One Week Later At Northern Illinois

A week after a gunman killed five Northern Illinois University students and then himself, thousands gathered in the same commons on campus to commemorate the dead, support each other and the community, and listen to the university president speak, the Northern Star reports.

"It has been just one week, just one week since we lost five vibrant people," he said. "Some have suffered physically, we all have suffered mentally.... Know where we stand now will always be hallowed ground. We will turn that spot into a vibrant place of learning."