THEY SAID IT …

"It's a very humbling time for me, and I appreciate the support and confidence of the board. But it's not about me. It's about the folks who have made sacrifices before me. It's about this university. It's about our commonwealth. It's about moving forward."

—Ed Baine, who will be the next rector of the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors, making him the first Black member to hold that position

"This new approach makes no sense."

—A lawsuit filed by Virginia and nine states against the federal government to prevent a rise in national flood insurance rates under a program that provides coverage for property in high-risk flood areas.