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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
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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.
^â– 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
â–  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