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Campus marks Sept. 11 with reflection, discussion

August 16, 2002 By Patrick Strickler

The UW–Madison community will organize two days of programs Sept. 10-11 to discuss and commemorate the terrorist attacks on America Sept. 11, 2001.

Students, faculty, staff and the general public may attend a Campus and Community Commemoration program scheduled Wednesday, Sept. 11, 8:45-9:30 a.m., Library Mall on the UW–Madison campus.

Chancellor John Wiley and student government chair Bryan Gadow will speak briefly at the event, which will include time for reflection coinciding with a national observance. Campus musicians will perform as well.

As part of the day’s commemoration, the Music Hall bell will toll periodically between 7:45 a.m. and 9:10 a.m. to recall and mark the times of the attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon, and the crash of Flight 93 in Pennsylvania.

Panel discussions during the two days will examine a variety of related issues, including:

  • International perspectives on the aftermath of the attacks.
  • Legal issues raised in the pursuit of international terrorists.
  • Aspects of religion and violence.
  • The attack aftermath and its impact on international students.
  • The importance of healing and forgiveness.

Campus artists plan a program of artistic responses Wednesday, Sept. 11, at 7:30 p.m., Wisconsin Union Theater, 800 Langdon St. The Pro Arte Quartet, and dancers Li Chiao-Ping and Douglas Rosenberg are scheduled to perform. Free tickets will be available at the Union Theater Box Office; distribution dates will be announced later.

Other related activities include:

  • A Red Cross Blood Drive, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Wednesday, in the On Wisconsin Room at the Red Gym.
  • From Sept. 4-10, yellow and white ribbons put together by students at the Morgridge Center will be distributed on campus — the yellow color reflecting hope and the white symbolizing peace.
  • Informational sessions on disaster training and relief, presented by the Red Cross, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Wednesday, at the Red Gym.
  • Distribution at university libraries of a free commemorative pamphlet including the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights, with introduction by professor Stephen Lucas.
  • University Theatre performs “The Indian Wants the Bronx” in Vilas Hall, 821 University Ave. Tickets: $5.