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“I wish I could tell you that there was a panacea for this kind of thing, but you've noticed there's been multiple shootings all over this country within the last six months”

Northern Illinois University announced that a sixth student has died from Thursday's campus shooting, bringing the total to seven, including the gunman. via Suburban Chicago News

“I didn't sense there was a big move by the police to get people out of the area.”

About a half dozen students were in the offices of Northern Illinois University's newspaper when the unthinkable was spoken over the police scanner. via Suburban Chicago News

Earlier, a coroner had said six students were killed. But he now says that number is five -- and that the higher number was the result of confusion over a patient who'd been taken to another county for ... via WHBF-TV Rock Island

“We have no idea what the motive was”

Authorities are piecing together a vague profile of the Northern Illinois University gunman who shot several people, killing six, in a lecture hall before taking his own life Thursday afternoon. via The Highland Park News

“The students are pretty freaked out”

A gunman opened fire in a lecture hall at Northern Illinois University on Thursday, injuring as many as 15 people, authorities said. via Journal Star

BREAKING NEWS: SHOOTING on Northern Illinois University Campus Illinois authorities say as many as 15 people have been wounded in a shooting at a lecture hall at Northern Illinois University. via KWWL-TV Waterloo

"Developing Positive Relationships, Freeing the Human Spirit," a discussion and lecture put on by B.R.O.T.H.E.R.S., S.I.S.T.E.R.S. and Sigma Gamma Rho, will take place at 7 p.m. today in the Stevenson Towers ... via Northern Star

Campus Climate Survey opens today The Campus Climate Survey will open to all students beginning today. via Northern Star

The NIU Women's Resource Center is hosting its first "Selfless Saturday" this semester. via Northern Star

“I have witnessed incredible gains this year, both academically and behaviorally for Rodney”

Name: Rodney Scott Kiefer. School: McHenry High School East Campus. Grade: Junior. via Northwest Herald

“It is remarkably true to what it looks like on a piece of paper”

Graduate poetry major Thomas Mowe reads his work at the 'Word 3: Type + Image' exhibit in the Hokin Annex in the Wabash Campus Building, 623 S. Wabash Ave on Jan. via Columbia Chronicle

“Josh Anderson is an exceptional young man”

Name: Joshua Anderson. School: McHenry High School East Campus. Grade: Senior. Age: 17. via Northwest Herald

“It is extremely rare to have these experts spend two days on choosing the artists”

Artists push the printmaking boundaries in new exhibit Courtesy Michelle Levy Andrew Raftery's piece, 'Hercules Reposing After Slaying the Lernean Hydra,' is on display at the International Print Center New ... via Columbia Chronicle

“This is our only fundraiser, and 100 percent of all dollars raised goes directly to pay utility bills. All money raised here in Livingston County stays here.”

Recent temperatures far below freezing have meant plenty of requests for heating assistance from Livingston County's working poor, according to the deputy director of the Oakland Livingston Human Service ... via LivingstonDaily

ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA SORORITY INC. will host an AKAtude Community Service event at Clinton Rosette Middle School from 11:15 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. For more information, contact Timeca Jefferson at ... via Northern Star

Oak Leaves and Forest Leaves welcome items for Dates & Deadlines as well as for columns including Anniversaries, Engagements, Weddings, Business Briefs, Campus News, Community Briefs, Hello World and School ... via Sun-Times News Group

A new program offered by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources can help qualified landowners to reduce their property taxes while providing natural resource habitats. via De Kalb Midweek

NIU will host an open house for prospective students Friday, Nov. 9, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Holmes Student Center Admissions, faculty, academic programs, student services and financial aid will all have ... via Northern Star

“It does have a feeling of something being lost and [there is] something meditative going on in [the Hokin Annex]. There is a nice vibe in there.”

Double helpings of student art in Wabash Campus Building's two new exhibits Students have the option of drawing their own pictures on a wall and possibly having their work be a part of 'Sketchy 6,' which runs ... via Columbia Chronicle

NIU ART MUSEUM will host "Hot Rocks and Cool Blocks" from 5 to 5:30 p.m. in Altgeld Hall. via Northern Star