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Asian-Americans react to Virginia Tech shooting
2:42 PM 4/18/2007 — When Eduardo Salgado, freshman in LAS, heard about the shooting at Virginia Tech, the first thing that came to his mind was campus safety. "It brought more concern among students about safety on campus, especially since the (Virginia Tech) campus is about the same size as ours," he said.
- Chancellor responds to Virginia Tech tragedy in mass e-mail
- Cho identified as VT shooter
- Violent threats sweep seven states
- A local Hokie speaks about tragedy at VT
- Former Centennial student killed during Virginia Tech shootings
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Two incumbents, Foster triumph
2:17 AM 4/18/2007 — Thomas Bruno. Deborah Feinen and Karen Foster were elected to Champaign City Council Tuesday. Mayor Jerry Schweighart and Marci Dodds, who both ran unopposed, will also continue to serve on the council.
"It's reaffirmation that things we've done are appreciated by voters and (they) want us to continue those policies," Bruno said.
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Cho identified as VT shooter
2:20 AM 4/18/2007 — BLACKSBURG, Va. - The gunman in the Virginia Tech massacre was a sullen loner who alarmed professors and classmates with his twisted, blood-drenched creative writing and left a rambling note in his dorm room raging against women and rich kids.
A chilling picture emerged Tuesday of Cho Seung-Hui - a 23-year-old senior majoring in English - a day after the bloodbath that left 33 people dead, including Cho, who killed himself as police closed in.
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Chancellor responds to Virginia Tech tragedy in mass e-mail
12:50 PM 4/18/2007 — University Chancellor Richard Herman sent out a mass e-mail to students and faculty Wednesday morning to address the recent mass shooting of 32 students at Virginia Tech.
"The massacre of 32 students at Virginia Tech Monday has left us shocked and saddened," Herman wrote in the mass e-mail.
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University police warn armed robbery suspects at large
5:07 PM 4/18/2007 — University police have yet to arrest either of the two suspects involved in a string of seven armed robberies that took place on campus over a 15-day span from March 30 to April 13. "No one has been apprehended for these crimes," said Lt. Roy Acree of the University Police.
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Congressmen propose bill to make financial aid application easier
2:19 AM 4/18/2007 — For college students looking to ease the financial burden on their families that an education can often present, filling out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) is essential. Unfortunately, some consider the 100 plus question-long form an entirely different burden, the FAFSA taking anywhere from 45 minutes to an hour to complete.
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Council plans Campustown renovation
2:23 AM 4/18/2007 — The Champaign City Council unanimously approved a nearly $700,000 project Tuesday night to spruce up Sixth Street between Green and Healey streets. This will be the final phase of the city's Campustown Infrastructure Reconstruction and Streetscape Project in the immediate area, Director of Public Works Dennis Schmidt said.
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Statistics show that students behave more like adults now
2:25 AM 4/18/2007 — Chronologically, the college student has stayed the same age for decades. But as of late, studies suggest that the typical university enrollee is growing up faster than ever before.
"Young people seem to know more about politics than they know about popular culture," said Kent E.
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Voter turnout doubles in local precincts
4:25 PM 4/18/2007 — Ten precincts more than doubled their voter turnout in the April 17 elections from four years ago, Champaign County Clerk, Mark Shelden said.
Champaign 2nd precinct had 625 voters compared to 260 in 2003. Champaign 34th and 28th had doubled as well. Shelden attributed this increase to city council and school board races.
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Rate of younger college students increasing
1:07 AM 5/6/2008 — A new trend has begun to emerge with high school students: going to college early. Click on the icon to hear The Daily Illini's Sydney Langford bring you more on the story.
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Violent threats sweep seven states
1:11 PM 4/18/2007 — AUSTIN, Texas - Campus threats forced lock-downs and evacuations at universities and grade schools in seven states on Tuesday, a day after a Virginia Tech student's shooting rampage killed 33 people.
One threat in Louisiana directly mentioned the massacre in Virginia, while others were reports of suspicious activity in Texas, Oklahoma, Tennessee, North Dakota, South Dakota and Michigan.
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Former Centennial student killed during Virginia Tech shootings
2:28 PM 4/18/2007 — Austin Cloyd, a former Centennial High School student, was among those killed during the shootings at Virginia Tech, The Associated Press reports. According to The News-Gazette, Cloyd attended Centennial during her freshman, sophomore and junior years before moving to Virginia with her family.
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