Paying Tribute, seeking understanding
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Students hugged each other
before a memorial service on Cannon Green for
victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. For more
photos of the University's response to the tragedy,
see page 8.
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Princeton NJ -- In the days following the Sept. 11
terrorist attacks on the United States, the campus tried to
come to grips with the tragedy. Through services, panel
discussions and efforts to help others, members of the
University community paid tribute to those who died and
sought comfort and understanding.
At a Sunday, September 16, memorial
service for victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks,
Princeton President Shirley M. Tilghman called for members
of the University community to "acknowledge both the
distinctiveness of each person's experience and the common
humanity that unites us all."
More than a thousand University community
members gathered on Cannon Green, spilling over to the steps
of Whig and Clio halls. The service was planned by
Tilghman's office to give the community an opportunity to
draw strength from each other, to give voice to sorrow and
grief, and to offer comfort and peace.
Other speakers at the service included: James McPherson,
the George Davis '86 Professor of American History; Toni
Morrison, the Robert Goheen Professor in the Humanities;
Paul Muldoon, the Howard Clark '21 University Professor in
the Humanities; and Marta Tienda, the Maurice During
Professor in Demographic Studies and professor of sociology
and public affairs in the Woodrow Wilson School of Public
and International Affairs.
For more information on the University's
response to the tragedy, visit this Web site: <September11>.
President Tilghman: "In the days and weeks ahead, we all
together have a responsibility to acknowledge both the
distinctiveness of each person's experience and the common
humanity that unites us all and to prove what we know to be
true: that love is stronger than hate; that justice
is stronger than injustice; that democracy is
stronger than despotism; and that freedom does allow
for the fullest flowering of the human spirit. I ask each
and every one of us to accept that responsibility today.
"And so we gather today in a spirit of
remembrance, and reflection, and resolve: remembrance of all
who have lost their lives; reflection on the lessons we can
learn from what they have endured; and resolve that we will
honor their memories in the ways we choose to live our own
lives in the challenging times that we know lie ahead."
-- President Tilghman
Sept. 16 memorial service
Cannon Green
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September 24, 2001
Vol. 91, No. 3
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Contents
In the news
• Paying Tribute,
seeking understanding
• Financial
aid improvements help achieve more
diversity
• Special events mark
installation celebration
• Building was booming
on campus this summer
People
• Trustees grant
faculty promotions
• Biologist has an
artistic alter ego
• Spotlight/People
• Princeton Prep
Program
Community
• Celebration set for
Oct. 6
• Office is resource
for community
• Center brings
together community service efforts
• University shares
knowledge through auditing program
• By the
numbers: Community commitments
Sections
• Calendar
of events
• Nassau
Notes
• News
briefs
• Research
notes
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