Articles filed under Northern Illinois University shooting
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Mace 'was going to do great things'Feb 18, 2008 10:00 pm - Ryanne Mace was passionate about the Eiffel Tower and everything French, the writing of Shakespeare, and playing the violin. Through her service on a peer jury, Mace "w...
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NIU's Patton close to two tragediesFeb 18, 2008 10:00 pm - For Northern Illinois basketball coach Ricardo Patton, last week's tragedy jarred memories of the Columbine High School massacre in 1999. He was the head coach at Colora...
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Horror shows need for concealed carryFeb 18, 2008 10:00 pm - I am both sickened and angered by the carnage that took place at Tinley Park, NIU, and countless other despicable acts of gun violence. I am sickened and angered, but no...
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NIU sets time for memorial serviceFeb 18, 2008 10:00 pm - NIU's campus memorial service will start at 7 p.m. Sunday, officials said today. The service will be held at the university's 10,000-seat Convocation Center. Doors will ...
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Control guns to control violenceFeb 18, 2008 10:00 pm - With the NIU shooting, there have been four school shootings in the U.S. in just the past week. Yes, four. When are we as a civilized society going to do something to co...
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New gun laws came too late, and might not have stopped college gunman anywayFeb 18, 2008 10:00 pm - Illinois lawmakers moved swiftly after last year's massacre at Virginia Tech to make it harder for anyone with a history of mental illness to buy guns, fortifying what a...
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Neighboring hospital releases last NIU victimFeb 18, 2008 10:00 pm - NIU sophomore Samantha Dehner had prepared a statement for Monday's news conference at Kishwaukee Community Hospital. Wearing a red university sweatshirt, Dehner, 20, sa...
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Counseling process starts todayFeb 18, 2008 10:00 pm - As Northern Illinois University students, faculty and staff try to find their way back to normal next week, they won't be alone. About 300 grief counselors, enough for e...
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NIU faculty begin training on how to help students copeFeb 18, 2008 10:00 pm - Faculty members at Northern Illinois University are undergoing training about how to help students cope with the aftermath of last week's campus shooting. Faculty, gradu...
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The few students on campus are sticking togetherFeb 18, 2008 10:00 pm - Beth Cooney and Brittney Ginter sat in NIU's Village Commons Bookstore Monday afternoon tying one red-and-black memorial ribbon after another. The sophomores, each clad ...