NIU Needs Answers

NIUFilter is a regular segment on this blog that attempts to sift through the reams of information one can acquire on the web surrounding this tragedy, so click away, the links are meant to enhance your knowledge.

As I write this a small college in Virginia is under lockdown after reports of a possible gunman on campus. While I hope this incident is the result of extreme vigilance on the part of the college officials, it does illustrate the increasing regularity of incidents like these.

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Now that I can recollect memory of the day of the shooting, one memory in particular pops out from earlier in the day. This memory has me pondering campus security.

Earlier in the day, I had a class in one of the lecture halls in the Art building. As with the lecture halls in Cole, the emergency exit door is located on the right side of the stage (from the point of view of the audience).

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