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11 reflections on 9/11: Sharon Stephens Brehm

Thursday, Sept. 12,2002 12:29 p.m.

In the hours, days, and weeks after the attacks of Sept. 11, there was a constant stream of references to the great change that had taken place. At work, at home, in informal settings and on formal occasions, one heard, "We're living in a new world now. Things will never be the same." For the victims and their families, as also for those who died or were seriously injured in military service and their families, there is no going back to the way things used to be. But for those of us in the United States who were not affected directly by the attacks and the war that followed, that sense of a turning point is not nearly so sharp as it used to be. Life, after all, goes on, things get done, people adjust. The impact of 9/11, once so powerful, becomes muted.

Piecing their lives back together

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, Sept. 12,2002 12:09 p.m.

NEW YORK - On Sept. 11, students and faculty at the Borough of Manhattan Community College were a block from hell. While phone calls and news bulletins tore into our morning, a plane ripped through theirs. Students were in class that day giving speeches and taking tests when they heard a crunching noise, which they would soon learn was the first plane colliding into Tower 1.

'The impact it's had'

By Ryan Lengerich · Thursday, Sept. 12,2002 11:51 a.m.

One year ago yesterday, Julie Doi sat on one of three couches facing the television in a main room of the Delta Delta Delta sorority house. She was surrounded by what she said were nearly all of her sorority sisters. "The whole house was just dead silent watching the TV, wide-eyed," Doi said.

Arafat's cabinet resigns

By Hadeel Wahdan · Thursday, Sept. 12,2002 2:04 a.m.

RAMALLAH, West Bank -- The Palestinian Cabinet resigned Wednesday after Yasser Arafat lost a showdown with parliament -- the most serious challenge to the Palestinian leader since he returned from exile in 1994. Earlier in the day, Arafat had set Jan. 20 as a date for presidential and parliamentary elections in an attempt to defuse the confrontation with disgruntled legislators who accused him of making only halfhearted efforts to reform his administration.

Bush to speak with U.N. today

By Alyson Brodsy and Ken Guggenheim · Thursday, Sept. 12,2002 2:04 a.m.

WASHINGTON -- Before President Bush goes before the United Nations to make the case for action against Iraq, his administration is facing a tough audience closer to home: Congress. Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld and the Joint Chiefs of Staff met for three hours Tuesday with Gen. Tommy Franks, the commander who would lead any military campaign in Iraq. Meanwhile, a push by senior Bush administration officials, including Capitol Hill meetings Tuesday with CIA director George Tenet and national security adviser Condoleezza Rice, hasn't convinced key lawmakers that a war is needed.

Another crazy florida election

By Alyson Brodsy and Catherine Wilson · Thursday, Sept. 12,2002 2:03 a.m.

MIAMI -- Despite a $32 million renovation, Florida's new election system crashed in an embarrassment that, like the 2000 election, left voters wondering whether their votes counted, candidates pondering recounts and everyone asking who's to blame. "You guys have NO idea what a mess this has been," state election monitor Mike Lindsey wrote his Tallahassee bosses in a pre-dawn e-mail from Broward County on Wednesday. "The mess was the result of no planning, poor leadership, lack of 'process ownership' and passing the buck."

IU heals one year later

By Jackie Corgan · Thursday, Sept. 12,2002 1:59 a.m.

Students, faculty and Bloomington locals gathered around Showalter Fountain for the "9/11 Remembrance Ceremony," in honor of those whose lives were lost in last year's terrorist attacks. The event's keynote speakers included Chancellor Sharon Brehm, professors of English Kevin Young and Scott Sanders, Student Body President Bill Gray and IU President Myles Brand. The ceremony also included the presentation of three Sept.11 scholarships to memorialize IU's victims of last year's events. "We gather in sorrow of the tragic loss of these individuals," Brehm said as she stood in front of the IU Auditorium. "We stand in solidarity with all of the families. We have no guide books, no clearly marked path and no previous traveler to show us the way. The task of the living is to be defiant. To stand up for the new birth of freedom."

Community involved in remembrance events; create mural

By Coleen Iudice · Thursday, Sept. 12,2002 1:54 a.m.

