Northern Illinois University Debates Fate of Hall Where Gunman Killed 5

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. —  Yellow police tape and wooden barricades no longer block the entrance to Northern Illinois University's Cole Hall, but it remains empty nearly two months after a gunman killed five students and himself there.

With the painful memories still fresh at the university in DeKalb, students and faculty avoid the brick building.

But as the campus of 25,000 students continues to grapple with Steven Kazmierczak's Valentine's Day killings that also left 18 wounded, it is also struggling to decide on the fate of Cole Hall and how to memorialize the slain students.