Springfield, Ill.
Plans to demolish the building where a gunman killed five Northern Illinois University students have been scrapped after the university community overwhelmingly opposed it, the school's president said Tuesday.It was also apparent, however, that the community does not want Cole Hall to continue unaltered as an instructional facility, President John G. Peters said.
Officials collected thousands of opinions on Cole Hall's future through e-mail, open forums and meetings.
The building has remained empty since Valentine's Day, when gunman Steven Kazmierczak burst into a lecture hall and killed five students before turning the gun on himself.
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