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Founded in 1895, the public university is located in DeKalb, Ill., with a study body of more than 25,000. The school is a comprehensive teaching and research institution with 55 undergraduate majors and 75 graduate programs, including 10 Ph.D. programs. Northern also runs satellite centers in Naperville, Rockford, Hoffman Estates and Oregon, Ill. On Valentine's Day, Feb. 14, 2008, five students were shot to death in a lecture hall by a former student, who then killed himself. The gunman, Steven Kazmierczak, opened fire around 3 p.m. without warning in an ocean science course in NIU¿s Cole Hall. Killed were NIU students Gayle Dubowski, 20; Catalina Garcia, 20; Julianna Gehant, 32: Ryanne Mac...
Founded in 1895, the public university is located in DeKalb, Ill., with a study body of more than 25,000. The school is a comprehensive teaching and research institution with 55 undergraduate majors and 75 graduate programs, including 10 Ph.D. programs. Northern also runs satellite centers in Naperville, Rockford, Hoffman Estates and Oregon, Ill. On Valentine's Day, Feb. 14, 2008, five students were shot to death in a lecture hall by a former student, who then killed himself. The gunman, Steven Kazmierczak, opened fire around 3 p.m. without warning in an ocean science course in NIU¿s Cole Hall. Killed were NIU students Gayle Dubowski, 20; Catalina Garcia, 20; Julianna Gehant, 32: Ryanne Mace, 19; and Daniel Parmenter, 20. Diverging profiles of Kazmierczak, who was regarded as a warm, high-achieving graduate student in NIU¿s sociology department, emerged after the shooting. He had transferred to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to continue his graduate studies and while there had gotten elaborate tattoos with horror movie images on his arms. After the NIU shooting, Kazmierczak's former girlfriend, Jessica Baty, who shared an apartment with him in Urbana, said in a CNN interview that he had stopped taking his medication, seemed ¿quicker to get annoyed.¿ No immediate motive was determined as to why Kazmierczak went on the shooting rampage. He left no note and removed the hard drive from his laptop computer and the SIM card--a key computer chip--from his cell phone.
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Life goes on but fears remain at shooting campus
Associated Press WriterHer first week of classes at Northern Illinois University made it clear to freshman Miraynda Castro that she wasn't beginning her college career at just any campus. Her philosophy teacher asked for a show of hands: Did students want the classroom door...Tags: Pennsylvania, Philosophy, Society, Steven Kazmierczak, Teaching and Learning
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Illinois Enterprise Digest for Sept. 6-8 and thereafter
EDITORS: Illinois AP enterprise stories in sight for editions Sept. 6-8 and thereafter. Please call Tammy Webber or Melanie Coffee in the Chicago bureau at 800-572-2585 with any questions. EDS: --ADDS WHITE SOX-QUENTIN'S EMERGENCE, for weekend....Tags: Republican Party, Chicago White Sox, Metal and Mineral, Steven Kazmierczak, Basketball
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Cambodian American Heritage Museum exhibit mirrors archivist's life story
Chicago Tribune reporterWhen Ty Tim, his wife and daughter survived the Khmer Rouge's brutal regime and came to the United States as refugees in 1982, they brought with them two things from Cambodia: a small ivory Buddha he found while searching for food in the jungle and a...Tags: Baby Products, Games, and Toys, Refugee, Culture, Employees, Religious Leaders
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Naperville film festival seeks cast of volunteers
Chicago Tribune reporterThe goal of the Naperville Independent Film Festival is to promote filmmakers while creating an entertaining atmosphere for the public, said Daniel Nigg, festival committee member. And to do that, Nigg said, volunteers are needed. The festival is...Tags: Spider-Man, Cinema Industry, Movies, Karen Black, Naperville
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DeKalb alligator captured, officials say
A 2-foot-long alligator that was spotted along the Kishwaukee River for weeks in DeKalb has been captured. DeKalb County Animal Control officers had been trying to catch the reptile near the Northern Illinois University lagoon for more than a week. A...Tags: Animals
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Governor signs bill demanding colleges set up emergency-response plans
Chicago Tribune reporterColleges and universities across the state will now be required to develop and practice emergency-response plans. Under a measure Gov. Rod Blagojevich signed into law Friday, schools will work with state and local emergency management officials beginning...Tags: Steven Kazmierczak, Firearms, Emergency Incidents, Mental Illness, Academic Progress
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Be safe at school
College students are returning to campus starting this week and Topic One is safety. The shootings at Northern Illinois University last winter, and at Virginia Tech less than a year before that, shadow every campus in the country. Schools are beefing up...Tags: Drug Trafficking, Virginia Tech, High Schools, Emergency Incidents, Murder
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Illinois schools' bike programs
Northern Illinois University and Illinois State University also have started free bike-share programs. The schools paint the bikes bright colors and hand out locks and helmets. Illinois State revamps abandoned bikes instead of shelling out the money for...Tags: Illinois
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Smita Kalokhe
Smita Kalokhe joined the news team as a general assignment reporter in May 2008. Raised in Holland, MI, she's excited to be back home.
Prior to coming to FOX 17, Smita worked as the weekend anchor and reporter for WREX-TV in Rockford, IL. There she...Tags: Northwestern University, University of Michigan, Colleges and Universities
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Tax break?
How much of the money spent on back-to-school clothes and supplies is tax deductible? Not deductible Back-to-school clothes and supplies. "Unfortunately, the law does not allow a tax deduction for most run-of-the-mill school expenses. They are...Tags: Illinois, Schools, State Budgets
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Health Planning Board again rejects Edward's proposal to build in Plainfield
Chicago Tribune reporterThe state board that regulates health-care construction ruled Tuesday that Plainfield does not need its own hospital and deferred a decision on whether DuPage County should get a second proton therapy cancer-treatment center. This is the third time in...Tags: Healthcare Policies, Plainfield, Medicaid, Naperville, Health Organizations
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The real world: Iraq
RedEyeJohn Christeson thought watching the first two episodes of "Generation Kill" would be like watching the replay of a basketball game he had played in. The HBO miniseries is based on the experiences of the First Reconnaissance Battalion, Christeson's...Tags: Army Wives, North Carolina, Armed Forces, Movies, Tinley Park
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