By Michael and Andy
Should we get rid of a otherwise perfectly useful building while others nearby continue to be horrifically out of date?
Now, we know that the plan is to raze Cole Hall and build a new classroom building, Memorial Hall. This raises more questions than it provides answers. Come now, “just because we’re bereaved, doesn’t mean we’re saps.”
Here are a couple of outlets and resources for students still looking for support and understanding.
Tonight there will be a memorial sponsored by the business fraternity Pi Sigma Epsilon in the form of an hour of silence from 9 p.m. until 10 p.m.
The Christian group CRU on campus has created a memorial Web site called www.niutogetherforward.com dedicated to the victims and to helping people grieve. They are bringing in a guest speaker tonight from Virginia Tech from 7:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. in the Capitol Room in Holmes Student Center. Virginia Tech ‘07 Alumni Dan Newman will be speaking about hope and healing.
There have been several tribute videos made. They vary from professional quality to amateurs expressing themselves. The NTC made a decent one.
The student body at Virginia Tech has been incredible at giving NIU support. This uTube video from Virginia tech gave me goosebumps.
Its been good to see the student journalists here at NIU stepping up.
If the turnout for tonight’s memorial is anything like last week’s moment of silence. The scene will be overwhelming and inspirational.
I posted a link to this video the other day but no one clicked it; it was kind of lost in a sea of links. So, I will just post the video. It is short and is footage of Steven Kazmierczak graduating U.S. Army Basic Combat Training. This could be where his interest in guns began. Who knows? It does provide a glimpse of him before his descent into madness as well as confirmation that he did actually receive substantial training while in the military. From YouTube user Hearseman75