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Show I ,,_ !MOM PAY. SEPTE·M BER 17, 2001 PAGE3 UNIVERSITY JOURNAL CAMPUS MEWS Vigil honors victims _o f last week's tragedy BY LISA YOUNG OF THE JOURNAL STAFF nt and community members gathered on campus TI1ursday o pay an motional tribute to the ictims of last week' attack on the World Trad Center and P ntagon . tudent who attend d the candl light ·giJ thought it was an appropriate way to remember tho e affect d by the attack. "I'm here out of respect," J ie Beth Baxter, a communication major from Tremonton, Utah, said. "It's a mall price to pay ~ r p opt who ha paid u h a great price." While mo c didn't know anyone involved, they all telt sympathy for the victim and their fam.ilies. They expressed their surprise and ang rat th act of terror. "{Til! attack) was horrible, • Erin Cos I n , a junior art major from Cedar City, said "There' no words to describe it." Like most Americans, Co slett said she has also found. it difficult to forget about the attack and return to normal. She thought the vigil was a good way to hdp students grieve. idewalks on campus were lined ith paper bag luminaries bearing messages from students. A range of emotions was expressed in tho messages. "Angry," one bag said simply. "We will not be defeated ," aid another. One messenger just wanted to know "Why? UU A Pr id at Ryan Richey open d th ceremony by reminding everyone that nearly every college and unNersity in the state was conducting a similar. vigil . "Your very presence here hows that you are not willing to b victims of terrorism," he said. tu,1.rt Jone . vice pt' sident for university advancement, remind d everyon that Americans can and ·hould rise above terrori m . The trenb>th and re ilience of human pirit cannot b ubdu d ," he said. "The ·pirit that make Am rica great will be r newed and fortifi d." tah Attorney GeneraJ Mark hurtleff, who was visiting Cedar City as part of his 12-city lnterner F afety tour, expr ed iretighters, police, and th , =tiim~· his optimism in Thursday's candlelight · ~·~ families begin the c· America. . terrorist attack tragect1e:~gd in remembrance of t~;c!f candles at the end of "I know thi great ms of last week's counrry will continue on and we will be tr nger," he aid. ther speakers at the vigil in.eluded Glade Hamilton, World Trad Center, the P ntagon and leaders administrator at Kolob R gionaJ Care and of the nation. The silence that followed was broken by Rehabilitation and Iron County Sheriff David -nude" two bagpipers playing Amazing Grace. The music was performed by the SUU Concert Choir, Benson. Hamilton encouraged donations to the East Acclamation, the Orchestra of outhern tah and Coast Relief Fund, initiated by Kolob Regional and set members of the cadet and Black Highlanders Pipe up at tate Bank of Sou them Utah. A moment of silence Band. preceded the Lighting of a human candl chain, which Students who attended the vigil expre d hope that was begun by fire and policed partment chief the vi tims will feel their upport aero s th miles. "I'm members and volunteers. praying for them ," Elizabeth anch z, a ophomore Candi lie up th darkn . The bell acop Old Main from Logan, ald. "l ju ·t hope they can find peace." tolled six times for victims, family and friends, tbe ·=~~::-:;~--:--....Ji c':i' Shurtleff takes tour to Cedar, warns about Internet dangers BY CYNTHIA KIRKHAM SENIOR TAFF WRITER Kristen Peterson, a junior business major from Salt Lake City, writes condolences before Thursday's Convocation to those directly Involved in last week's terrorist attack tragedy. Many students wrote messages on posters during the Convocation and the candlelight vigil, held that evening, which will be sent to New York City. Utan- Attorney General Mark ShurtJeff didn't wait for the Federal Aviation Administration to lift its restriction on air travel last week. Instead he rented a car and drove to Utah from southern Califoutia o he could speak to SUU students and citizen of Cedar Gey Thursday on Internet safety. "This was something we thought about canceling in the light of what has happened in our nation, " hurtleff said during a community meeting at . "But what a way to show those who conunitted the attacks that we're going to continue doing what we do here in America." hurtJeff pent some tim talking about the attacks; however, th importanc f Internet safety was in no way dirnini. hed. The attacks were horrible and those responsible should be found and puni h d , h aid, but Internet crimes cause· problems every day. "Even while we peak right now, somewhere, som place om p dophile .i abusing a child because (he or sh ) met them on th Intern t ," h said. "We need to go forward with our lives and with ur law enforcement and protection efforts. I don't want to wait another minute ." The attorney general acknowledged the event taking place in the nation when he poke to Cro Hollow Intermediate hool classe . ~1 understand you're not sur how to feel yet," he aid . "But I want to assure you, you are afe . hurtleff mad the ftrst portion of the program at Cross Hollows interactive and caught the attention of every child in the room. He explained the idea of a predator using the example of a cat bunting for mice. There are cats and mice on the Internet; they were the mice. He showed the children an animal trap and said those traps were dangerous to animals as surfing the Net i to them. Ken Hansen head of the Utah lntem t Crimes Against Children Task Force, and tate Bureau of Investigations officer David Rose howed children what ha fiappened to children in the past with a true-to-form presentation of an Int met chat room. Children were told that the Internet is good as long as it is used properly. In the community meeting at UU later that nighr, a mo·re graphic ' version of the rune message was hared with tho e present . (continued on page 7) |