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Latest news: Investigators, loved ones try to reconcile the 2 sides of NIU gunman

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ALAN LEON | RRSTAR.COM
Ken Shold, an NIU almunus and father of a current student, sheds tears while praying in front of Cole Hall on Saturday, Feb. 16, 2008, on the Northern Illinois University campus in DeKalb.

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Area colleges updated alert systems after Virginia Tech

By CHRIS DETTRO
STAFF WRITER
Published Friday, February 15, 2008

Springfield-area colleges have systems in place to alert students to campus emergencies, and most procedures have been updated or were instituted originally in the wake of campus…

Tags: e-mail, niu, northern illinois university, police, siren, text messages, updated alert systems

NIU response helped by Virginia Tech lessons

Doug Finke
GateHouse News Service
Fri Feb 15, 2008, 09:31 PM EST

SPRINGFIELD, IL - Northern Illinois University's response to Thursday's shooting rampage may have been helped by what state officials learned from last year's massacre…

Tags: campus safety task force, e-mail, house committees, mental health survey, niu, northern illinois university, text messages

ND upset by NIU shooting

Students ask question, "Could it happen here?"

John Tierney

Issue date: 2/15/08 Section: News

Notre Dame students expressed sadness and shock Thursday night at yesterday's shooting at Northern Illinois. The tragedy, in which at least six…

Tags: emails, emergency networking system, international student reaction, niu, northern illinois university, notre dame, text messages

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Attendees at Virginia Tech's candlelight vigil for NIU.

Photo by Kim Peterson

Original Source:
http://www.ee.unirel.vt.edu/index.php/vtnews/flip_book/C69/P12/

Tags: candlelight vigil, niu, northern illinois university

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View of candlelight vigil for NIU on Virginia Tech's Alumni Mall.

Photo by Kim Peterson

Original Source:
http://www.ee.unirel.vt.edu/index.php/vtnews/flip_book/C69/P11/

Tags: alumni mall, candlelight vigil, niu, northern illinois university

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Virginia Tech's candlelight vigil for NIU.

Photo by Kim Peterson

Original Source:
http://www.ee.unirel.vt.edu/index.php/vtnews/flip_book/C69/P10/

Tags: candlelight vigil, niu, northern illinois university

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Virginia Tech's candlelight vigil for NIU.

Photo by Kim Peterson

Original Source:
http://www.ee.unirel.vt.edu/index.php/vtnews/flip_book/C69/P9/

Tags: candlelight vigil, niu, northern illinois university

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Attendees hold candles at Virginia Tech's vigil for NIU.

Photo by Kim Peterson

Original Source:
http://www.ee.unirel.vt.edu/index.php/vtnews/flip_book/C69/P8/

Tags: candlelight vigil, niu, northern illinois university

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Attendees hold candles at Virginia Tech's vigil for NIU.

Photo by Kim Peterson

Original Source:
http://www.ee.unirel.vt.edu/index.php/vtnews/flip_book/C69/P7/

Tags: candlelight vigil, niu, northern illinois university

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