One year ago, five students at Northern Illinois University were killed at Cole Hall, shocking both the student body and people across the nation.
Today, the university sponsored many activities for remembrance including a short service at the site a short distance east of Cole Hall that will become a permanent memorial in the future, featuring five large granite stones with the names of the slain and the individual words that are used in connection with the event "Forward, Together, Forward, Together, Forward", one word on each stone. Twenty trees will be planted around the site, plus there will be benches in front of the stones for reflection.
As of yet, nothing has been done with Cole Hall, which sits empty. Room 101, where the killings took place, will never be used again, but the other lecture hall will. I think part of Room 101 should be turned into a museum of the event with the signature papers and items left at the temporary grave markers set up by the student center.
Tonight, there will be a candlelight vigil held.
One can only wonder what the family of the killer are thinking on this day.
A Sad Remembrance.
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