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'''Northern Illinois University''' (or NIU) is a [[Illinois]] [[public school|public]] [[university]] founded in 1895.<ref>http://www.niu.edu/about/fastfacts.shtml</ref> The school is located in DeKalb, Illinois. It was ranked a fourth-tier school in USNews' 2008 | '''Northern Illinois University''' (or NIU) is a [[Illinois]] [[public school|public]] [[university]] founded in 1895.<ref>http://www.niu.edu/about/fastfacts.shtml</ref> The school is located in DeKalb, Illinois. It was ranked a fourth-tier school in USNews' 2008 | ||
"National Universities: Tier 4" list.<ref>http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/brief/t4natudoc_brief.php</ref> | "National Universities: Tier 4" list.<ref>http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/brief/t4natudoc_brief.php</ref> | ||
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==Athletics== | ==Athletics== | ||
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> | ||
Revision as of 19:31, February 16, 2008
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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 USNews' 2008 "National Universities: Tier 4" list.[3]
Athletics
NIU's football team has won 2 bowl games (while losing 1).[4]
2008 Shootings
- Note: This section documents a current event - and is subject to change quickly.
On February 14, 2008, a "white male armed with a handgun and a shotgun" opened fire in a lecture theatre.[5] The gunman killed five (four females and one male) and injured twelve before taking his life.[6]The gunman, 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]
Notes
- ↑ 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 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/14/AR2008021402647.html?hpid=topnews
