PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
Tests show system effectiveness... or lack COLUMBUS, Ohio, May 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Recent tests show a disturbing problem with many emergency warning systems used by public agencies and universities. That is, they've been known to glitch in emergencies, precisely when they're most needed to save lives, injuries and properties. A few minutes of advance notice can mean a world of difference...
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
... as a market leader and leading Midwest bank." Burke earned a bachelor's degree from Western Illinois University and did graduate work at Northern Illinois University. In addition, she attended Duke University's Executive Development Program, the Leadership Development Program at the Center for Creative Leadership and is a 2006 graduate of the University...
FIBA (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
COLORADO SPRINGS (U18 Women National team) - Northern Illinois University's Carol Owens, who owns two gold medals as a USA Basketball assistant coach, has been tabbed head coach of the 2008 USA Basketball Women's U18 National Team and will be assisted by Joe McKeown of George Washington University and Terri Mitchell of Marquette University, USA Basketball ...
Furious Seasons (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
That's quite a term for the Adderall taking and snorting that's apparently sweeping across college campuses and which is detailed in Northern Illinois University's Northern Star. I'm not sure if it's an apt term, but it sure is catchy. "Mild...
Furious Seasons (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
... interest in the story began with press reports about Steven Kazmierczak, whose shooting rampage at Northern Illinois University left six dead and 16 wounded. We wanted to know: Why did the major news media uniformly target Steven's withdrawal from an antidepressant as explanation for his violent act? Why did the media ignore any number of other factors, such as his gun collection,...
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
Northern Illinois University wants to remodel a building where five students were slain by a suicidal gunman on Valentine's Day, instead of demolishing it, the school president said Thursday.
Star Tribune (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Northern Illinois University wants to remodel a building where five students were slain by a suicidal gunman on Valentine's Day, instead of demolishing it, the school president said Thursday.The auditorium where the killings took place would no longer be used as a classroom, but Cole Hall's other auditorium would be reopened under the proposal, President John...
YubaNet.com (Free subscription) | 05/08/2008
The Chicago Tribune wrote, "Laws Failing To Keep Guns Out Of Hands Of Disturbed," and, "Suspect Had History Of Bizarre Acts." But the headlines weren't about Stephen Phillip Kazmierczak of the Northern Illinois University shootings in February or Seung-Hui Cho of the Virginia Tech massacre last year.
News: Moldova.org: Politics (Free subscription) | 05/08/2008
A Northern Illinois University student may be one of several college students slain by a suspected Smiley Face killer, authorities said.The body of Brian Welzien, 21, was found on the shore of Lake Michigan in Gary, Ind., some 10 weeks after he disappeared from outside a hotel in Chicago Jan. 1, 2000, the Arlington Heights (Ill.) Daily Herald reported Wednesday.Investigators Kevin...
Esquire.com (Free subscription) | 05/08/2008
... to the immediate events of the day. The previous day, a gunman had shot up the campus of Northern Illinois University, not far from the Wisconsin border. At the very least, he thought, this was a divisive act that would be of great rhetorical utility, given the theme of the Obama campaign. Flog your cause with the dead, the cynic thought. But it was barely mentioned in the...
Right Truth (Free subscription) | 05/08/2008
How to Empower Northern Illinois University by Don B. Kates The Independent Institute (posted at their request) A crazed gunman slaughtered 32 people at Virginia Tech despite it being a “gun free zone.” The shooting last week at Northern Illinois...
All Things Witham (Free subscription) | 05/08/2008
... ---The death of Benazir Bhutto ---The shooting at New Life Church in Colorado ---The shooting at Northern Illinois University ---On a better note, my first salad at Chili's ---Mitt Romney's hair ---Mike Huckabee's guitar ---Ron Paul is still running for President somewhere ---Fred Thompson's Emmy winning performance as Best Actor Who Ran For President But Really Didn't Want...
Kotaku (Free subscription) | 05/06/2008
For example, my mom lives near NIU and was in a nearby shopping mall about a week after the NIU shootings in February. She walked into a Hot Topic to see a gigantic display in the middle of the store for the band "Bullet for My Valentine," and was horrified and extremely offended. In her eyes, the sheer name "Bullet for My Valentine" was more than a little reminiscent of the NIU shooting...
Chicagoist (Free subscription) | 05/04/2008
Katherine Loberg, a Saint Xavier University freshman, was arrested and charged Friday for the graffiti that caused the school to shut down for six days last month . The scrawled message on a bathroom wall contained threats of violence, and after the NIU shooting in February officials weren't going to take any chances. Others, however, thought it was overreacting . Officials are saying Loberg...
The Kept-Up Academic Librarian (Free subscription) | 05/02/2008
Amid concerns that shooting rampages like those at Virginia Tech and Northern Illinois University could happen anywhere, some area colleges are debating whether to arm their campus police officers. At Brandeis University in Waltham, the debate is over. Campus police...
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Edward Printer | 02/15/2008
A person who shot at least 17 people Thursday at Northern Illinois University's DeKalb campus outside Chicago has died, a law enforcement official tells CNN.
Edward Printer | 02/15/2008
A man opened fire with a shotgun and a handgun Thursday afternoon in a lecture hall at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, wounding at least 17 people before apparently killing himself, authorities said.
