CHICAGO - A gunman opened fire with a shotgun and a handgun Thursday afternoon in a lecture hall at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, killing people before shooting himself to death, authorities said.

NIU Police Chief Donald Grady said four victims had died.

At least 17 gunshot victims were taken to Kishwaukee Community Hospital in DeKalb, according to spokeswoman Theresa Komitis.

At TCU, senior advertising/public relations major Amanda Torres, one of 56 students from Illinois, said she lives just 20 minutes from Dekalb in Wheaton, Ill.

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The TCU women's basketball team will take on the 2007 Mountain West Conference champions, the University of New Mexico Lobos, on Sunday.

Currently the Lady Frogs find themselves in a five-game winning streak after beating the Wyoming Cowgirls on Wednesday, 73-59.

UNM is also coming off a win Wednesday, defeating the San Diego State University Aztecs 63-54.

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A young team featuring 13 freshmen has not held the equestrian team back this season. The team is 7-0 in the Western division, with wins against Baylor and Stephen F. Austin.

Equestrian head coach Gary Reynolds said this year has been a big stepping stone for his team in gaining experience.

The two goals for the women's tennis team this weekend are to upset the Texas A&M Aggies and get revenge on a loss from last season.

The No. 36 Horned Frogs will be taking on the No. 28-ranked Aggies, who defeated the Horned Frogs in the first round of last year's NCAA Tournament.

After winter break, students usually pack up their presents and head back to school, expecting to see friends and share stories.

When sophomore Sarah Bourland came back to school, she carried with her a $100,000 lawsuit from the Recording Industry Association of America for downloading 133 songs - songs that she said were downloaded before she came to TCU.

Bourland, an early childhood education major, said she was scared when she first received her pre-litigation letter, because she didn't have a file-sharing program on her computer.

Most residence hall kitchens will be disappearing soon, administrators said.

That means undergraduate students outside of the Tom Brown-Pete Wright apartments won't have access to a kitchen. Even shared kitchens in residence halls are on the way out, said Craig Allen, director of Residential Services.

Allen said the move away from residence hall kitchens is in response to safety concerns.

There are certainly legitimate safety concerns present, but the repercussions of this move are significant for on-campus residents.