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Show THE FORUM September 10, 2003 3 Club Fair Brings Chance to Get Involved Diversity Series to Start Staff Writer Do you feel like your col- lege experience is lacking something, even with new classes, homework, and, for some, a whole new lifestyle? The annual Clubs and 0 Organizations Fair Thursday, Sept. 1 1 in the Tanner plaza from 11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. is an opportunity for students to become more informed and involved with their school. All of the student clubs on campus will be there including, ASWC, Campus Ministry, Art Society, The Westminster Dance club and many more. This is the perfect time to discover what vour school has to offer and uncover what will make your college experience even more 1 Naturally to essentially begin an organization you still need to contact the ASWC office or the director of student life for more information. The fair only comes once a year so take this occasion to see if in fact there is something there to assist you to become more involved with Westminster and the student organizations offered on 0 information available for any 0 interested student. The Club and Organization Fair is also a great opening for individuals that are interested in starting a new organization on cam-puWhile your new organi- - gratifying. Like Chris Wharton, the Clubs and Organization chair 9-1- zation is pending senates approval you could be getting your idea out there. This year for example there is a new swing dance organization called Sassy Swingers, headed by Kara Fierro that although still pending approval from the senate will be in attendance at the Fair. This is a splendid time to see how many people may be interested the idea you have for a new campus organization. Getting involved in college is always an advantage and a rewarding experience. Chris has really been in charge of the fair this year and hopes that students will find that Westminster truly aims to have something for everyone. This organization fair is not like the Club Expo that is held each spring semester to inform prospective students who may be attending that coming fall. The clubs at this event are there for you to sign up right then and there, and actually become involved as soon as possible. Each club will have a booth and some type of sign up sheet or said, Amy Olsen campus. C3 s. a Todd Fichter Staff Writer Westminster Colleges 2003 KeyBank Cultural Diversity Lecture Series will kick off Tuesday, Sept. 16, at 7 p.m. in the Gore Auditorium with Elaine Shen from Active Voice introducing the upcoming PBS documentary series entitled The New , Imcricans. Shen is director of training for Active Voice and Television Race Initiative, both of which are divisions of American Documentary Inc. and based out of San Francisco, Calif. They present issues in contemporary society that are not commonly presented in mainstream media and encourage discussion and constructive action. The series is produced by Kartemquin Films, the creators of the f loop Dream. d widely-acclaime- The New Americans will be PBS miniseries r debuting in April 2004. The series will follow the lives of immigrants and refugees from Nigeria, India, the Dominican . Republic, the West Bank, Mexico and Vietnam as they journey to America. The viewers will follow the immigrants from their respective homelands up through their first year in America. According to Active Voice, this type of program- ming is important due to the huge upswing of foreign-bor- n residents in America spanning the past three decades. In the wake of 911 many Americans are suspicious of the immigrants coming into the country. This type of program can help dispel much of the fears Americans are having as well as shed light on the individuals who are leaving their countries in search of the American Dream. C3 Remembered at New York Citys Ground Zero David Pang and brought this whole block down. Thousands of lives Contributing Writer were lost. Almost two years have gone by and people can still remem- ber where they were when this Leading back down into the street from the South Bridge, people were met by the New York lure devastating day happened. As America was under attack, viewers lined the Hudson River on both shores, both New Yorkers and New Jersians watched from the river off of south Manhattan as the chaos devoured the World Trade Center and as smoke and dust consumed the sky. Today, on New York Citys Ground Zero east side wall a cross made from two iron beams stands high up over the metal barricades Department station. The tragedy of 9.11 seized more than just the lives of many of New Yorks finest firefighters, but also lives of the brave men and women of the New Jersey lure Department. On that fateful Tuesday Ground Zero, the New York skyline (bellow, left) and a diaster sites barricade (below) two years after the tragedy. 9-- 11 9.11, with goodbyes written from those who dearly miss, and still mourn and grieve for those who cn and unusable. to Redevelopment officials and Deutsche Bank expect to demolish the building and replace it with the rest of the WTC Towers, but two insurers are squabbling over the amount of the demolition and want to repair the Tower instead. The Bankers Tower remains concealed by black netting draping the entire building, still mourning the death and destruction that happened across the street on cz for people to look up at. A few pictures line the east wall of those whose lives were claimed by CL o a V ' A'"'' 'fjr A t'h W'frs. " " y I v sT 4 were lost in the mayhem. At Vesey St. the con. seven-hou- struction and metal barri cades pop out of nowhere in this hurried metropolis. People now walk on a path in the middle of the street con-- j structed by a fence, which blocks any remote view of Ground Zero, whereas to the right the ongoing reconstruction of the 90 Church St. Federal Building continues. Next to the federal building is an empty lot, which seems out of place in New York, this lot was once home to the seventh WTC building. Turning left off the West Side highway trucks continu- tarp-cover- ed 3M! 't.d ously enter the area. A better glimpse of Ground Zero is .w offered for a moment before crossing the street over to the World Financial Center Plaza. Walking down the west of Ground Zero people gaze upon the Deutsche Bank building, still 9.11. . 40-sto- ry heavily damaged. The Tower is scarred with a gash down , the middle of its side facing Ground Zero. This has left the building smudged with mold and other unwanted elements due to 9.11, which has rendered the building vacant , ' Connected to the One World Financial Center Buildings is the South Bridge. The bridge sustained major damage from 9.11, but remains with most of the repairs completed. From the South Bridge, people walked by looking down into Ground Zero. The debris, the shops, the subway, everything has been removed from what is morning as the Towers were under attack, New Jersey fire- fighters from across the Hudson in Secaucus, Jersey City, and Weehawken, to name a few, drove their fire VTC ' SITE fi CASE OF - BBE - EMS CALL POUCH 0 engines fiercely through the Lincoln and Holland tunnels to EMERGENCE 9 help their neighbors across the river. Many PORT AUTHORITY POUCE (212) (212) 60S-5T- 11 of New Jerseys 608-51- 15 geous firefighters, along with New Yorks bravest, were unable to escape and lost their now an empty hole in the ground full of trucks, trailers, iron beams and cement that were left intact; and an empty, subway tunnel protruding from the east wall. On the South Bridge, peo- coura- lives thatSeptcmber morning. Still, two years have lapsed ple have an elevated view of Ground Zero. Those who and the subway line comes an end at city hall, just north of Ground Zero. The World Trade Center housed four RA.T.H. (Port Authority Trans Hudson) tubes that brought approached rapidly took a startling step back, others stood thousands of commuters daily to Manhattan from New still as rock, while a few put their cameras away as the silence grew and consumed the entire corridor. Two years ago, planes flew into the World Trade Center Towers Jersey, particularly Jersey City. Now, these tubes are still out of commission and many people are commuting to See 9-1- 1, pg. 8 , |
