Tag: Campus Gun Violence

News Roundup

After Parkland Shooting, VA Youth Voter Registration Skyrockets

According to a new TargetSmart analysis, voting registration rates for voters aged 18-29 have increased over the last seven months in Virginia, along with 38 other key battleground states. These results indicate that youth turnout is on the rise just in time for this year’s midterm and state primary elections. This increase in youth voter […]

July 19, 2018

Opinion

In Defense of Youth Organizing

The late Coretta Scott King once said, “Freedom is never really won. You earn it and win it with every generation.” With every generation, movements for political change have been buttressed by the energy, talent, resolve, creativity and dedication of young people.

February 25, 2018

Students

Police Arrest Man Sought in Shooting Death of University of Utah Student

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) – A man sought in a carjacking that took the life of a University of Utah student and the death of a Colorado man was arrested Tuesday after he turned himself in at a Salt Lake City library, police said. Austin Boutain, 24, dodged a manhunt in the rugged foothills near […]

October 31, 2017

Students

Ex-student Pleads to California School Rampage that Killed 7

SAN FRANCISCO — A disgruntled former nursing student has pleaded no contest to killing seven people at a Northern California vocational college and will spend the rest of his life in prison. One Goh also pleaded entered the plea Tuesday to injuring three others during his 2012 rampage at Oikos University in Oakland, California. The […]

May 2, 2017

Students

UCLA Shooter’s ‘Kill List’ had Dead Minnesota Woman, 2 Professors

LOS ANGELES ― A former UCLA graduate student killed a woman in Minnesota before carrying two semi-automatic pistols and a grudge back to the Los Angeles campus, where he fatally shot a young professor he once called a mentor then killed himself, police said Thursday. The attack came after Mainak Sarkar, 38, had composed a […]

June 2, 2016

Faculty & Staff

Murder-Suicide Leaves 2 Dead at UCLA

LOS ANGELES ― A shooting that left two men dead at UCLA on Wednesday and led to a massive response on the campus in a bustling part of Los Angeles was a murder-suicide, authorities said. Police Chief Charlie Beck declared the campus safe about two hours after authorities received a 911 call. The shooting happened […]

June 1, 2016

News Roundup

Kansas Campuses Prepare For Guns in Classrooms

Next summer, in addition to textbooks, laptops and double-strength coffee, Kansas college students will be able to bring something else to class: guns. By July 2017, all six state universities plus dozens of community colleges and technical schools must allow students to carry concealed weapons on campus. The reason for the change was simple: to […]

March 22, 2016

Students

Deadly Pakistani School Attack Raises Security Questions

CHARSADDA, Pakistan ― Once again, Islamic militants stormed a school in northeastern Pakistan in a deadly attack that lasted for hours. And once again, the blood of students and teachers stained classrooms and hallways, raising questions about whether security forces are able to protect the country’s educational institutions from extremists. At least 20 people were […]

January 20, 2016

Opinion

Campus Gun Violence, Ben Carson and How to Best Help Students Cope

The anxiety over guns in campus life has been a reality since the Virginia Tech massacre in 2007. But what do we do as a society except wait for another incident to happen?

October 11, 2015