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'''Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University''' ("Virginia Tech", formerly "Virginia Polytechnic Institute" or "VPI") is a public land-grant [[university]] founded in 1872, serving, according to its mission statement, "the Commonwealth of [[Virginia]], the nation, and the world community."  It is taxpayer-supported.

'''Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University''' ("Virginia Tech", formerly "Virginia Polytechnic Institute" or "VPI") is a public land-grant [[university]] founded in 1872, serving, according to its mission statement, "the Commonwealth of [[Virginia]], the nation, and the world community."  It is taxpayer-supported.

This government school was the location of the worst school shooting in American history, when one of its seniors, Seung-Hui Cho, massacred thirty-two students and faculty on April 16, 2007, before killing himself.  Cho had written and submitted as coursework disturbing papers that, in [[hindsight]], appeared to reflect an unstable person obsessed with violence.

This [[gun free zone]] government school was the location of the worst [[young mass murderers|school shooting]] in American history, when one of its seniors, [[Seung-Hui Cho]], massacred thirty-two students and faculty on April 16, 2007, before killing himself.  Cho had written and submitted as coursework disturbing papers that, in [[hindsight]], appeared to reflect an unstable person obsessed with violence.

<div align="center">[[Image:800px-2007 Virginia Tech massacre candlelight vigil.jpg|400px|thumb|center|Virginia Tech students gather for a prayer vigil after the 4/16/2007 massacre that took thirty-two lives.]]</div>  In 2011 another shooting there left two dead.

<div align="center">[[Image:800px-2007 Virginia Tech massacre candlelight vigil.jpg|400px|thumb|center|Virginia Tech students gather for a prayer vigil after the 4/16/2007 massacre that took thirty-two lives.]]</div>  In 2011 another shooting there left two dead.