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9/11/11: 10 years later

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9/11/11: 10 years later

Like nation, SU campus joined together on day filled with tragedy and confusion

Julia Worcester envisioned it differently. It wasn’t an attack, just an unfortunate freak accident. The pilot must have made a mistake, clipped the edge of the north tower. Full story

News | 9/11/11: 10 years later

Like nation, SU campus joined together on day filled with tragedy and confusion

Julia Worcester envisioned it differently. It wasn't an attack, just an unfortunate freak accident. The pilot must have made a mistake, clipped the edge of the north tower.

Students realize loss of innocence after communities shattered by terrorist attacks

The precise moment many say America lost its innocence: Sept. 11, 2001, 8:46:40 a.m.

Effects of attacks continue to shape generation

Leo Wong didn't know what the World Trade Center was until Sept. 11, 2001.

Veterans contemplate time spent fighting abroad

One decade since the War on Terror began, thousands of U.S. troops continue their duties in Afghanistan and Iraq.

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Hendricks Chapel, campus groups to honor anniversary

A tree able to bear over 40 different types of fruit was selected as the symbol of Syracuse University Remembers, a series of events reflecting on 9/11.

Pulp | 9/11/11: 10 years later

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Unburied treasure: SU professor's ceramic murals makes reappearance with opening of subway station

In the underpass of New York City's Cortlandt Street station, local politicians and members of The Metropolitan Transportation Authority gathered in front of a luminous ceramic mural on Sept. 8 for a ribbon-cutting ceremony. It marked the reopening of the station's southbound platform.

Opinion | 9/11/11: 10 years later

Editorial | 9/11 anniversary offers motivation for students to revisit questions of their youth

Whether 7 years old or 15, many college students remember Sept. 11, 2001, as an onslaught of images and news broadcasts that our parents or teachers failed to clarify with watered down or uninformed explanations.

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Generation Y | With figure behind 9/11 dead, deeper understanding of terrorism possible

After the demise of Osama bin Laden, many publications ran headlines that claimed how terrorism was forever changed, that Bin Laden dragged our post-9/11 definition of the word down to the bottom of the sea with him.

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Letter to the Editor | American public should consider merits of pacifism in light of 9/11

Ten years ago members of al-Qaeda used four passenger aircrafts as weapons to kill nearly 3,000 people on Sept. 11, 2001. The United States government's response was to answer violence with violence. In the ensuing wars, hundreds of thousands more people have been killed.

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Letter to the Editor | SU should honor 9/11 through student-organized charity

This Sunday marks the 10th anniversary of 9/11 and with it brings a wide range of emotions for all of us. When the annual fall concert Juice Jam was scheduled for its normal weekend, it happened to coincide with this 10th anniversary. University Union immediately began working with Hendricks Chapel, Student Association and the Division of Student Affairs to ensure that the entire day is given the reverence that it deserves. 

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Letter to the Editor | 9/11 stirs memory of Pan-Am 103 bombing

As the 10th anniversary of 9/11 approaches, it is worth remembering we ought to remember another devastating act of terrorism that intimately affected our campus.

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