Students, staff remember Sept. 11
Chase Smith and Brian Washburn
Issue date: 9/10/08 Section: News
The seventh anniversary of Sept. 11 is this Thursday, and UA staff and students plan to memorialize the event on an individual level as a planned memorial service Thursday night was canceled because of weather concerns, professors and students said.
The UA College Republicans and Young Democrats had planned a memorial around the Peace Fountain Thursday night. However, according to a message from the Young Democrats, bleak weather conditions have forced both groups to cancel the event.
"It looks like there will be thunderstorms Thursday night, but there will be a table set up in the Union handing out ribbons that day, so people can come by and get one to wear," said Rachael Davis, president of College Republicans.
"Most students will memorialize the day on a more individual level," said Terrence Tucker, assistant professor of English. "They would much rather get with their friends and talk about what happened that day for them instead of being apart of an event.
"They will talk about where they were, what they were thinking, as well as if they knew some one who died, but I wouldn't expect to see anything on a large scale around campus that day," Tucker said.
"We shouldn't forget about what happened, but we shouldn't let it bring us down from doing what we need to do that day," sophomore Sally Harmon said.
Sept. 11 is this generation's JFK assassination or Martin Luther King Jr. assassination, Tucker said
"I will not be doing anything big that day, nothing fancy, just being with people I know talking about that day," graduate student Alex Hall said.
However, other students have decided to put personal differences aside to remember Sept. 11.
"The College Republicans and Young Democrats work really well together and there's a lot of motivation to remember that we are American," Davis said. "While we both want our country to succeed and certain things for our country, we just have different points of view on how to do this."
The UA College Republicans and Young Democrats had planned a memorial around the Peace Fountain Thursday night. However, according to a message from the Young Democrats, bleak weather conditions have forced both groups to cancel the event.
"It looks like there will be thunderstorms Thursday night, but there will be a table set up in the Union handing out ribbons that day, so people can come by and get one to wear," said Rachael Davis, president of College Republicans.
"Most students will memorialize the day on a more individual level," said Terrence Tucker, assistant professor of English. "They would much rather get with their friends and talk about what happened that day for them instead of being apart of an event.
"They will talk about where they were, what they were thinking, as well as if they knew some one who died, but I wouldn't expect to see anything on a large scale around campus that day," Tucker said.
"We shouldn't forget about what happened, but we shouldn't let it bring us down from doing what we need to do that day," sophomore Sally Harmon said.
Sept. 11 is this generation's JFK assassination or Martin Luther King Jr. assassination, Tucker said
"I will not be doing anything big that day, nothing fancy, just being with people I know talking about that day," graduate student Alex Hall said.
However, other students have decided to put personal differences aside to remember Sept. 11.
"The College Republicans and Young Democrats work really well together and there's a lot of motivation to remember that we are American," Davis said. "While we both want our country to succeed and certain things for our country, we just have different points of view on how to do this."
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