A group of volunteers and local residents created a mural in remembrance and response to the tragedy of Sept. 11 at Peoples Park late Wednesday afternoon. As part of Bloomington\'s Week of Caring, Anna Gilmore, youth projects coordinator of Bloomington Parks and Recreation, headed a project called "People respond and remember 9/11." "The idea behind the murals is to give people a chance, if they want, to express themselves about the happenings of Sept. 11," Gilmore said.

Senior Jones not just a team player

By Ryan Cost · Thursday, Sept. 12,2002 1:42 a.m.

Field hockey coach Amy Robertson ranks Akila Jones' competitive focus on par with Tiger Woods'. To some, that might seem like a lofty comparison. But, they have probably never seen Jones play. With her dominating yet poised presence in the backfield, Jones has helped create a foundation for field hockey at IU. The 5-foot 11-inch, fifth-year senior hails from Potomac, Md., a city just outside Washington, D.C. Jones earned varsity letters all four years at Winston Churchill High School in both field hockey and basketball.

Forget the jokes, the truth hurts

By Sara Meinecke and Sarah Meinecke · Thursday, Sept. 12,2002 1:40 a.m.

Two days ago, I got an urgent message from my friend Stephanie, who wanted to know if I had gotten any death threats yet. And if not, she wanted to know if the reason I wasn't answering my phone was because I was, at the time, being held in a headlock. Later that night, I went to my other job at the SRSC, where I was asked if I had gotten any scathing e-mails, or anyone knocking on my front door yet. The guy told me that he would not have been able to write what I wrote. Which led me to ask, what is it really that I did? Wrote the truth? Sorry to have to go back to the old cliche, but it's true that the truth hurts.

NFL legend Unitas dies at 69

By Alyson Brodsy and David Ginsburg · Thursday, Sept. 12,2002 1:37 a.m.

Johnny Unitas, the Hall of Fame quarterback who broke nearly every NFL passing record and won three championships with the Baltimore Colts in an 18-year career, died Wednesday at age 69. Unitas died of a heart attack, Baltimore Ravens spokesman Chad Steele said. Steele had no other details. Unitas underwent emergency triple-bypass surgery in March 1993 after a heart attack.

Rapper\'s kin offer alibi for death

By Alyson Brodsy and Associated Press · Thursday, Sept. 12,2002 1:22 a.m.

LOS ANGELES -- The family of rapper Notorious B.I.G. has released documents and an audiotape that they say prove he was in a New York recording studio the night rival Tupac Shakur was shot in Las Vegas. The Los Angeles Times reported last week that Notorious B.I.G., whose real name was Christopher Wallace, was in Las Vegas the night Shakur was gunned down, and that he provided a Compton gang member with the murder weapon and promised to pay the gang $1 million for the assassination.

8 of 23 Broadway shows go on

By Alyson Brodsy and Michael Kuchwara · Thursday, Sept. 12,2002 1:20 a.m.

NEW YORK -- Many theaters were dark and strangely quiet, but the show went on for eight of 23 Broadway productions, including such big musicals as "The Producers," "Hairspray" and "Thoroughly Modern Millie." "In a way, we have to treat it as any other day, as far as going out there and performing," said Brad Oscar, star of "The Producers," the laugh-filled Mel Brooks musical. "We can't bring on stage the gravity and the weight and the enormity of what Sept. 11 means, especially with this show. And it's that contrast which makes performing on Wednesday so hard."

Local symphony orchestra welcomes new conductor

By Julia Balnford and Julia Blanford · Thursday, Sept. 12,2002 1:19 a.m.

During an early autumn evening last Thursday filled with wine, music and conversation, over 150 musicians, patrons and Monroe County public welcomed Leonardo Panigada as the new conductor of the Bloomington Symphony Orchestra at the Oliver Winery. Co-sponsored by 103.7 WFIU, IU's public radio station, the BSO fundraising event opened at 6:30 p.m. to guests with gourmet hors d'oeuvres and a plethora of Oliver wines for visitors to taste. Providing the evening's entertainment was Karl Sturbaum's Jazz Group, whose lead member, Karl Sturbaum, is a cellist for the BSO. With jazz music floating in the humid, twilight air, guests browsed the tables laden with prizes for the night's raffle. Among the gifts were concert, theater and sports tickets, gift baskets, retail gift certificates, fine arts and crafts, CDs and more. The master of ceremonies for the night was George Walker, the classical music programmer for WFIU. Opening the evening with welcome remarks, Walker soon gave the microphone away to Panigada, whose thick accent gave all in attendance a hint of what is to come for the BSO concerts.

