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Study abroad still popular after attacks

By Maura Halpern · Tuesday, Sept. 10,2002 6:48 p.m.

Following the tragic events of Sept. 11, safety in America transformed into a feeling of uneasiness and just plain fear. IU students studying abroad last year immediately found themselves engulfed in an experience they never expected. Now a year has passed, and the overseas study program in Franklin Hall remains busy with prospective students, despite the fact that the possibility and fear of terrorism is now something to consider when studying abroad.

Reasons for ROTC enrollment increase go beyond 9/11

By Elizabeth Crosbie · Tuesday, Sept. 10,2002 6:47 p.m.

Freshman enrollment in the Army Reserve Officer Training Corps at IU has more than doubled since last year's terrorist attacks, but officials said the reasons go beyond a heightened sense of patriotism. Mike Saulkenberg, Cadet Battalion commander, said he recently surveyed all ROTC freshmen for their reasons for joining the Army. None of the students specifically cited a reflection on Sept. 11 as their main purpose for enrolling.

Peace camp runs its course

By George Lyle IV · Tuesday, Sept. 10,2002 6:45 p.m.

Steps to Freedom, a local community activist, said "the spirit told him to change his name and campaign for peace." Starting last October, part of that campaign was camping out in Dunn Meadow for almost eight months to protest the U.S.-led war in Afghanistan. Steps said the idea for the camp came from the Bloomington Peace Action Coalition as a way to respond to President Bush's call to action against terrorism. "It was a protest against the concept of a never-ending war," Steps said. Although the idea was the brainchild of the Peace Action Coalition, he quickly became the leader of the camp. "It wasn't my idea in the first place," he said. "I was just the determined one."

For students, quality time with families fades in months following Sept. 11

By Ashley Rhodebeck · Tuesday, Sept. 10,2002 6:43 p.m.

America stopped one year ago, and phones rang. Uncertainty gripped the nation and everyone wanted to hear a reassuring voice on the other side of the line telling them everything was OK. Family relationships changed as Americans reevaluated their lives and the world. Before the attacks, typical American families had relaxed and informal relationships, said Robert Billingham, an expert on family relationships and IU associate professor in applied health science. Although Americans valued their relatives, they "took each other for granted and 'assumed' that they would always be there," he said. In the weeks following the tragedy, families realized how uncertain life can be.

Faith under fire

By Mitch Blacher · Tuesday, Sept. 10,2002 6:43 p.m.

The aftermath of Sept. 11 left the country reeling and looking toward an uncertain future. As information filtered its way across America, terrorists were quickly identified as members of the Islamic faith. Religious studies professor Kevin Jaques said this caused many Muslims to take a serious overall look at their faith. "Muslims across the U.S. and across the world have been going through a process of self analysis and self criticism over what Muslim communities are doing," Jaques said. "Because the radical groups tend toward violence, mainstream Muslims have ignored or tried to stay out of their way."

Average family gave $50 to charities after terrorist attacks

By Jamie Lusk · Tuesday, Sept. 10,2002 6:41 p.m.

Though Sept. 11 fund-raising totals eclipsed any previous U.S. campaign, the funds amount to only a fraction of the total charitable donations for last year. Since Sept. 11, Americans contributed a hefty $1.88 billion to relief funds, according to Giving USA, an annual report for 2001.

IU students worked through Pentagon crash

By Adam Van Osdol and Adam VanOsdol · Tuesday, Sept. 10,2002 6:40 p.m.

The television inside Katie Flege's home will remain quiet today. She won't watch the hours of special programming and footage dedicated to the Day Our Nation Saw Terror. She says she can't. Her own memories are vivid enough. "It's important to honor the victims, but I don't want to watch the whole thing on TV," Flege says. "It would depress me too much. I just feel lucky to be here and alive."

Searching for a sign

By Josh Sanburn · Tuesday, Sept. 10,2002 6:39 p.m.

At 10 a.m. Sept. 11, 2001, then-sophomore Jessie Moskal woke up to begin another day in Bloomington, unaware she would soon learn two airplanes had been hijacked and flown into the World Trade Center where her father had been working on a business trip. Earlier that week, Bill Moskal had been excited to travel to New York, telling his wife and daughter how happy he was to work in the World Trade Center. Bill last talked to his wife about an hour before the first plane hit, the last time any of his family would speak to him.

Awakening to tragedy

By Stacey Palevsky · Tuesday, Sept. 10,2002 6:35 p.m.

Students spent countless hours glued to television sets watching the events of Sept. 11, 2001, unfold. Many were trying to account for family and friends, others were just in shock. No one could believe what was happening. This story relives that day and those tense hours.

Blood rush following Sept. 11 has slowed

By Samantha Thompson · Tuesday, Sept. 10,2002 6:33 p.m.

Soon after Sept. 11 many Americans were possessed by a spirit of giving. Students at IU and people around the nation rushed to donate time, clothing, money and, for a while, blood. "That entire week was amazing," charge nurse Nancy Ranstead said. "We were completely full. We had people sitting on the floor; we had people lined up out the door. We even had people coming out to volunteer."

Students know where they were a year ago

By Alli Stolper and Writer Alli Stolper · Tuesday, Sept. 10,2002 6:32 p.m.

