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==Athletics== | ==Athletics== | ||
[[Image:NorthernIllinois.gif|left|100px|thumb|Logo]] | [[Image:NorthernIllinois.gif|left|100px|thumb|Logo]] | ||
| − | NIU's football team has won 2 bowl games (while losing 1).<ref>http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/mac/northern_illinois/bowl_history.php</ref> | + | NIU's football team has won 2 bowl games (while losing 1).<ref>http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/mac/northern_illinois/bowl_history.php</ref> Notably, they upset [[University of Notre Dame]] during the 2024 season. |
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==2008 Shootings== | ==2008 Shootings== | ||
| − | On February 14, 2008, Stephen Kazmierczak, armed with a shot gun, opened fire in a lecture theatre.<ref name="BBC">http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7246003.stm</ref> He killed five (four females and one male) and injured 16, before [[suicide|taking his life]].<ref name="washpost"> | + | On February 14, 2008, Stephen Kazmierczak, armed with a shot gun, opened fire in a lecture theatre.<ref name="BBC">http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7246003.stm</ref> He killed five (four females and one male) and injured 16, before [[suicide|taking his life]].<ref name="washpost">https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/14/AR2008021402647.html?hpid=topnews</ref> Kazmierczak, a former graduate student, offered no motive.<ref name="washpost"/> It was the fourth shooting at a US education establishment within a week,<ref name="BBC"/> 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).<ref name="washpost"/> |
| − | == | + | ==References== |
| + | *http://niuhuskies.cstv.com/ot/niu-visitor-guide.html | ||
{{reflist}} | {{reflist}} | ||
| − | + | ==See also== | |
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*[[Virginia Tech shootings]] | *[[Virginia Tech shootings]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 03:24, February 17, 2025
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| 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
NIU's football team has won 2 bowl games (while losing 1).[4] Notably, they upset University of Notre Dame during the 2024 season.
2008 Shootings
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
- ↑ http://niuhuskies.cstv.com/tickets/niu-tickets.html
- ↑ http://www.niu.edu/about/fastfacts.shtml
- ↑ http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/brief/t4natudoc_brief.php
- ↑ http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/mac/northern_illinois/bowl_history.php
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7246003.stm
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/14/AR2008021402647.html?hpid=topnews