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Cranes anc machinery rack. orne distance s of suitcases ^ 'r!ed at track • >• People sat b\ relatives. 109 • Issue 9 • IS pages www.thebatt.coni Thursday, September 12, 2002 Mat ion remembers Sept. 11 attacks a year later eremonies held at Academic Plaza and George Bush Presidential Library to honor the victims [By Jessi Watkins THE BATTALION >ntie! entifv aw aited corpsei At 5:30 p.m. on Sept. 11, as Ibritton Tower played patriotic usk , students gathered in the ^Bemic Plaza for a special flag r—jren i ny by the Corps of Cadets. y m®ic ceremony began with a NEW; erfcrmance of the national ' ithem from the Singing INDIA Sts. ^■udent Body President Zac lush mourns 'ear of sorrow, ~'0ws victory Hew YORK (AP) — With /ords of comfort and resolve, resident Bush joined the nation fednesday in remembering “a 'earbf sorrow, of empty places” ince the terrorist attacks that Hied thousands and drew cmenca into war. He vowed ictory over “history's latest ang of fanatics.” In a nationally televised dress. Bush said, “We will not lent until justice is done and iur nation is secured. What our ■ nennes have begun, we will inish .n. Moil The Statue of Liberty and a .hi]11\ brever-altered skyline were at 1 tis back as the president spoke I i ’ n ^ rom Ellis Island, the first stop 1 1 or millions of immigrants and a n0 f*ymbol of American tolerance II md independence. “Now and in L [ fhe future, Americans will live r '' ! is free people, not in fear, and lever at the mercy of any for eign plot or power,” Bush said. This nation has defeated yrants, liberated death camps v md raised this lamp of liberty to ' very captive land,” Bush said. We have no intention of ignor- D ng or appeasing history’s latest j»ang of fanatics trying to mur der their way to power. They are liscovering, as others before hem, the resolve of a great emocracy.” The emotional return to New fork was his final stop in a day- ong tour of the three sites caned by terrorism — a rebuilt tnd now unblemished Pentagon, i field of golden grass in ’ennsylvania and the dusty, even-story-deep hole where the rade center towers once soared. tin the ruins of two towers, inqer a flag unfurled at the ’entagon, at the funerals of the ost. we have made a sacred )romise, to ourselves and to See Bush on page 9A D. of Coventry called Wednesday "a day to remember the lives lost and the heroes that emerged on Sept. 11, 2001.” Coventry spoke about the events of last year and how the campus pulled together for Red, White and Blue Out. “I have every confidence that we shall continue to stand together as Aggies, as Americans and as human beings ” Coventry said. MSC President, Barry Hammond, said Wednesday that the sense of family he witnessed with the 1999 Aggie Bonfire Collapse surfaced again on Sept. 1 1. “At a significant time in his tory like this I am so proud to attend Texas A&M, because we exemplify everything that has allowed us to survive this last year,” Hammond said. Molina Warty, president of the International Student Association, reminded listeners that the tragedy of Sept. 11 was not only felt by U.S citizens “As a world we are intercon nected, hence what you feel I feel, and so does the rest of the world,” Warty said. Warty said it was touching that A&M came together to share the grief of the nation and protect the international students from unnecessary obscenities. After the Corps performed a traditional flag-lowering cere mony, speakers and students marched from the Academic Plaza down West Main around Albritton Tower and onto Simpson Field. Students chatted as they marched and the atmos phere was neither solemn nor heavy. Instead, students seemed to enjoy one another’s company on a day when they were reminded that life is uncertain. Ashley Marshall, a freshman business major, attended the flag ceremony and the Unity March on Wednesday evening. JP BEATO III • THE BATTALION Bryan Fire Department paramedic Cory Matthewes observes a moment of silence Wednesday morning in front of the George Bush Presidential Library where a ceremony was held to honor Sept. 11 (top). Retired veteran Bill Farnsworth from College Station holds an American flag before the start of the September 11 Honor America Memorial Ride at the Russ Welch Harley RANDAL FORD • THE BATTALION Davidson store in College Station (above left). Sophomore ento mology major Stephen Bahr and freshman architecture major Marcus Gibbons draw stars and write messages on a car that belongs to the Texas A&M Sports Car Club. Students paid a dollar to write on the car and all proceeds raised will go to the September 11 fund (above right). “As a freshman, just being here, it makes me realize how much we are a family and just feeling that bond,” Marshall said. Marshall said she was not worried about another terrorist attack on the anniversary of last year’s attacks. “Some people were, but I wasn’t. I felt that our country was safe for now,” Marshall said. See Aggies on page 2 Aggies design monument for Sept. 11, WWII By Sarah Walch THE BATTALION A monument designed by Texas A&M students and dedi cated to the memory of the Sept. 11 attacks on America and the World War II bombings