.
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Deadly high school shooting rocks Chardon, Ohio
The tragedy that struck Chardon, Ohio, Monday morning was described as "surreal" and "shocking" by students from the small town near Cleveland.
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Flaring debt crisis violence affects study abroad students, tourists
Kaylee Roupas watched from a mountaintop in Greece as thousands of citizens filled the streets of Athens. She watched as businesses were vandalized and burned. She watched as bombs and flares flashed and exploded. Roupas, a Penn State U.