Northern Illinois University spokesman Paul Palian ... So it's demolishing Douglas Hall, which was named for Abraham Lincoln political rival Stephen A. Douglas. "There was one thing standing ...

Eliminating Cole Hall at Northern Illinois University won't eliminate the memory ... the scene of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, had been demolished in order to cleanse our collective ...

DEKALB (WREX) — A local university renamed a residence hall complex Friday in honor of a historic campus figure. Northern Illinois University on Friday renamed the New Residence Hall complex in ...

DEKALB (WREX) — A Northern Illinois University student died in a residence hall building on Friday, according to university officials. The Northern Star, the student newspaper on campus ...

"It is a kind of a mark that NIU is moving forward," NIU spokesman Paul Palian said today. NIU Provost Ray Alden added that Cole Hall "now stands as testament to this university's resolve." On Feb ...