Northern Illinois University

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Northern Illinois University
Niuseal.gif
City: DeKalb, Illinois
Type: Public
Sports: baseball, basketball, football, golf, gymnastics, soccer, tennis, track[1]
Colors: cardinal, black
Mascot: Huskies
Website: http://www.niu.edu/index.shtml

Northern Illinois University (or NIU) is a Illinois public university founded in 1895.[2] The school is located in DeKalb, Illinois. It was ranked a fourth-tier school in US News's 2008 "National Universities: Tier 4" list.[3]

Contents

  • 1 Athletics
  • 2 2008 Shootings
  • 3 References
  • 4 See also

Athletics[edit]

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NIU's football team has won 2 bowl games (while losing 1).[4]

2008 Shootings[edit]

On February 14, 2008, Stephen Kazmierczak, armed with a shot gun, opened fire in a lecture theatre.[5] He killed five (four females and one male) and injured 16, before taking his life.[6] Kazmierczak, a former graduate student, offered no motive.[6] It was the fourth shooting at a US education establishment within a week,[5] and the second time NIU had faced violence in two months (when a student left racial attacks and references to the Virginia Tech shootings on a bathroom wall).[6]

References[edit]

  1. http://niuhuskies.cstv.com/tickets/niu-tickets.html
  2. http://www.niu.edu/about/fastfacts.shtml
  3. http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/brief/t4natudoc_brief.php
  4. http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/mac/northern_illinois/bowl_history.php
  5. 5.0 5.1 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7246003.stm
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/14/AR2008021402647.html?hpid=topnews

See also[edit]



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