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  Monday, August 26, 2002



  10 Colleges Announce Events to Mark the Anniversary of
  September 11

     
  
  
  
  
  Alverno College and Creighton University will each hold an
  interfaith memorial service.
  
  
  As part of freshman orientation at Franklin & Marshall
  College, first-year students will perform service projects
  dedicated to the victims and rescue workers.
  
  
  Lafayette University will hold a ceremony in which students
  will retire a quilt that was assembled by the campus community
  in response to the attacks.
  
  
  The Massachusetts Institute of Technology will introduce a new
  course, "Out of Ground Zero: Catastrophe and Memory," which
  will compare responses to September 11 with responses to the
  bombings of Hiroshima, Japan, and Dresden, Germany, during
  World War II.
  
  
  New York University will sponsor a ceremony at the time that
  the attacks took place, a candlelight vigil that evening, and
  special counseling services throughout the day.
  
  
  Saint Michael's College is having a labyrinth painted on its
  campus green, and visitors will be invited to navigate it in
  contemplative thought.
  
  
  Southwestern University's Sarofim School of Fine Arts will
  offer a memorial performance that will feature the artworks,
  music, and theater of its faculty and students.
  
  
  The University of Cincinnati will hold an overnight vigil, on
  the night before September 11, featuring music, readings,
  prayers, and reflections.
  
  
  The University of Michigan at Ann Arbor will sponsor a
  symposium, "Terrorism and Globalization: Looking Back, Looking
  Forward," in which speakers will discuss how international
  humanitarian law, civil liberties, and American Muslims have
  changed in the past year.
  
  
  
  Compiled by Sarah J. Reese
  


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