One year ago today, students awoke to a tragedy of a new kind. Many in the dorms, greek houses and off campus were still asleep when terrorists flew their first plane into the World Trade Center. But it didn't take long for the news to spread.

Indiana limestone used to rebuild damaged Pentagon

By Adam Aasen · Tuesday, Sept. 10,2002 6:31 p.m.

Two local limestone companies provided a helping hand this summer by putting their other work aside to help rebuild the damaged wall of the Pentagon. Dubbed the "Phoenix Project," the $700 million restoration makes use of over 2.7 million pounds of Variegated Clear limestone. Over 18,000 square feet of stone was cut into 700 pieces and then transported in 48 flatbed trucks. Since the original 1940 construction of the Pentagon used Indiana limestone, officials sought a company that could provide the same services.

One badge binds Bloomington firefighters with New York counterparts

By Holly Johnson and Holy Johnson · Tuesday, Sept. 10,2002 6:30 p.m.

Three days ago, as the anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks loomed before a jaded nation, the men and women of the Bloomington Township Fire Department took a moment of silence to honor two of their own. They assembled quietly, standing around a limestone marker flanked by an undulating American flag, lost in their own thoughts and memories. In an era of innocence lost, as a country turns its attention to the machines and mechanisms of a war against terror, these quiet heroes took a moment to remember their fallen brothers -- and reflect upon the level of courage their service commands. "People ask me all the time, 'Faron, with your years of experience, would you have gone inside that tower?'" Chief Faron Livingston said. "And I say yes -- of course -- absolutely. When you make a commitment to this life, you have to know you're going to see death and destruction. You just have to go in and do it."

A day in a life now changed

By Elise LeBlanc · Tuesday, Sept. 10,2002 6:27 p.m.

"You're goin,'" says firefighter Sal Aragono. Co-worker Vincent Geloso shakes his head no. "Yes, you awre," he repeats, this time more firmly. "No, I'm gonna be good tonight," Geloso declares. "I'm gonna be good -- I'm not drinking. I'm going to stay home and go to bed early."

They deserve answers

By Holly Johnson and Holy Johnson · Tuesday, Sept. 10,2002 6:26 p.m.

WASHINGTON -- Three thousand victims -- and 3 million questions unanswered. Such was the cry of the hundreds flooding the U.S. Capitol in June voicing support for an independent investigation into the Sept. 11 attacks. It haunted me then, as I watched, a spectator and Senate intern, from the back of the crowd, feeling naked without my tape recorder or piece of media apparatus. And it haunts me yet.

Selling out Sept. 11

By Elise LeBlanc · Tuesday, Sept. 10,2002 6:23 p.m.

NEW YORK -- While "collateral damage" typically refers to additional, physical destruction, the definition has to be expanded to include the major thorn jabbing into New Yorkers' psyche -- street vendors who have set up a cramped camp along the outskirts of Ground Zero. "(Sept. 11) definitely still affects a lot of people in a lot of ways," said Linda Neu, a resident of Woodstock, N.Y. "I feel sad for the people that were there -- people that could even now be in ashes under the stones."

New York different this time around

By Emily Veach · Tuesday, Sept. 10,2002 6:22 p.m.

As our airplane made the gradual turn to the north toward LaGuardia Airport in Queens, it gradually came into view -- the void that used to be the World Trade Center, windows formerly glistening brilliantly in the midday sun. That's when the reality sunk in -- the city I had grown to love had been wounded and was no longer the same. Visiting New York City before Sept. 11, 2001, always brought a great deal of excitement. I would go to visit family and friends, and I would take friends from home to share with them the many wonders of "The City that Never Sleeps." But this visit was different. I boarded an airplane in Indianapolis early one Wednesday morning with two fellow journalists, neither of whom had ever been to NYC. Since I was familiar with the city, I was the designated navigator for our trip.

'In times of struggle, art forms reach higher levels'

By Nick Kapke · Tuesday, Sept. 10,2002 6:20 p.m.

NEW YORK -- Union Square Park is nestled near the heart of New York City's Greenwich Village. Students, skaters, bums and executives can be found talking, sleeping or reading the paper all within this acre-and-a-half of green space.

Future of Ground Zero remains in question

By Emily Veach · Tuesday, Sept. 10,2002 6:17 p.m.

NEW YORK -- They come from all over the world to prove to themselves that it's real. Day after day, thousands of tourists shuffle along the viewing platform on the edge of Ground Zero. It's a perpetual wake to mourn the dead and quantify the chaos.

This wall does speak

By Elise LeBlanc · Tuesday, Sept. 10,2002 6:16 p.m.

NEW YORK -- "If tears could build a stairway, and memories a lane, I'd walk right up to heaven and bring you home again." These words are engraved on a gray slab of rock, along with the initials "ASD" scratched into the bottom right-hand corner. It's propped up against a memorial aptly named the "Wall of Tears," located in Battery Park. The wall is hard to miss because it's marked by a police department, fire department and U.S. flag, which are all secured to a tall pole that sways in the breeze but is weighed down by giant, cream-colored concrete blocks with law enforcement emblems painted on the sides.