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9/18/01
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Students react to talk of warBy Megan Finnerty The headlines of Sunday's newspapers nauseated Katie Jurgensen. The senior in the School of Consumer and Family Sciences has always been afraid of war, and when she read that President Bush was telling American troops and citizens to prepare for just that, Jurgensen was filled with trepidation. "With the sophistication of our weapons, there would be mass destruction," she said, wide-eyed. "But we've got to do something. It (war) would allow us to take a stand and it might not be the best thing to be done, but it's the only thing to be done. What else can we do?" Jurgensen's resigned and hesitant acceptance of Bush's statements about retaliation following the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon are similar to many of those echoed by Purdue students Monday. Jenny Medley, a sophomore in the School of Education, said war is scary, but for the first time in her life, she feels war is necessary now.
Students remain in shock one week after tragic dayLike many other Americans, Amber Whitehead couldn’t believe it when she heard of the attacks on the Pentagon and the World Trade Center. Whitehead, a freshman in the School of Agriculture, said it is hard to believe that it's been a week. "It still doesn’t feel like it happened," she said. "It's good to get back to normal, but we can't forget what happened." Whitehead said she and her roommate, Julie Shubair, a sophomore in the School of Liberal Arts, have witnessed the country coming together after the initial shock has settled in. Last weekend when they drove to Bloomington, they kept passing people gathered outside in groups with candles and American flags. The women couldn’t stop, so they held their lit lighters out the window in appreciation. "It was like 'wow, our country is really coming together,'" Shubair said. "Now, it's more of a reality. At first, it didn’t seem real."
Students, faculty show patriotism
Red, white and blue. In the wake of the tragedies that shook the nation last week, it has been those three colors that have appeared on campus, as students, faculty and staff have tried to show their pride in America. "I think (the show of patriotism) is long overdue, and hopefully we'll keep it up and it won't die like a fad," said Dustin Hopkins, a senior in the School of Liberal Arts. Hopkins, who wore a shirt displaying the American flag to class on Monday, said he was wearing the shirt because proceeds from the sale of it went to help the Red Cross relief efforts in New York City and Washington, D.C. "I wore it today because it's the start of the new week after what happened in New York and Washington, D.C.," said Hopkins. "This week we need to really get back to normal; things like this help show our support." |
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