Tuesday, April 17, 2007 by Kelly Sutton In an attempt to shift gears away from the tragic catastrophic events of yesterday, the RIAA is taking some flak over at North Carolina State University. Of the 24 students threatened by the RIAA, only one has caved and agreed to settle early.
Take a lot at the article detailing the events over at Arstechnica.
Tuesday, April 17, 2007 by Kelly Sutton At this point, it's time to hand it back to the real news-reporters. I'm sure we'll do a feature on this sometime down the road. An interesting observation: Wikipedia has the best (and most unadulterated) news:
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Monday, April 16, 2007 by Kelly Sutton I can't help but continue reading. Please forgive us if we appear trying to capitalize on tragedy; we're just here to share.
Here are a few links to blogs from people at Virginia Tech students and alumni:
Monday, April 16, 2007 by HackCollege For the most current information, visit the Collegiate Times:
Recently elected Governor Tim Kaine has announced that Blacksburg is in a state of Emergency after an alleged lone gunman allegedly killed two students, one male and one female, early this morning at 7 a.m., and later allegedly massacred Norris Hall, an academic building raising the death toll up to 33. Two hours after the first shooting the gunman was seen inside the second floor of Norris Hall allegedly searching for someone. At around 9:15 this morning the shooter began opening fire on students and faculty in classrooms, who attempted to barricade themselves inside their classrooms. The alleged murderer had apparently planned his move into Norris Hall after police reported he had chained entrances closed to prevent easy exit for potential escapees. [Collegiate Times]
There is also a LiveJournal entry, an MTV Thumbnail gallery, and a collection of emails.
Monday, April 16, 2007 by HackCollege Incredible.
At 7:15AM this morning, Monday April 16th, 2007, a 911 call came to Virgina Tech campus police department reporting multiple victims from a gun shooting. Just two hours later, another shooting spree was reported. Investigators say that both shootings were from the same gunman.
Federal officials say gunman killed 32 people on campus of Virginia Tech University in Blacksburg, Va.; shooter dead; 28 wounded [FOXNews]
A Picture Essay has already been posted, and a video taken from a cell phone caught some of the gunfire:
University President Steger has also released a statement, available via Podcast.
Just shocking. To imagine the horror these students witnessed. Two separate times. Two hours apart. Same gunman. Wtf.
Monday, April 16, 2007 by Kelly Sutton In what news agencies are reporting as a "rampage" and a "massacre" (rightly so), at least 29 students have been shot and killed at Virgina Tech.
A mere four days before the morbid eighth year anniversary of Columbine, this happens again.
It's all over the news:
Sunday, April 15, 2007 by Kelly Sutton Although many campuses boast "wireless access everywhere," sometimes that signal never will reach your end of the brick-walled dorm. Unless--of course--you concoct your own satellite dish.
I don't have a need for a WiFi booster, but this it a great solution for any student frustrated with a lousy connection. The ingenious frugality of some people never ceases to amaze me. And this makes for a great Sunday project/scavenger hunt.
Boost Your WiFi. [via the Consumerist via instructables]
Saturday, April 14, 2007 by HackCollege RSS is brilliant. True. But RSS is also a very twisted way of thinking. I mean, it's not the most intuitive thing. Especially when most of us don't really use it yet.
So, we'd like to make it even easier to subscribe to our updates. Now via Email!
By subscribing, you will get an email containing the newest "college hacks" each time we post them (via RssFwd). Very cool.
(Kelly, add this to the sidebar?)