As much as I sometimes feel that constant yearly reminders of public tragedies can be hackneyed, I’ve been thinking about the NIU shooting quite a bit over the weekend. It was a tragedy that hit close to home for Illini, and it seems almost everyone knows someone at NIU, and many know those who were in the room with the shooter (myself included).
I have always felt that NIU President, John Peters’ “Forward, together forward,” remark was an amazingly simple, beautiful, and truthful observation about life after tragedy. One year later: Forward, together forward.
