February 14, 2008 Memorial

Items

• Miniature Football Helmet, T-Shirt, and Other Artifacts from NIU Athletics
  All of the following items were on display at the 2/14 Memorial Center in the Holmes Student Center: (1) Small, black football helmet with Huskies logos on both sides and two stickers on back, one of an American flag, the other reading "Forward Together Forward." Size: 4.75" wide by 4.75" tall by 6.5" deep. (2) White T-shirt with three huskie dogs on front reading in black and red, "Leaders of the Pack." Back of shirt reads, also in black and red, "Forward Together Forward" with two paw prints. Size: Small. (3) Yordon Center media pass with picture of Huskies football helmet being held up by player. Pass is attached to black strap for hanging around neck. Front reads, "YC: Yordon Center: September 20, 2008," with [Sycamores logo] VS. [Huskies logo]. Back has regulations for using pass. Size: 3" wide by 5.5" tall. (4) Yordon Center parking permit. Front reads "2008 Huskie Football Parking: Y: Yordon Center: Pass #: 0042" with a Huskie Athletic Scholarship Fund logo at bottom. Back has stadium layout and parking information. Size: 3.75" wide by 9.25" tall. (5) Red and white sign that was on display with the items at the 2/14 Memorial Center. Size: 3" tall by 7" wide.
• Posters from Connie, Kathleen, & Kimberly Brown, and Linda Westholder of Roscoe, Illinois
  Newspaper collage on canvas with various clippings from Rockford Register Star in the weeks following the shooting at NIU. Posters were on display in the 2/14 Memorial Center in the Holmes Student Center. Also included was a note from the creators to the NIU memorial in a black frame. Quantity: 3. Size: 16" wide by 20" tall by .75" thick.
• National media on campus
  Deborah Haliczer, Director of Employee Relations for NIU, tells husband Stephen Haliczer of her perception of the media's overwhelming presence on campus and how disturbing it was to have notoriety resulting from tragedy.
• The little things of the day
  Caitlin Mullen and Andrew Mitchell, journalists for the Northern Star (NIU campus newspaper), speak with Jim Killam, Northern Star Advisor about what they were doing when they found out about the shootings, how they reacted as journalists, and discuss they ways their lives were interrupted by the event.
• On being a student, a journalist, and emotional recovery
  Caitlin Mullen and Andrew Mitchell, journalists for the Northern Star (NIU campus newspaper), speak with Jim Killam, Northern Star Advisor about how they sorted through their mixed feelings about all the press coverage and national news attention the Northern Star received. They also discuss their recovery as journalists, which was aided by a Dart Center seminar.
• Reporting live from the scene
  Brian Adams, News Director for WDKB-FM (DeKalb, IL) describes being one of the first press people to the scene. He interviews two students and stresses the shock those inside the classroom had experienced.
• The first press conference after the shooting
  Melanie Magara, Assistant Vice President for Public Affairs speaks with Jennice O'Brien, NIU Web Site Manager, about her experience giving the first press conference on February 14, 2008.