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AMERICAN TRAGEDY
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 12, 2001
Freshman Erika Jones reacts to the recent news of a terrorist attack on the World Trade Center and Pentagon. Jones was among many students who gathered in the Kansas Union to watch the disaster unfold on television
Family: What could have been
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Joe Woehl, Leawood graduate student, is comforted by Amber Polansky, Belleville graduate student, after watching the World Trade Center terrorist plane attack yesterday in the Kansas Union.
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"She's actually really shaken up right now — scared about what could have been her fate," Moore said.
Pete Hunter, third-year law student from Reston, Va., said his fiancée, Kathryn Gaines, was supposed to travel to Washington, D.C., yesterday. He said she lived in Virginia but commuted to Washington once a week for work. She didn't make it into work, though.
"Her employer caught her in time before she could get into the city," he said. "I was very grateful for that. It was very fortunate that she didn't go in today."
Hunter said he and Gaines were supposed to get married this Saturday in upstate New York. He hoped the wedding would still take place.
"At first it didn't really hit me that Melissa was there," she said. "It's
"We're trying to figure out a way to get it done," Hunter said. "We've got friends and family flying who were going to fly in. I am very concerned about them. We're not going to let this change our plans."
Shannon Cline, Wichita freshman, said she was relieved when she heard her older sister, who lived in the Washington area, was safe.
scary to know this is a lot closer to home than I'd like it to be."
Cline's sister works as a Spanish teacher about five miles away from the Pentagon, Cline said. She said her sister drove past the Pentagon every day on her way to and from work and also had visited the Pentagon several times before.
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"She's actually really shaken up right now — scared about what could have been her fate."
Jenny Moore Overland Park senior
Classes continue, discussions about aftermath abound
Instructors use class time to help students cope in wake of tragedy
tragedy
By Eve Lamborn Kansan staff writer
Students went to class as usual yesterday, but in many classrooms, they discussed the terrorist attacks instead of following the syllabi.
Jamal Lee, Memphis, Tenn., sophomore, said his Black Experience in America instructor explained the attacks
in New York and Washington, D.C., to students and said any class work that they were going to do that day could be made up later.
"He told us to go home, watch the news and call our families to make sure they're OK," Lee said.
Chancellor Robert Hemenway said the University of Kansas did not cancel classes based on guidance from the governor's office.
"They indicated that they'd like to continue with business as usual, and for us that means having classes," he said. "In a time like this, a national tragedy that's not in our locale, it's important to
try and think of the lives that are lost, but also try to maintain normal procedures as much as possible."
Hemenway said the advantage of conducting class in the aftermath of the tragedy was the opportunity for students and faculty to discuss the issues.
Across all disciplines, students and faculty reported discussing the attack or leaving class early.
Erin Lyon, Wichita freshman, said her biology professor shortened her lecture.
"She only lectured for 30 minutes, then we got out early," she said.
Stephen Parker, professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures, said he asked
his students if they wanted to conduct class as usual, and they did not want to
"We spent time talking about it and they were free to leave," Parker said. "They were shocked and not ready to concentrate."
Matthew Feeney, graduate teaching assistant of Slavic Languages and Literatures, said he let students leave his class early as well.
"I let students go watch the news concerning what had happened," Feeney said.
Pat Pisani, executive director of the Hilltop Child Development Program, said business operated yesterday as
usual.
"We don't want to make a big issue for the little kids because their parents are the ones that need to tell them what's going on," Pisani said.
Dick Patterson, Lawrence High School principal, said students had access to televisions for news updates, and he canceled all meetings and afterschool practices.
"With any crisis that is upsetting to students or staff, we set up a center to help with the situation." Patterson said.
Jessica Scott contributed to this story
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Congratulations to the 25 KU students who each received $1,000 scholarships Saturday at the KU vs. UCLA football game in celebration of KU First, KU's comprehensive fund-raising campaign.
The winners were chosen from among students wearing KU First T-shirts, which were distributed free of charge on all of the University's major campuses. Staff members from KU Endowment and Intrust Bank, which sponsored the T-shirts, chose students by number as they entered the stadium and by random seat selection.
Kevin C. Armitage, Lawrence doctoral candidate in history;
Jack Wesson Nealy III, Los Angeles, CA., sophomore, journalism;
Zheng Hai Jun, San Jose, Costa Rica master's student, urban planning;
Tom Reid, Lenexa, KS, sophomore, environmental studies;
The winners are:
Sarah Fennell, Saint Louis, MO. sophomore, undecided major;
James Lightfoot, Schaumburg, IL. senior, biology and French;
Mike Kuebelbeck, Shawnee, KS., senior, political science;
Jennifer Mayo, Colorado Springs, CO,
sophomore, business administration
Gus Meyer, Prairie Village, KS., sophomore, accounting;
Jamie Smartt, Lawrence, graduate student, English;
Mohammad Motid, Houston, Texas, freshman, computer science;
Sarah Gripka, Tonganoxie, KS.,
sophomore, pre-pharmacy;
Scott E. Spal, Prairie Village, KS., junior, bioloby;
Kari Morgan, Topkea, KS., sophomore, human development and family living;
Tara Smith, Lawrence senior, advertising;
Sarah Thompson, Leawood, KS.. sophomore, illustration;
Susie Whalen, Burlingame, KS., creative writing;
Valerie Flick, Haviland, KS,
senior, human biology;
Ryan Lunt, Pratt, KS. freshman, business administration;
Nathan Hall, Goessel, KS., junior, pharmacy;
Ann Heidebrecht, McPherson, KS., freshman, chemistry;
Lance Hayes, Mesquite, TX., junior, communications;
Brian King, Denver, CO. junior, East Asian history;
Matthew J. Osenbaugh, Hutchinson, KS,
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Britt Detienne, Wichita, KS., sophomore, business.