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Shooting at NIU
5 dead at Northern Illinois University
A former graduate student armed with a shotgun and two handguns opened fire Thursday afternoon in a lecture hall at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, killing five students and wounding 16 others before shooting himself to death, authorities said. Full Story


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Holding the line on tuition?
State board considers limiting increases in tuition to 2 percent for colleges and 3 percent for the universities.
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Robert Strandquist
Meet Robert Strandquist
There is a new member in NCC’s English Department who comes with over 35 years of teaching experience.
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Newspaper honored
The Lions’ Roar was awarded twice at the Minnesota Newspaper Association College Better Newspaper Contest, which took place on Jan. 25.
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True Grimes
Southern hospitality?
A showdown in a student computer lab prompts columnist True Grimes to muse about manners.
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Longtime NCC instructor retires
For the past 38 years he has been devoted to English and teaching at NCC, but at the end of the 2007 fall semester Ray Anschel retired.
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Ray Anschel
Ray Anschel leads a class discussion during Fall Semester 2007.
     

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Last updated March 5, 2008