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2 Killed in Arkansas
Campus Shooting

One wounded outside dorm

CNN CNN Oct 27, 08 5:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - Two students were killed and one wounded in gunfire outside a dorm at the University of Central Arkansas last night, CNN reports. One person has been detained in the shooting, but no arrests have been made. “At this time we do have some pretty good leads,” police said. One student died outside the dorm; another, an 18-year-old male, died in the hospital. More »

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Students Aren't Signing Up for Text Alert Systems

Sense of invincibility, fear of revealing personal data to blame

Associated Press Associated Press Feb 28, 08 6:15 PM CST
(Newser) - Campus shootings keep making headlines, and schools are increasingly adopting text message alert systems as a response—but students aren't jumping on the bandwagon, the AP reports. Experts chalk up low enrollment rates to students' sense of invincibility, unwillingness to reveal personal information and the cost of receiving texts. "It will take time to earn their trust," said one spokesman. More »

Game Nudges NIU Toward
Normalcy After Shootings

Basketball team hopes playing helps ease pain of tragic shooting

Associated Press Associated Press Feb 27, 08 2:45 AM CST
(Newser) - Western Michigan needed to beat Northern Illinois last night to keep its hopes alive for the Mid-America Conference championship, but the game itself was much more important for the Huskies and their fans, reports the Associated Press. Western Michigan won the contest 56-49, the first athletic event on the NIU campus since a gunman killed five students and himself on campus earlier this month. More »

More about:  NCAA basketball • NCAA • gunman • Northern Illinois University • campus shooting • Mid-American Conference

Questions Linger as NIU Classes Resume

School struggles with how to pick up pieces in wake of tragedy

Chicago Tribune Chicago Tribune Feb 25, 08 9:15 AM CST
(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. More »

More about:  school shooting • professor • Northern Illinois University • Steven Kazmierczak • campus shooting

Police Can't Find Motive in NIU Shooting

Gunman covered tracks, pulling hard drive and phone card

Chicago Tribune Chicago Tribune Feb 20, 08 8:53 AM CST
(Newser) - The student who killed five at Northern Illinois University last week took pains to stump investigators ahead of time, police say. Steven Kazmierczak pulled his computer’s hard drive and his phone’s SIM card; he also revealed little in a package to his former girlfriend. "The one thing I want to know is motive," NIU Police Chief Donald Grady said today. But he couldn't "even begin to assume a motive yet." More »

More about:  Northern Illinois University • Steven Kazmierczak • campus shooting • motive • Jessica Baty

Lover Airs NIU Shooter's Letter

'Don't forget me,' killer told girlfriend in final love letter

CNN CNN Feb 18, 08 6:48 AM CST
(Newser) - The girlfriend of the gunman who murdered five students at Northern Illinois University Thursday talked to him every day last week, including the night before the shooting spree, and detected nothing amiss. "He wasn't erratic. He wasn't delusional. He was Steve; he was normal," Jessica Baty, 28, told CNN. Steven Kazmierczak, who killed himself after the carnage, sent her parting gifts and a love letter that read: "You've done so much for me, and I truly do love you. Don't forget about me!" More »

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