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Questions Linger as NIU Classes Resume

Posted Feb 25, 08 9:15 AM CST in US 

(Newser) – As Northern Illinois University resumes classes today, the prevailing feeling is uncertainty. One professor will leave it up to her class whether to stick to the syllabus or talk about the Valentine's Day shooting that left five students dead. Others question whether the semester's grading standards should change and wonder what will become of the scene of the tragedy, reports the Chicago Tribune.

"It would be weird for people to be dancing like crazy and drinking like crazy and have a typical party," one freshman said. Athletes will don uniforms with a memorial logo, and some professors have pushed assignment due dates back. But simply returning to a normal routine might be preferable for many. "Schoolwork sounds good, honestly," said one of the students who witnessed the attack.

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Five flower arraignments, foreground, represent the five Northern Illinois University students who were killed on Valentine's Day, during a memorial service at the De Kalb, Ill., campus Sunday, Feb. 24,...   (Associated Press)
Family members of the five Northern Illinois University students who were killed on Valentine's Day pray during a memorial service at the DeKalb, Ill., campus Sunday, Feb. 24, 2008. (AP Photo/Charles...   (Associated Press)
Presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill.,meets with family members of the five Northern Illinois University students on Sunday, Feb. 24, 2008 who were killed on Feb. 14 during after a memorial service...   (Associated Press)
A memorial to the five students who were killed during the Valentines Day shooting at Northern Illinois University grows on the side of a hill in De Kalb, Ill., Saturday, Feb. 23, 2008. (AP Photo/Charles...   (Associated Press)
Fives hearts for the five students who were killed during the Valentines Day shooting at Northern Illinois University hang over a memorial to them as Addie Meiser of Sycamore, Ill., pays her respects...   (Associated Press)
Two roses sit in the snow in front of Cole Hall on the campus of Northern Illinois University in DeKalb on Friday, Feb. 15, 2008. The school will not be using Cole Hall for at least the rest of the...   (Associated Press)
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