Northern Illinois University

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Northern Illinois University
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]

Athletics[edit]

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]

• http://niuhuskies.cstv.com/ot/niu-visitor-guide.html

See also[edit]

• Virginia Tech shootings

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