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Located in Blacksburg, Virginia, Virginia Tech is a comprehensive, innovative research university with the largest full-time student population (25,000+ full-time students) in the state. The school was founded in 1872 as a land-grant college named Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College. On April 16, 2007 a student gunman there killed 32 people and wounded many more before committing suicide.
Located in Blacksburg, Virginia, Virginia Tech is a comprehensive, innovative research university with the largest full-time student population (25,000+ full-time students) in the state. The school was founded in 1872 as a land-grant college named Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College. On April 16, 2007 a student gunman there killed 32 people and wounded many more before committing suicide.
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Hokies, Cavs get all-ACC picks
247-4636Two players each from Virginia and Virginia Tech made the preseason all-ACC football team in voting conducted at the conference's recent media gathering. Cavaliers offensive tackle Eugene Monroe and linebacker Clint Sintim made the squad, as did Hokies...Tags: Michael Johnson, Colleges and Universities, Florida State University
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UM's Shannon pleads for time ... Will he get it?
South Florida Sun-SentinelAround this time last year, Miami Hurricanes coach Randy Shannon was all about selling the confidence he had in the football program. He mentioned expectations in his first year of going undefeated and competing for national championships. After a 5-7...Tags: Disasters, Colleges and Universities, Natural Disasters, Randy Shannon, Frank Beamer
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Clemson's Harper voted ACC preseason player of year
The Associated PressClemson quarterback Cullen Harper is the Atlantic Coast Conference's preseason player of the year. Harper set 21 school records in earning second-team all-ACC honors last season. He received 34 of 64 votes in a poll of media members on the league's top...Tags: Michael Johnson, Colleges and Universities, Florida State University
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Davis selling Heels' revival
Sun ReporterMost coaches arrived for their Atlantic Coast Conference preseason football interviews this week wearing polo shirts or pullovers in their schools' colors. Not North Carolina's Butch Davis, who met the media wearing a pinstriped suit and sporting a...Tags: Dallas Cowboys, University of Miami, Maryland Terrapins, Sales, Ralph Friedgen
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Anne Arundel Datebook
Today Concert The Annapolis Maritime Museum will hold its Summertime Maritime Concert Series at 7 p.m. on the museum campus, 400 Second St., and at noon at City Dock. The Eastport Oyster Boys will perform July 23 and Scurvy Crew will perform July 24....Tags: Farms, Restaurant and Catering Industry, People, Fires, Beverage Industry
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Lehigh Valley region graduates named
Graduates from the Lehigh Valley region who recently received doctorates, master's and bachelor's degrees and awards are: Receiving doctorate degrees and their field of study: Boston University: Lauren E. Cook, juris doctor in law, cum laude; and...Tags: Germansville, Salisbury (Wicomico, Maryland), University of Miami, Hellertown, Bath (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania)
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Tech's Tincher, UNC's Hansbrough take top ACC honors
757-247-4636Angela Tincher, the most decorated female athlete in Virginia Tech history, received the ACC's most prestigious individual honor Tuesday. Tincher, a former Hokies softball pitcher, and North Carolina basketball player Tyler Hansbrough were named the...Tags: Major League Baseball, Athletes
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Marquee openers enticing
Virginia Tech's proposed 2009 season opener at the Georgia Dome could be a one-night stand or a non-starter. But if the president of the Atlanta Sports Council has his way, the game could help the city create, in his words, "college football's Daytona...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Christmas, Frank Beamer, Washington Redskins, National Collegiate Athletic Association
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A Bowden picked to win ACC, but it's not Bobby
South Florida Sun-SentinelClemson was picked to win the Atlantic Coast Conference football championship by the league media Monday. The Tigers are the favorite for first time since 1991, the last year they won the conference and the year before Florida State joined the ACC....Tags: Florida State Seminoles, Bobby Bowden, Florida State University
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Miami football team wants to forget about the past
South Florida BureauThe normally soft-spoken Eric Moncur felt he needed to add an extra emphasis on the answer. When asked if the University of Miami football team had seen a decline in talent, he sternly shot down the assumption. "No," said Moncur, a senior defensive end....Tags: Florida State Seminoles, Booker T. Washington, Disasters, Florida State University, Natural Disasters
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