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NIU To Demolish Cole Hall

By Margaret Lyons in News on Feb 27, 2008 6:22PM

2008_2_27.niu.gifGovernor Blagojevich will announce at a news conference this afternoon that NIU is going to demolish Cole Hall, the building where the February 14th deadly shooting spree took place.

Cole Hall will be closed for the rest of the semester and will be knocked down this spring, with construction on the new Memorial Hall to be completed by the 2010 school year. [Northern Star, Trib]