Yesterday while under the influence of some kind of sudden yet saddened creativity, I composed something of a short eulogy for 
NIU gunman Steven Kazmierczak. Okay, I know, he doesn't probably deserve it. But, I believe that underneath all the hostility was a human being. Not knowing what pushed him over the edge and drove him to DeKalb and to Cole Hall with all that firepower makes us that much more curious to figure out what happened. I heard on the news a couple nights ago that no funeral services were scheduled for him. His body was removed to an Elk Grove Village funeral home, cremated, and that's pretty much the end of it.
I'm not hear to minimize what he did. He had no value for the lives he took, the NIU community, the families of those who were killed or injured, or for that matter, the rest of society. It was a senseless and tragic act and no one even marginally connected with the school or the student body, the victims, the survivors, is ever going to forget what happened on February 14. Nor am I hear to offer advice about what should have/could have/would have been done if we'd have known whatever or saw some obvious signs that something wasn't connecting with Steven. He was a human being. I'm like everyone else: I want to know what happened.
NIU gunman Steven Kazmierczak. Okay, I know, he doesn't probably deserve it. But, I believe that underneath all the hostility was a human being. Not knowing what pushed him over the edge and drove him to DeKalb and to Cole Hall with all that firepower makes us that much more curious to figure out what happened. I heard on the news a couple nights ago that no funeral services were scheduled for him. His body was removed to an Elk Grove Village funeral home, cremated, and that's pretty much the end of it. I'm not hear to minimize what he did. He had no value for the lives he took, the NIU community, the families of those who were killed or injured, or for that matter, the rest of society. It was a senseless and tragic act and no one even marginally connected with the school or the student body, the victims, the survivors, is ever going to forget what happened on February 14. Nor am I hear to offer advice about what should have/could have/would have been done if we'd have known whatever or saw some obvious signs that something wasn't connecting with Steven. He was a human being. I'm like everyone else: I want to know what happened.
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