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University community tries to cope with tragedy.
In the early aftermath of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks
on the United States, the University responded with prayer,
support and activities meant to help the community
understand the tragic events.
"This has been a day of tragic and
horrible loss," wrote President Tilghman in an e-mail
message to faculty, staff and students, "and as a University
community we want to do anything we can to be helpful to
those in need."
The University established a
special response center in the Frist Campus Center, which
was open 24 hours, to help faculty, staff and students
needing assistance or seeking information. Counselors were
at the center as well as at other locations throughout
Frist. Staff from the Counseling Center, the Office of
Religious Life, the residential colleges and other campus
offices were available to help.
Notices were posted throughout the day on
the University's home page, and a special Web site
<web.princeton.edu/
sites/September11/> was set up to provide up-to-date
information.
At a previously planned class gathering
in Richardson Auditorium Tuesday evening, Tilghman told
freshmen that the University would adhere to its regular
schedule for the week to demonstrate that terrorism will not
stand in the way of higher education.
"What has transpired today is
antithetical to everything we stand for in the academy
respect for others, solving differences through human
discourse," she said. "We will get on with the business of
education."
She said the University's priorities were
to come together as a community, to defeat the intent of the
terrorists to "paralyze us into inactivity" and to achieve
an individual and collective understanding of what
happened.
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