Articles filed under Northern Illinois University shooting
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Daughter returns to NIU campusFeb 28, 2008 10:00 pm - Today, we (reluctantly) said goodbye to our daughter. This wasn't the first time our mouths said goodbye, but our hearts wanted to take her in our arms and keep her safe...
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ISU investigates graffiti threatening 'next NIU'Feb 27, 2008 10:00 pm - NORMAL -- Illinois State University police are investigating graffiti found in a dorm bathroom that references this month's shootings at Northern Illinois University. Po...
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Gun advocates say NIU is being usedFeb 27, 2008 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - Gun advocates accused lawmakers of trying to politically capitalize on the Northern Illinois University shootings by pressing ahead Wednesday with a series...
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Media violence is not the real issueFeb 27, 2008 10:00 pm - I was thoroughly disappointed when I read Dr. Charles Nozicka's letter in the Sunday Herald. Creating such nonsensical furor over video games and violent media only dis...
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Sox honor NIU before exhibition opener vs. RockiesFeb 27, 2008 10:00 pm - TUCSON, Ariz. -- The White Sox have been reaching out to Northern Illinois University since the Feb. 14 campus shooting that claimed five students' lives. The helping ha...
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Cole Hall to be demolishedFeb 27, 2008 10:00 pm - Less than two weeks after the deadly rampage in Cole Hall, Northern Illinois University officials Wednesday announced plans to demolish the 40-year-old building and repl...
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Someone should have seen it comingFeb 27, 2008 10:00 pm - I wanted to express my deepest sympathy to everyone who was touched by the NIU shootings. In the days after the shootings, everyone was saying that there were no warn...
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Gun control is only realistic answerFeb 27, 2008 10:00 pm - I disagree with Kristopher Rich's suggestion that the "litany of cries" for gun control after NIU are simpletonian. Isn't it clear that our current gun laws aren't wor...
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Putting God back in school is answerFeb 27, 2008 10:00 pm - The shootings that are occurring in our schools are a terrible shame. There are a lot of very smart people looking for the cause and will make many studies looking for...
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We'll never know why it happenedFeb 27, 2008 10:00 pm - Ever since the shootings at NIU, everyone asks why? I think there's really no good answer to that question other than the young man was mentally deficient and off the d...