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Wednesday, December 19, 2012  Nearly two dozen young men face hazing-related charges after a student was found dead following a night of drinking last month.

Monday, February 20, 2012 

Monday, October 25, 2010  DeKalb police are still working to identify human remains found in a park where a missing Northern Illinois University student was thought to be going.

Wednesday, May 06, 2009  13 students at Northern Illinois University fraternity house escape overnight fire.

Monday, February 25, 2008  The 10,000-seat Convocation Center at Northern Illinois University was filled to capacity Sunday night with people remembering the five students killed during a Valentine's Day shooting on campus.Early in the hour-long memorial service, a photo of each of the slain students was projected on screens around the arena as their names were read aloud.

Friday, February 15, 2008  Governor Rod Blagojevich says the shootings that left five Northern Illinois University students dead was "a terrible act of unthinkable horror."Blagojevich is at NIU Friday afternoon. He says he went to DeKalb to personally express his condolences to the community.

Wednesday, December 12, 2007  Northern Illinois University officials say things were calm on campus Tuesday as students returned for final exams.