VELSHI: It was a day that brought death and overwhelming grief to the campus of Virginia Tech, and it shocked the nation -- the world, in fact. A student on that day, April 16, 2007, gunned down 32 other students and faculty and then killed himself. Now a scathing new report says -- the government report says the university broke the law by waiting two hours to warn the campus that a gunman was on the loose. Chaos and fear ruled that day. Student Cho Seung-Hui struck first early in the morning, killing two students in their dorm. About two hours later, the university alerted the campus that two students had been shot. That's about when Cho chained the doors of a classroom building and went on a shooting rampage, killing 30 students and faculty before turning the gun on himself. Here's the reaction of two students to the killings.</s>ERIN BLAUVELT, STUDENT: It was just really frightening. It was kind of surreal, knowing that someone who was seemingly like normal looking -- and if I had seen him in class, I probably wouldn't have thought anything of it.</s>BRITNEY ROCKWELL, STUDENT: It was absolutely terrible. For someone to purposely know what they were going to do to our school and the community is -- there's no words for it.</s>VELSHI: In the aftermath, Virginia Tech's president said officials did all they could to protect the school. The university today is sticking to its original position. Responding to the government report, the university said, "Virginia Tech administrators acted appropriately in their response to the tragic events based on the best information available to them." As we mentioned, the government says Virginia Tech broke the law by waiting too long to alert the campus. The law at issue is the Clery Act. It was created in 1990. It requires colleges and universities to issue timely warnings of on-campus threats. The act was named in memory of Jeanne Ann Clery, who was raped and killed while sleeping in her dorm at Lehigh University. Well, he's a man who can definitely relate to what President Obama is going through right now. Coming up next, President Clinton heads back to his old stomping ground.
Scathing Report on Virginia Tech