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The south tower of the World Trade Center explodes and later collapes
after a hijacked jetliner plows into its upper third section Sept.
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| Student cringes at double meaning
of birthday |
Hugh Kellenberger
Staff Writer
CRSA / Housing Beat |
Monica Geraci | The Appalachian |
9-11 will be a day of remembrance
for all Americans. Rebecca A. Johnson, a freshman elementary education
major from Statesville, will be celebrating her 18th birthday as
well.
Johnson was in her first period class, Computer
Applications, at West Iredell High School last year when the World
Trade Center towers and Pentagon were attacked.
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| Education funding hit hard, possible
link to 9-11 |
Chris Bohle
Senior Staff Writer
Business Affairs Beat
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The terrorist attacks
of 9-11 sent a shockwave through the American economy, hitting hardest
an institution where funding was already hard to come by—public
education.
Increasing tuition, swelling enrollment and a
continually shrinking budget have all become major issues at public
universities nationwide this year, with Appalachian State University
being no exception.
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| Student Government to host 9-11 Commemoration |
David Forbes
Staff Writer
SGA Beat |
Sophomore Andy Ball,
like many, remembers exactly where he was on 9-11.
“Just hearing from a friend, walking through the tunnel towards
west campus, I came back to the [Student Union],” said Ball.
“That’s the only place I knew to go, I didn’t want
to be alone during that time.”
“On the way to the union, I saw the prayer
circle, about four people,” continued Ball. “I joined
in, closed my eyes and looked down. When I looked up ten minutes
later [the circle] was across the whole mall. I’ll always remember
that part.”
This year Ball, the Director of State and National
Affairs for the Student Government
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| A look back at ASU’s response
to 9-11 |
Carrie Baker
Senior Staff Writer
Chancellor/ Student Development Beat |
As Appalachian State
University prepares to look back in remembrance on the one-year
anniversary of 9-11, faculty, staff and students undoubtedly are
calling to mind their personal memories of that now infamous date.
Walking back from class, turning on the television,
getting out of the shower, eating breakfast, heading to work, all
common place morning activities, were made memorable to members
of the Appalachian community the morning of 9-11.
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| Convocation speaker O’Brien:
Launch boldly into your own story |
Andy Ferguson
Staff Writer
Academic Affairs Beat |
Tim O’Brien urged
students to make up an ambitious and meaningful story for their
lives as he spoke to students, faculty and staff at Appalachian
State University’s 15th annual Fall Convocation Thursday.
“I urge you to launch boldly into your own
story,” said O’Brien.
O’Brien is the author of this year’s
summer reading program selection, “The Things They Carried.”
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| Annual Walk for Awareness sparks
debate from NOW |
April Klaassen
Staff Writer
Multicultural Beat |
The silent walk included
in the Annual Walk for Awareness activities was met with opposition
last Tuesday night, but some students and faculty said they still
feel the walk serves a purpose.
Members of the Appalachian State University National
Organization for Women (NOW) and the Boone area NOW protested the
walk because they believe the forced silence reinforces the pressure
women feel to keep quiet about being sexually assaulted, according
to a Sept. 3 press release.
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| Garcia shares ‘Open Your Eyes
to the Reality of Rape’ in Farthing |
Tyler Finnerty
Staff Writer
Police Beat |
Sabrina Garcia, the
Chapel Hill Police Department’s domestic violence and sexual
assault specialist, offered to take the audience on a journey to
give them a better understanding of the issue of sexual violence
during her presentation “Open Your Eyes to the Reality of Rape.”
“Tonight’s presentation is to get you
to think,” said Garcia, who spoke Wednesday night in Farthing
Auditorium.
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| Service organization vows to help
those affected by 9-11 |
Jana Nordstrand
Staff Writer
Clubs / Organizations Beat |
The events of 9-11
caused the Order of Black and Gold to waste no time with planning
where their services were needed next.
As the world watched their televisions in horror
and disbelief, this group quickly organized the year’s annual
spring project, planned for the dates during Spring Break. Last
March, a group of roughly 20 members set out for New York to aide
the victims of 9-11 along with Patients with AIDS (PWAs).
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