Since the shooting at the Appalachian School of Law on
January 16, 2002, I have learned that when it comes to money, there is no end
to the extent of some people’s greed. The Hokie
Spirit Memorial Fund, is an especially unsavory look into the greedy minds
of the school and state leadership.
Soon after the shooting, Virginia Tech established the Hokie Spirit Memorial Fund following the
shooting rampage. Billed as a tribute to the dead and wounded, people could
show their support to the school and the victims by making contributions to the
fund.
Across the country people opened their hearts and their
pocket books. The money rolled
in—millions of dollars. Virginia Tech must have thought it had found the pot of
gold at the end of the rainbow.
Let’s take a look at the money Virginia Tech made from the
deaths of 32 people and wounding of 17 others.
The school said that $8.5 million represented the bulk of the funds
received; in fact the figure was around $160 million. (For a breakdown of the
facts and figures associated with the Hokie
Spirit Memorial Fund, see chapter 10 of Virginia
Tech: Make Sure It Doesn’t Get Out.) (To be continued)
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