Ribbons decorated
with red, white and blue will be distributed outside Welborn Hall
and the Post Office this Wednesday and Thursday to commemorate the
tragic events of 9-11, SGA Director of State and National Affairs
Paul A. Funderburk, said.
Funderburk is the SGA cabinet member in charge of implementing the
ribbon idea, a step down from last year’s activities, which
included ceremonies sposnored by SGA. There were a few reasons for
SGA choosing to do less this year, he said.
SGA is busy preparing for Homecoming and MTV filming the event,
Funderburk said.
Also student senate elections, which began Monday, are a top priority.
Funderburk said the low attendance at the ceremonies last year played
a role in deciding how to remember 9-11 this year.
“It [has been] two years since the event happened, and last
year, the turnout [for the commemoration] was…less than satisfying,”
Funderburk said. “This year’s ribbon idea is simple, and
something in which people will want to participate.”
“It is only natural to see a little bit of recession in activities,”
Faculty Senate chair Paul H. Gates said Friday. “I do not think
it is realistic to expect that big commemorations be held every
year.”
Gates said the Faculty Senate encourages faculty members to set
aside some time in class and have students “see where we are…and
how things have changed since we last commemorated [9-11].”
Funderburk looks at the commemoration as a time of transition.
“We can commemorate the event while at the same time allowing
people to try to move on as much as possible, without continually
reopening those old wounds,” Funderburk said.
“People should be changed all year long,” freshman exercise
science major Zachary W. Stutts said. “[9-11] is the type of
thing that is already cemented in people’s minds,” he
said. “I do not see a reason to do less…whether it happened
one year, five years, or 50 years ago,” Caleb G. Itterly, a
freshman from Kernersville, said.
Itterly said he believes that no more should be done, but that the
point is simply remembering what took place. |
