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but not forgotten
NT remembers Sept. 11
Campus community gathers for memorial service
By Phil Banker
Staff Writer
Students, faculty and staff
filled Shrader Pavilion Monday
morning to commemorate the
events of Sept. ff, 200L
Monday marked the fifth anni-
versary of the attacks on the World
Trade Center, the Pentagon and
rural Pennsylvania that killed
more than 3,000 people.
The ceremony began with
a presentation of colors by the
NT Air Force ROTC accompa-
nied by the national anthem
played by the NT College of
Music Pep Band. Standing in
front of a quilt made by the NT
organization Partners for Peace,
Student Government Association
President Alan Ross, San Antonio
senior, shared a message of hope
with those in attendance.
"It's hard to believe it's been
five years," said Iris Love-Hiltz,
Houston junior. "It seems like
only yesterday we were watching
the footage on TV."
Dianne Berg, director of the NT
chapter of the National Coalition
Building Institute, shared her
stories from visiting classrooms
on campus in the days directly
after the attacks. She said instead
of doing her normal presenta-
tions, she had the students stand
up and share where they were
when the attacks occurred.
"These students didn't need
to be talked to or talked at," Berg
said. "They needed to be listened
to."
Richard Wells of the jour-
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Audience members stand as the North Texas Pep Band plays the national anthem during the Sept.
11 ceremony Monday at the Shrader Pavilion.
nalism faculty shared stories
from his time in the U.S. Navy.
Wells, a retired Rear Adm., read
e-mails from one of his former
shipmates who is still serving. He
also read an e-mail from a doctor
working with soldiers in Iraq.
"'The only thing necessary for
the triumph of evil is for good
men to do nothing,"' Wells said,
quoting the words of Edmund
Burke.
Wells said forgetting the sacri-
fices of those who gave their lives
to save others on Sept. If, 2001,
would be "doing nothing."
Dean of Students Kenneth
Ballom concluded the cere-
mony by inviting those present
to record their experiences of
the events of Sept. ff, 200f, on
canvasses set up behind Shrader
Pavilion.
As of press time, the canvasses
were moved to the third floor of
the University Union because of
inclement weather.
Increased intelligence
helps prevent attacks
Denton, Dallas police departments
prepare for terrorists, emergencies
By Mary Pharris
Contributing Writer
Low. Guarded. Elevated. High. Severe.
Green, blue, yellow, orange and red boxes once appeared in
the corner of major news networks' broadcasts, alerting the
American public as to how high the terror threat was. Now, five
years after Sept. If, 2001, those boxes aren't as common. Despite
this, Robert Taylor of the criminal justice faculty said the United
States is still "very vulnerable" to terrorists attacks.
"By saying that I don't mean to make a big panic ... we're
pretty vulnerable," Taylor said. "You know we can't lock down
everything, and we can't make everything totally secure. It's
the price we pay for living in the kind of society we live in. So
are we vulnerable? Absolutely."
Taylor, a consultant for the U.S. Department of Justice,
said that while security has increased since Sept. If, one of
the biggest threats to America is unsecured borders. He said
it's a common misconception that because Mexicans are the
highest represented ethnicity crossing the border that all
illegal crossings are Mexicans. However, many illegal resi-
dents come from Southeast Asia, the Middle East and all of
Latin America, Taylor said.
Border security will "probably be one of the most divisive
issues to confront American society," but it needs to be dealt
with because not all those crossing the border illegally have
good intentions toward the United States, Taylor said.
Taylor also said transportation hubs, places that are symbol-
ically meaningful like the White House, and Wall Street still
are vulnerable to attacks.
"Major attacks from radical Islam or radicals from the
Middle East, I think, will still be focused on New York and
Washington, D.C.," Taylor said.
Lt. Rick Watson, a public information officer with the Dallas
Police Department, said intelligence is critical in preventing
attacks. Having the same information on all levels of law
enforcement - federal, state and local - is necessary so all offi-
cials involved in a disaster are on the same page, he said.
Watson said all officers in the department have been through
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North Texas Daily (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 91, No. 9, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 12, 2006, newspaper, September 12, 2006; Denton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth145363/m1/1/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.