Sept.
11: students' reactions two years later
Commemoration:
Two years after Sept.11, students are affected
by the chaos of the day in different ways.
By
Kristen Wooley
Daily Forty Niner
The
effects of Sept. 11 remain a reality 730
days after the tragedy.
Katie
Crevda, a recreation and leisure studies
major, recalls the sadness of that day but
admits it is something that she does not
want to think about like she used to.
"I
hadn't seen the tapes of the plane crashes
in a long time and then the other day I
saw the towers being hit again and I'll
admit I didn't want to see it," Crevda
said. She admitted that she would like today
to be a mellow day to remember the people
who suffered and perished."
Health
care administration major, Jean Cherup believes
that the day had almost been forgotten,
and like time heals all wounds, life does
go on.
"I
think people are more frightened, but they
have kind of forgotten," Cherup said.
"As a student, I think right now we
are all more concerned with finding a parking
space on campus because it is happening
to us now."
Although
the impact has lessened, the changes are
apparent to political science professor
Lewis Ringel.
"We
are shifting our thinking," Ringel
said. "From a political stand-point,
when you get further away from the day,
Congress goes back to doing what it does,
bickering and arguing problems."
Traveling
has been significantly impacted to prevent
the possibility of future hi-jackings. One
of the most indefinite effects on travel
has been the increase in security at airports.
"Traveling
has changed," Cherup said. "You
can't even make jokes at the airport. I
saw a sign at the airport that said any
threatening or inappropriate comments would
cause delay. People are more frightened."
As
much as some people might agree that the
longer lines and more involved searches
at the airports could be an inconvenience,
for some it is understandable.
People
know that they might be searched. They understand
that they might have to take their shoes
off and they know that if they reach down
into their shoe in an airplane people are
going to look, Ringel said.
People
are also more aware of things such as donating
to charities. Ringel said, "people
don't want to be funding terrorist groups
unknowingly."
Many people have been affected by prejudices
as a result of the Sept. 11 tragedy.
"I
think that especially the students from
Arabic countries are effected the most.
I think they feel more discriminated against,
which doesn't mean that they are, but they
might feel it more," said Anastasia
Tosouni, teaching assistant for criminal
justice.
Although
it has been two years and people have tried
to go on with their lives, you still do
not just forget, Tosouni said.
"People
don't think about it as much, but the government
won't let you forget about it, especially
like now during election times," she
said.
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