Va. Tech students write book about tragedy

BLACKSBURG, Va. - When the shooting began at Virginia Tech, ahandful of students in one locked-down news writing class hurried totheir computers.

The students in professor Roland Lazenby's class began reportingon the shootings in nearby Norris Hall for planetblacksburg.com, astudent-run news Web site.

Lazenby and seven student journalists eventually decided topublish the results of their reporting, and their book, "April 16th:Virginia Tech Remembers," is to be released Aug. 28.

But the decision to publish the manuscript about the April 16shootings was not easy.

"There are certain people who think this book is a good idea.There are other people who think …