The Tragedy at Northern Illinois University

The U Sphere team sends out its thoughts and prayers to all of those in the Northern Illinois University family touched by the tragedy yesterday.

While we can't even begin to comprehend why something like this would happen, we do know this -- from having visited the NIU campus and known dozens of students there: it's a community, and a strong one at that.

BTW, the link above goes straight to the front of the NIU web page, where you can offer your own sympathies to the families of the victims.