More readers are writing in to tell us how colleges and universities around the country are commemorating the tenth anniversary of 9/11 (and be sure to read Charlotte Allen’s piece on how the country’s elite universities are observing the tenth anniversary). Here are those examples:
A student at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater describes how his campus is remembering:
At Fordham University in New York City, students and faculty will commemorate those members of the Fordham community–students, alumni, and family members–who died on 9/11 at two university wide Masses on Sunday. At Saint Louis University, an interfaith prayer service was held yesterday morning, at 10:03 (the time the fourth plane crashed). Three Masses will be held on Sunday.
Meanwhile, Emory University’s Oxford College campus will be hosting “9/11 Ten Years Later: Gathering Community, Sharing Light, Practicing Respect” on Sunday.
And part of the University of Texas’s commemoration on Sunday will include the staging of a play titled “september play” by Courtney Sale. Here’s how the UT public affairs office describes the play:
“There’s sorrow and ache in the piece that will always be there, yet there are also things that are hopeful and playful and peaceful,” said Sale. “I’m not interested in opening wounds that can’t be sewn up, but the first goal is to remember. The second is simply to visualize a better future.”
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