About Face

(Fox News) - Speaking of Veterans Day — Boise State University officials who initially rejected a request by some veterans to hold a 21-gun salute on campus — have changed their minds. The school at first cited the Virginia Tech shootings last April — and said the noise could scare students and staff.

But late Thursday they relented — and said the shots can be fired from the school's football stadium as part of several already-scheduled activities. A Vietnam veteran who works at the school — and who had asked for the salute — says administrators' fears that gunshots would scare people were unfounded.