ROANOKE TIMES 
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DATE: Tuesday, November 12, 1996             TAG: 9611120090
SECTION: CURRENT                  PAGE: NRV-1 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY 

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Tech board stands by its man

The rector of the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors on Monday stood behind President Paul Torgersen's handling of last week's indictments of eight current football players and one former player on a variety of criminal charges. Rector Henry Dekker spoke after a closed-door meeting between Torgersen and the Board of Visitors in Blacksburg. For details, see today's Virginia section.

Covington review

Radford University President Douglas Covington met with his Board of Visitors on Monday to discuss his job review and the state of the university. For details, see today's front page.

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