AN ACT, I THINK, OF GREAT EVIL THAT WILL PROBABLY CHANGE THE WORLD FOREVER. Dr. John H. Moore, Grove City College President The Collegian The Grove City College Newspaper September 14, 2001 Vol. 62 No. 3 SPECIAL EDITION: COVERING THE EVENTS OF SEPTEMBER 11, 2001 A Day of Infamy Students, faculty react as thousands die in worst attack in U.S. history By Megan A. Standish resident for South Dormitory, groups. Prayer circles gath- great-idea. We need to provide had similar thoughts. campus always." Collegian Managing Editor ered in the chapel, on the opportunity for students to get "It's kind of a wake-up call," Dr. Earl H. Tilford, professor chapel garden and stairs, together and to share and to Students, faculty and staff on she said. "I do think we've had of history, attended the prayer and on the quad. pray." service. the Grove City College campus our heads in the sand as far as Dr. F. Stanley Many students attended the "I have been, since I have been echoed the nation's shock and where our defenses should be. Keehlwetter, dean of the prayer service. I'm not a military or political here, amazed by the students and sadness after Tuesday morning's chapel, organized the serv- "The response was incredible," by their commitment and their terrorist attacks. expert or anything, but I do think ice at the request of stu- Keehlwetter said: "Standing "I don't really have words to we've let down our guard." ability to express their faith," he dents. He learned of the room only tonight. Just a real said. "For me it was a matter of express my own feelings about The initial hours of uncertainty World Trade Center sense of grief and wanting to be great personal encouragement to what happened today," said Dr. and chaos after the attack were attacks shortly before together, I believe, in the context emotionally difficult for students see (the service) and to hear the Moore, president of the college. Tuesday morning's of the Grove City College fami- prayers and see the students and "What happened today just and staff on campus. chapel service. ly." "It's tough for me, and I'm see them praying here tonight." simply defies comprehension," Morning chapel con- Moore talked about the sense Tilford, the former director of he said during a campus-wide sure many others, bécause we tinued as normal, of family at the service as well. prayer service. "It's an act of have relatives that live within the research for the Army War but planning "Many are grieving today," he immediate area whom we College Strategic Studies such cruelty and malice that I for an said. "We are grieving with simply cannot understand it. I haven't heard from yet," fresh- Institute, said Tuesday's attack everyone, all of those who have imagine that's true for many of man Josh Malo said. "So a lot of was "probably the worst act of been lost, and their families and you as well." us are still wondering what's violence ever carried out against their loved ones. We are a fam- going to happen." the United States by a foreign Students did express this disbe- ily here at Grove City foe." lief. Malo, along with many other College, and when a "No nation on earth could "The reality hasn't sunk in," students, found comfort at family grieves, it said freshman Susan Burger on Tuesday night's prayer service. attack us and get away with it," grieves together. So "It is nice that they have this he said, "but a terrorist group can Tuesday. we shall." "I think it's lawful," said fresh- sort of thing here," he said, and will attack us this way Keehlwetter said "because I know I'm not alone because we're not prepared, and man Melody.Briand. "I don't evening another service will now, and I can turn to any of there's no way to prepare. We even know what you say about service began be planned if there is it." these guys, R.A.'s and random can be prepared for an attack by shortly afterwards. an expressed need on Shannon Farley, a senior, said people that we meet, and we can another nation, and we can deter "Immediately after the campus. stop and pray about it." them; there is no way to deter she wants to know why the chapel service, we had stu- "We have a chapel staff," he this kind of attack." attacks happened. The service, which began at 7 dents coming to us saying, said. "I rely on those young peo- Tilford said the United States' "Nobody flies airplanes into p.m. in Harbison Chapel, includ- "Would it be all right to ple to give me feedback. If the World Trade Center without a ed a time of worship followed by response must be strong. have a prayer service?" sense from them that they want "The men who carried out this reason," she said. "I want to corporate prayer and scrip- Keehlwetter said. "And to go in a certain direction, that's act died doing it," he said. "This know why they did it.' ture reading. At the said, 'Yeah let's do it. a good indication that we need to service's end, was a very deliberate act of ter- Other campus members, while That's a go there. They were enthusiastic ror, and when we find out who shocked, said past events fore- many students about having the service tonight, shadowed the attacks. broke into small did it, who is responsible, who is and we want to harboring them, we have to do "No surprise," said Dr. Dunn, prayer respond to what has to be done, to eradicate dean of the school of arts our young and letters. "We should people See Attack have expected this. here on page 6 The events have on lead up to it for Collegian Editor-in-Chief quite a few years." Matthew R. Divelbiss and Ruth Hartman, head Perspectives Editor Jacob Smith contributed to this story. United Capturing Tracking We Stand History Terror Americans must Photos of a Federal agents come together campus in search New in tragedy. shock. Castle home. Page 3 Pages 6-7 Page