Northern Illinois University will build a garden near Cole Hall, with a curved peaceful walkway and five illuminated sections of cardinal red granite, as a permanent memorial to victims of the Feb. 14, 2008 shootings on campus. The plan for "Memorial...

Hundreds of people gathered Saturday evening in the Martin Luther King Commons to commemorate the one year anniversary with a candlelight vigil. After President John Peters opened the ceremony, one member from each organization the victims were involved...

This weekend, as the NIU student body remembered the lives lost in last year's tragedy, no event was more hands-on than the Memorial Mosaic held in the Holmes Student Center Regency Room. This was the goal of Jessica Moquin, associate vice president of...

Saturday morning, NIU President John Peters took the stage in the Convocation Center to a standing ovation. This past year, the NIU community has been focused on the theme "Forward, Together Forward." This upcoming year, Peters is asking the same community...

Grace Weidner, a sophomore from Gurnee, was in the Cole Hall auditorium when the Feb. 14 shootings took place. She had spoken with classmate Gayle Dubowski the day before. "We talked about what we wanted to do with our lives. I told her how I was undecided...

Hundreds of people gathered in the Martin Luther King Commons Saturday afternoon to honor the five victims of the Feb. 14, 2008 shootings. NIU President John Peters led a procession of people, including the victims' families, from the south door of the...

Scott Hudek believes character is defined by actions, not words. And his actions spoke loudly on Feb. 14, 2008. An Air Force veteran who was twice deployed to Iraq, Hudek, 29, is now a full-time NIU student who also works on campus in the university's...

"Healing is a matter of time," Hippocrates wrote, "but it is sometimes also a matter of opportunity." Northern Illinois University, I believe, is living proof of that piece of wisdom. This is a changed place, yes, but a stronger place. Our hearts were...

It was a markedly different ceremony from last year. Last year, close to 10,000 individuals packed into the Convocation Center to honor the five victims of the Feb. 14 shootings. It came to mark the time and place where NIU could say, "Forward, Together...

If communication is key to global peace and understanding, Deanna Bach is well on her way. The self-taught pianist composes songs to perform at local cafés and coffee shops, finding in music "an unexplainable power to speak truth to all of us in spite...

Five Northern Illinois University students with strong character, grand ambitions and intellectual curiosity are now recipients of the first-ever Forward, Together Forward scholarships. Deanna Bach, Jacqueline Do, Scott Hudek, Justin Kuryliw and Grace...

The routinely empty residence hall parking lots on weekends are proof of NIU's reputation as a "suitcase school." Due to its proximity to many large cities and towns, many students go home every weekend for work or other personal reasons. This weekend's...