The Clarion
SERVING THE BREVARD COLLEGE
Volume 75, Issue 2 COMMUNITY SINCE 1935 ^009
Brevard students remember 9/11
by Marc Newton and Travis Wireback
Photo Editor and Editor in Chief
September 11, 2001 is a day that will
live in our memories as the day when 2,752
Americans lost their lives in a terrorist
attack on our country.
Much in the same way
that our grandparents’
generation remembers
the attacks made on Pearl
Harbor, Fm sure that al
most all of us can re
member what we were
doing when we learned
about the attacks in New
York, Pennsylvania and
Washington, D.C.
As we mark the 8th
anniversary of these at
tacks, the World Trade Center site is in the
process of filling in what was leftover of
the building to erect a memorial and several
new, smaller trade centers on the old site. It
seems that the visible scars on our soil from
that day are finally starting to heal, but the
legacy of 9/11 still lingers in the American
psyche. Several Brevard College students
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In this issue...
NEWS:
Letter from the paddlers
2
Lessons from nature
3
Marijuana in Green liall
3
ARTS & LIFE:
Biotilos review
5
‘Extract’ review
5
SPORTS:
Disc golf starts up
4
Soccer picls up first win
4
ODDS AND ENDS:
American Hero
8
Sign of tlie Times
8
Your Horoscope
8
and faculty were in and around New York
at the time of these attacks
Joe McGarry, a Brevard College junior,
was 13 at the time of the attacks and lived
in Wall, New Jersey, two hours outside of
New York City. Most schools chose to
inform their students about the disaster,
however his experience differed in that
respect. Teachers at his school even took
away Am and Fm radios from students so
that they wouldn’t know what had hap
pened. However, because students kept
getting called out of class and taken home,
it was obvious something was wrong.
Rumors bounced around his school, with
friends speculating that maybe something
had happened in New York, but no one
knew for sure. He finally found out the real
story after school let out and he got home.
Regarding the attacks, Joe said, “My bubble
of security was broken.”
Dean of Students Chris Holland was
28 and the assistant Vice-President of
Student Affairs at SUNY-Albany, as well
as a doctoral student at that time. Dean
Holland had been in Manhattan the night
of September 10 for a meeting. He usually
stayed in Manhattan following the meetings
but had caught the last train back to Albany
that night, and was in his office during the
attacks. 2/3 of the student body came from
the metropolitan area, and the situation on
campus was “chaotic.” His duty follow
ing the attacks was to counsel students as
best he could, set up TVs so that students
could stay informed, and to give them
close, personal comfort. The attacks made
Dean Holland more aware of discrimina
tion which Middle-Eastern students had
to face after seeing kids of middle Eastern
descent beaten up for no reason other than
their ethnicity.
Monica Sees was in 7th grade in Can
field, Ohio when her teachers were told to
turn on the TVs to inform them of the situ
ation. She remembered feehng shocked,
and said she wasn’t really able to compre
hend the magnitude of the situation but
that eventually it sunk in. Following the
attacks, she said she developed a greater
appreciation for everything and everyone
that she has.
Marc Newton, a junior from East North-
port. New York, located 45 minutes outside
of Manhattan remembers being in 8th grade
gym class when students were sent to the
auditorium and told about the attack. He,
along with the rest of the student body was
picked up and taken home. He remembers
watching the news the rest of the day and
his dad calhng his uncle who worked in
New Jersey right across from the towers
ensuring he was alright. The three days
following the attack, his entire town was
under a curfew every night at 9 and kids
were unable to go outside during the day
because of the debris from the collapsed
towers.