NIU officials are stressing that now is a time to grieve. "We're advising students to remain calm and seek counseling and other support services that are being offered at various locations," said NIU president John Peters. "All of our personnel have spread...

A victim with a head wound sat outside Neptune while a University Police officer shouted, "He is NOT OK!" Jose Ruiz, brother of one victim stood by as University Police secured the area and stretched caution tape around the area near the victim. "Someone...

NIU has scheduled two public forums for students and staff to meet the finalists for the new dean of NIU Libraries. According to a Feb 13. NIU news release, the dean will be the chief administrative officer of University Libraries and manage 30 professional...

There are 17 victims at Kishwaukee Community Hospital as of 4:55 p.m. Three are critical. One victim with a head wound has been transferred and one is to be transferred. There is also another victim with a chest wound, while eight are in stable condition....

John Butler, former director of forensics in NIU's communication department, recently returned to NIU as a member of the Board of Trustees. With 13 years of direct involvement at NIU as a student, graduate student and faculty member, he feels his time...

Students will no longer be able to forward e-mail from their Z-ID e-mail accounts to other mail accounts. The policy change is a part of MyNIU, the new student information system being implemented for next year. Brent Gage, assistant vice provost of enrollment...

Kishwaukee Community Hospital will continue to update reports on the victims on its Web site, www.kishhospital.org. As of 5:40 p.m., 18 victims had been confirmed with four being critical. Out of the four, one is in the intensive care unit, one has been...

On Thursday afternoon NIU was attacked by a gunman who selfishly killed himself after reaping the kind of terror we could only have hoped we would never know. But now we do know that terror, and the pain and questions wrought from it are as perplexing...

Kishwaukee Hospital administrators spoke on shooting victims' status at a news conference Thursday night. The news conference took place about 7 p.m. at Kishwaukee Health Care Building, 2727 Sycamore Road. Kevin Poorten, president and CEO of Kishwaukee...

The governor has declared a state of emergency at NIU after Thursday's shootings at Cole Hall. Gov. Rod Blagojevich announced in a press release that the declaration will allow funds from the state's disaster relief fund to go to NIU. This money will...

Before the Cole Hall shooting, NIU already had an emergency plan in place. The plan was being developed before the Virginia Tech shooting and is constantly updated. The first NIU Emergency Guide was completed and distributed throughout the university...

Kishwaukee Community Hospital administrators spoke on shooting victims' status at a news conference Thursday. The conference was held around 7 p.m. at Kishwaukee Health Care Building, 2727 Sycamore Road. Kevin Poorten, president and CEO of Kishwaukee...