Hoosiers battle Xavier tonight

By Alyson Brodsy and Ira Klapper · Thursday, Sept. 12,2002 1:09 a.m.

After a 3-1 setback at Cincinnati last week, the Hoosiers battle Xavier tonight at Bill Armstrong Stadium. The Hoosiers enter the game 1-2. The Hoosiers have allowed seven goals in their first three contests this year, and they need to improve their defense against the Musketeers, with conference play only a week away. "We need to solidify organization at the back and establish a rhythm," coach Mick Lyon said.

New QB for next game

By Alyson Brodsy and Tyler V. Hoeppner · Thursday, Sept. 12,2002 1:07 a.m.

Fifth-year senior Gibran Hamdan was named the starter at quarterback by coach Gerry DiNardo Tuesday. Hamdan will make his first career start for the Hoosiers Saturday against Kentucky. Hamdan will replace senior Tommy Jones who sustained a concussion in last Saturday's 40-13 loss to Utah. "I am going to play Gibran (Hamdan), we are going to start Gibran," DiNardo said. "Tommy (Jones) can't practice today, and I don't know that Tommy would be ready for the game. So obviously that plays into it, but Gibran is going to start in the game."

Sports serve as outlet on anniversary

By Alyson Brodsy and Nancy Armour · Thursday, Sept. 12,2002 1:05 a.m.

CHICAGO -- The colorful NL pennants that usually fly above the Wrigley Field scoreboard were gone, replaced by a lone American flag at half-staff. Songs such as "Let it Be" and "Bridge Over Troubled Water" played during batting practice instead of the usual bubblegum pop music. And the electronic message board carried a simple message: "We Shall Not Forget." "I first felt guilty about coming here to celebrate," fan Geraldine Mrozinski said before the Chicago Cubs' game against the Montreal Expos. "But once we got here, it seems like the perfect place to be. Here, we'll commemorate it in the proper way."

\'Rolling Requiem\' crosses campus

By Alyson Brodsy and Brandon Morley · Thursday, Sept. 12,2002 1:01 a.m.

Sept. 11, 2001, was equivalent to memories of Pearl Harbor and memories of the assassination of JFK. It was the MTV generation's shocking awakening to the world. In the year since the occurrence of Sept. 11, an event unmistakably scarring the minds and hearts of people around the world, several songs have become anthems capturing the emotions describing what we saw, as a collective mind, first hand.

Paranoia clouds minds

By Alyson Brodsy and Evan Ross · Thursday, Sept. 12,2002 1:01 a.m.

Due to events of the past summer, our nation is worried about safety. Not just the safety from unexpected terrorist attacks against our country, but safety against those who cannot seem to protect themselves -- our children. Too many children to remember, though each one a little tragedy of their own, have been kidnapped, raped or murdered at an alarming rate. But in our furor over the past few months to try and keep our children safe, we have become overprotective of them. This false overprotection will lead us to a false sense of fear that will permeate through our country and shroud us in a cloud of mistrust.

America remembers 'our friends'

By Alyson Brodsy and David Crary · Thursday, Sept. 12,2002 1:01 a.m.

At ground zero, the names took precedence, 2,801 of them read aloud, from Gordon Aamoth Jr. to Igor Zukelman. Patriotic resolve held sway at the Pentagon. And in a field near Shanksville, Pa., grief was partially offset by pride. At each of the three sites and in communities across the nation and world Wednesday, Americans and their allies relived the staggering events of one year ago and remembered those who died. "They were our neighbors, our husbands, our children, our sisters, our brothers and our wives. They were our countrymen and our friends. They were us," New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg told grieving families at the site of the World Trade Center.