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Updated Monday, March 17, 2008

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Students at Northern Illinois University gather for a campus vigil after a shooting spree at an auditorium left five people dead on Feb. 14. The school is now struggling to decide how to memorialize the shooting.
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Campuses struggle to 'consecrate' scenes of violence

Officials at Northern Illinois University (NIU) have spent the past month comforting students and consoling families in the aftermath of a gunman's Feb. 14 rampage that left five dead in an auditorium.

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Prominent Baptists sign climate change declaration

 ( Published Friday, March 14, 2008 )

Truett Home heralds special partnership

 ( Published Friday, March 14, 2008 )

Campbell breaks ground on first campus chapel

 ( Published Friday, March 14, 2008 )

Churches search for new spin on age-old Easter story

 ( Published Thursday, March 13, 2008 )
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