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Rob Winner – rwinner@shawmedia.com<br /> <br /> Northern Illinois University graduates begin entering the Convocation Center in DeKalb as commencement begins on Saturday afternoon.<br /> <br /> Saturday, Dec. 15, 2012
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Rob Winner – rwinner@shawmedia.com

Northern Illinois University graduates begin entering the Convocation Center in DeKalb as commencement begins on Saturday afternoon.

Saturday, Dec. 15, 2012

  • Kyle Bursaw – kbursaw@shawmedia.com<br /> <br /> Northern Illinois running back Akeem Daniels looks on at practice, which he was not dressed for the DeKalb Recreation Center on Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2012.
  • Rob Winner – rwinner@shawmedia.com<br /> <br /> Kirkland police officers including Alton E. Parker, Jr. (from left to right), Nevres Gibic, and Edward Muchala participate in a Rapid Response training drill at Hiawatha Elementary School in Kirkland, Ill., Saturday, Dec. 15, 2012. Eight members of the Kirkland Police Department participated in the drills which began at 8 a.m. and concluded at 4 p.m. Training instructor Joe Drought, Chief at the Rock Valley College Police Department, said the one-day course is designed to "teach officers to make an immediate response to an active shooter or ongoing threats to human life."
  • Rob Winner – rwinner@shawmedia.com<br /> <br /> Rapid Response instructors Todd Houde (left) and Joe Drought (right) help train Stan Smith, Chief of the Kirkland Police Department, during a drill at Hiawatha Elementary School in Kirkland, Ill., Saturday, Dec. 15, 2012. Eight members of the Kirkland Police Department participated in the drills which began at 8 a.m. and concluded at 4 p.m. Drought, Chief at the Rock Valley College Police Department, said the one-day course is designed to "teach officers to make an immediate response to an active shooter or ongoing threats to human life."
  • Nick Andreas poses with the Christmas light display he set up in the backyard of his DeKalb home. The lights are programmed to shine on and off to popular and holiday music that plays over a small radio transmitter Andreas has.
  • Rob Winner – rwinner@shawmedia.com<br /> <br /> Kirkland police officers including Sgt. Paul Lindstrom (from left to right), Alton E. Parker, Jr., Travis Coburn, and Tony Miller maneuver around the corner of a hallway while participating in a Rapid Response training drill at Hiawatha Elementary School in Kirkland, Ill., Saturday, Dec. 15, 2012. Eight members of the Kirkland Police Department participated in the drills which began at 8 a.m. and concluded at 4 p.m. Training instructor Joe Drought, Chief at the Rock Valley College Police Department, said the one-day course is designed to "teach officers to make an immediate response to an active shooter or ongoing threats to human life." <br /> <br /> ***Coburn has his back turned.***
  • Rob Winner – rwinner@shawmedia.com<br /> <br /> Master of Science graduate Tricia Fremouw tries to keep dry before entering the Convocation Center in DeKalb for Saturday's Northern Illinois University commencement ceremony.<br /> <br /> Saturday, Dec. 15, 2012
  • Rob Winner – rwinner@shawmedia.com<br /> <br /> (From left to right) Lucinda Page helps her husband, Adam Page, with his cap as Katie Frawley holds a cap for Mike Dailly as he fixes his tie before the start of the Northern Illinois University graduate school commencement ceremony at the Convocation Center in DeKalb, Ill., Dec. 15, 2012.
  • Rob Winner – rwinner@shawmedia.com<br /> <br /> Northern Illinois University alumni Jenny Jakob (right) helps her fiancé, Neil Wright, with his cap inside the Convocation Center in DeKalb before Saturday's commencement ceremony.<br /> <br /> Saturday, Dec. 15, 2012
  • Rob Winner – rwinner@shawmedia.com<br /> <br /> Jessica Harris (right) reacts after receiving a gift of lip balm from Karen Ruhl before Saturday's graduate school commencement ceremony inside the Convocation Center at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb.<br /> <br /> Saturday, Dec. 15, 2012
  • Rob Winner – rwinner@shawmedia.com<br /> <br /> Northern Illinois University graduates begin entering the Convocation Center in DeKalb as commencement begins on Saturday afternoon.<br /> <br /> Saturday, Dec. 15, 2012
  • Rob Winner – rwinner@shawmedia.com<br /> <br /> Margaret Abellera smiles while lining up before Saturday's graduate school commencement ceremony inside the Convocation Center at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb.<br /> <br /> Saturday, Dec. 15, 2012
  • Rob Winner – rwinner@shawmedia.com<br /> <br /> A graduate waves to the crowd as the Northern Illinois University graduate school commencement ceremony begins inside the Convocation Center in DeKalb, Ill, Saturday, Dec. 15, 2012.
  • Kyle Bursaw – kbursaw@shawmedia.com<br /> <br /> 1020 W. Hillcrest, pictured on Monday, Dec. 17, 2012, former home to the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity where NIU freshman David Bogenberger died in DeKalb, Ill. in early November.
  • Kyle Bursaw – kbursaw@shawmedia.com<br /> <br /> A sign on the side of 1020 W. Hillcrest used to read 'PIKES' but all the labels of the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity have been taken down from the building where NIU freshman David Bogenberger died in DeKalb, Ill. in early November, pictured on Monday, Dec. 17, 2012,
  • Kyle Bursaw – kbursaw@shawmedia.com<br /> <br /> 1020 W. Hillcrest, pictured on Monday, Dec. 17, 2012, former home to the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity where NIU freshman David Bogenberger died in DeKalb, Ill. in early November.
  • Kyle Bursaw – kbursaw@shawmedia.com<br /> <br /> Kalie Kuhl lights one of 27 luminarias, one to represent each of the victims in Newton, Conn., on the sidewalk outside her home in the Reston Ponds neighborhood in Sycamore, Ill on Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012. Kuhl and another neighbor, Kristin Miller, helped get the word out and distribute supplies for others in the neighborhood to also light luminaries, she estimates about 30 of the neighborhoods homes took part.
  • Kyle Bursaw – kbursaw@shawmedia.com<br /> <br /> TAILS staffer Brittany Hugelen walks a dog past one of the trees decorated with holiday lights Monday evening.<br /> <br /> Monday, Dec. 17, 2012.
  • Kyle Bursaw – kbursaw@shawmedia.com<br /> <br /> Bill Welch, an NIU alum, browses Huskies MAC championship gear at the University's bookstore in the Holmes Student Center on Thursday, Dec. 13, 2012.
  • Kyle Bursaw – kbursaw@shawmedia.com<br /> <br /> Shataja Johnson, of DeKalb, browses a table of toys to find one for her six-year-old daughter during the Salvation Army's toy and clothing distribution on Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012.
  • Kyle Bursaw – kbursaw@shawmedia.com<br /> <br /> Salvation Army bell ringer Dora Virginia May Utter Rodriguez draws attention to the donation kettle while wishing shoppers a Merry Christmas outside Walmart on Thursday, Dec. 13, 2012.
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