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NIU Memorial Service

NIU President John G. Peters
NIU President John G. Peters

By Susan Stephens

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DeKalb, IL – There's a welcome sight on the campus of Northern Illinois University: students carrying books and rushing off to class. It's the first day of classes since February 14th, the day five students were killed in a lecture hall at NIU. Sunday, the university hosted a memorial service that was not only to honor the victims of the shooting, but to help the comunity move on. WNIJ's Susan Stephens reports: