It's all over the news now, that on February 14, an otherwise well-liked 27-year-old man named Steven Kazmierczak walked onto the stage of an NIU lecture hall armed with four firearms including a 12-gauge shotgun. He opened fire on the students. The violence lasted a few minutes, but the killer ultimately ended five lives and wounded 16 other students before killing himself. Police recovered 48 brass shell casings and 6 shotgun shells.

DA is an international community, but some of us attend or are alumni of NIU. Others mourn the the lives lost to such a stupid, senseless, and shocking act of violence. As details emerge, it only gets worse. It seems the act was premeditated and carefully planned. It's only natural that DA members would post responses to the attack and tributes to the fallen. I decided to post some of them here.