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• Scoreboard

  - 2008-01-25

  Calendar High school BOYS BASKETBALL Hayden at KC-Christian, 5:30 p.m. Highland Park at Topeka High, 7:30 p.m. Junction City at Shawnee Heights, 7:30 p.m. Emporia at Washburn Rural, 7:30 p.m. Olathe Christian at Cair Paravel, 7:45...

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• Remarks on signing a bill to prevent taxation of payments from the Hokie Spirit Memorial Fund to virginia Tech victims and families

  - 2007-12-24

  December 19, 2007 It's my honor to welcome the president of Virginia Tech, the mayor of Blacksburg, the Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia, and, of course, distinguished members of the congressional delegation, here as I sign a bill that's going to help the folks who suffered mightily on...

  Tags: FINANCE, Leadership, payment, president, Virginia Tech

• Report: Va. Tech could have saved lives by notifying students

  - 2007-08-30

  RICHMOND, Va. -- Virginia Tech officials could have saved lives if they had quickly warned the campus that two students had been shot to death and their killer was on the loose, a panel that investigated the attacks said. Instead, it took administrators more than two hours to...

  Tags: E-mail, Leadership, Virginia Tech

• Leaders of the Black community: best words of wisdom to the Class of 2007

  - 2007-07-09

  The end of a college career for many students marks the transition from childhood to adulthood, where young adults close a chapter in their lives and prepare to seize it by the horns. Leaders of the Black community offered words of wisdom and encouraged the Class of 2007 to prepare...

  Tags: CAREER, Greatness, leader, Leadership, MARKETING, TVs, Virginia Tech

• Romney in Virginia to court religious right

  - 2007-05-06

  VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. -- Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney made only a passing reference to his LDS faith as he continued his outreach Saturday to conservative Christians in a graduation speech at Regent University, the school founded by televangelist Pat Robertson. Instead, Romney, who is intensely courting this...

  Tags: Governor, Leadership, MARKETING, TVs, Virginia Tech

• Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales to Meet With Officials on Campus Violence Issues In Jackson, Miss.

  - 2007-05-01

  To: EDUCATION EDITORSContact: U.S. Department of Justice: +1-202-514-2007, TDD: +1-202- 514-1888 WASHINGTON, May 1 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales will meet with state and local leaders in Jackson, Miss. on law enforcement and mental health issues raised by the shootings at Virginia Tech, on WEDNESDAY, MAY 2, 2007....

  Tags: Benefits, HEALTHCARE, leader, Leadership, MARKETING, SOFTWARE, violence, Virginia Tech

• Fallout from Virginia Tech's mass shooting: debates swirl about legal limits and leadership

  - 2007-05-01

  THE MASS SHOOTING ON APRIL 16 AT VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTItute and State University--the deadliest in U.S. history--has reopened arguments in higher ed about privacy laws that limit revelations about troubled students. It has also prompted reviews of security measures on campuses nationwide. The shooting at Virginia Tech is being...

  Tags: E-mail, leadership, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, SECURITY, Virginia Tech

• Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales to Meet With Officials on Campus and Gang Violence Issues in Indianapolis

  - 2007-04-30

  To: LEGAL AFFAIRS EDITORSContact: U.S. Department of Justice, +1-202-514-2007; TDD +1-202- 514-1888 WASHINGTON, May 1 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales will meet with state and local leaders in Indianapolis on two issues important to the Department of Justice. He will first meet with state and local leaders to...

  Tags: leader, Leadership, MARKETING, media, U.S. Department of Justice, violence, Virginia Tech

• Little anger toward gunman

  - 2007-04-27

  BLACKSBURG, Va. -- Kelly White and her two children visited the semicircle of memorials on the Virginia Tech campus, leaving 32 pink tulips -- one for each victim in last week's massacre. They also placed a tulip on the stone for gunman Seung-Hui Cho. "Forgiveness is part...

  Tags: Construction, Leadership, TVs, Virginia Tech

• Remarks prior to a meeting with congressional leaders

  - 2007-04-23

  April 18, 2007 All of us around the table care deeply about what happened at Virginia Tech. And I know I can speak for all of us here that we send our prayers to the families of the victims, and we send our prayers to the friends of the...

  Tags: leader, Leadership, Virginia Tech