of a small town in Italy stands in Castiglion Fiorentino, a rural town in the Italian countryside. An exhibit showcasing a smaller model of the 12-foot monument “Memory” will be on display in the Langford Architecture Center atrium today. “Memory” was designed by senior environmental design majors Whitney Skinner, Lisa Andel and Virginia Stemat dur ing their semester in Italy during this spring. The statue was dedicated June 2 in Castiglion Fiorentino, the site of the College of Architecture's study abroad pro gram at the Santa Chiara Study Center. The mayor of Castiglion Fiorentino, Paolo Brandi, approached Paolo Barucchieri, visiting professor of architecture and director of the Santa Chiara Study Center, with the idea for the project in February. Initially, the students worked on the abstract aspect of the project individually, then divid ed into three different groups and submitted the designs for a competition in mid-April, Skinner said. After winning the competition, Skinner, Andel and Sternal stayed in Italy until the statue’s dedication in June, two weeks after the semester con cluded. The three were on hand for a reception at the exhibit on Wednesday afternoon. “Castiglion Fiorentino was See Monument on page 2 A A Northside volleyball court to be replaced By Lauren Bauml THE BATTALION . Growing student worries of lost unity among Northside resi- Jents may be eased by the replacement of a Keathley Beach vol leyball court later this fall. ^Construction of a yellow lot located at the corner of Old Main Dr. ind Wellborn Rd. has left many Northside residents frustrated at ooth the loss of a common area and the destruction of a sand vol leyball court. Residence Life officials, however, said the volleyball :ourt would be replaced once the lot is finished. |||“Ifs all about unity, and as the administration takes away our volleyball courts and grass to play on, we lose the chance to hold events together as a dorm,” said Ram Lopez, a junior rangeland oology major. The lot, still under construction, is scheduled to be complete by 1 end of September. |“Adding an additional yellow lot to Northside leaves us students ith no benefits, and then to top it otf, they take oui volleyball ourts,” said Jedd Raney, a sophomore biochemical engineering and jenetics major. “We need additional student paiking, not additional faculty lots.” I The construction of the yellow lot serves as a piecuisoi to a new combination residence hall and Residence Lj!e <uid Student Services Building soon to be located on Northside.confusing Once the new dorm is constructed, the lot will be turned into a red lot for student access. )UR$ See Court on page 9A Search for A&M provost, VP begins By Lauren Smith THE BATTALION A 16-member committee of deans, facul ty, administrators and students will have its first meeting today to discuss a plan of action for the nationwide search for the University’s next provost and executive vice president. The committee is headed by Herbert Richardson, director of the Texas Sept. 1 1 is one of the defining moments of humanity, along with dropping of the atomic bomb and landing on the moon, said Dr. Barbara Marx Hubbard Wednesday night in a speech on the future of human development. “Sept. 1 1 demonstrated the vulnerability of ourselves from each other,” Hubbard said. “No matter how much force we use, we can’t protect ourselves.” She said humanity is at an evolutionary crossroads because society has enough power to destroy the future of the human species, but at the same time has developed Transportation Institute and professor of engineering. “The committee is looking for someone who possesses strong leadership skills and understands on an academic level how a large university like Texas A&M operates,” said Dr. Fuller Bazer, executive dean of agri culture and life sciences and member of the provost search committee. The next executive vice president and provost should have good interpersonal skills and the ability to interact with both an unprecedented power to create and transform. Her speech, “A New Education for the Future of Humanity: 9/11, a Wake-up Call for the Next Step in Human Development” detailed her plan to further conscious evolution. Hubbard is president of the Foundation for Conscious Evolution in Santa Barbara, Calif. “Dr. Hubbard is probably the first woman in the country to establish her expertise in futurist creative thinking,” said Mary Broussard, chair of the Future of Higher Education Committee. “We wanted to bring someone to campus to look at all of See Hubbard on page 2A the Board of Regents and the Legislature, Bazer said. The provost deals with more than the role of chief academic officer of the University. “The provost and executive vice president must be a very gifted person who will be able to reflect upon and lead all aspects of the University’s activities, not just academic affairs. It will take a very talented person to do this successfully,” said Dr. John P. Fackler Jr., See Search on page 9A JOHN LIYAS • THE BATTALION Dr. Barbara Marx Hubbard spoke Wednesday night regarding the events of Sept. 11 and the future of humanity. Hubbard speaks about humanity By Jeremy Osborne THE BATTALION