October 3, 2001
>>> Lech Walesa, former president of Poland, took questions from an audience of 50 Elon students October 3, 2001
October 2, 2001
>>> Remarks by Lech Walesa -- Former president of Poland Lech Walesa delivered a keynote address during Elon's Fall Convocation Tuesday, Oct. 2.
September 26, 2001
>>> Letter to alumni from President Leo M. Lambert
September 22, 2001
>>> Invocation by Chaplain Richard McBride at Rhodes Stadium inaugural game
September 20, 2001
>>> Remarks by Dean Paul Parsons -- forum on media coverage of the terrorist attack
>>> Media coverage of attacks examined at Elon forum
September 19, 2001
>>> David McCullough news conference excerpts
>>> Historian David McCullough discussed the recent terrorist attacks during the inaugural Baird Pulitzer Prize Lecture
>>> Historian David McCullough holds news conference and Q&A
September 18, 2001
>>> Letter to parents of Elon students from President Leo M. Lambert
September 17, 2001
>>> Elon Forum on Terrorism
>>> Fraternity, sorority team up for disaster relief
September 16, 2001
>>> An opinion column from the Greensboro News & Record by Prof. Rudy Zarzar
September 15, 2001
>>> Letter from President Leo M. Lambert to the Elon community
September 14, 2001
>>> Students hold a candlelight vigil
>>> The Day of Prayer and Remembrance
September 12, 2001
>>> About the community meeting
>>> Remarks by President Leo M. Lambert
>>> Remarks by President Emeritus Earl Danieley
>>> Remarks by Prof. John Sullivan
>>> Remarks by SGA President Trey Bolton
>>> Remarks by Chaplain Richard McBride
September 11, 2001
>>> Elon graduate survives World Trade Center attack
>>> The immediate reaction
>>> A Time for Prayer gathering at Elon Community Church: Prayer by Gregg Sullivan
Reaction to Terrorism Home Page
Elon Forum on Terrorism  About
150 students, faculty and staff gathered Sept. 17 to discuss terrorism
and other matters related to the attacks on New York City and Washington.
The forum was moderated by associate provost Nancy Midgette and
included a panel of faculty members including David Crowe, Brian
Digre, Yoram Lubling, Jim Pace, John Sullivan and Rudy Zarzar.Crowe said the political and social factors that led to the terrorist attacks are very complicated. He said some of the root causes relate back to U.S. involvement in the Gulf War and the frustration felt in Arab countries. He criticized media coverage of Islam and the concept of Jihad. "I think, in the end, this is a time to build bridges, not create chasms," Crowe said. "We need to take this opportunity to slow the emotional processes down and be thoughtful, because if all we end up doing out of this is creating more prejudices, then the terrorists have won." Zarzar explained that there are many types of terrorism, including cyber-terrorism, international terrorism, domestic terrorism, revolutionary terrorism, insurgency terrorism, technological terrorism, ecological terrorism, abortion terrorism, economic terrorism, and holy or Godly terrorism. "Each of these has different objectives," Zarzar said. "When it comes to political terrorism, some groups fight against what they believe to be injustices, others fight for the establishment of human rights, others hate a dictator somewhere or want to unseat a government."  Pace
said terrorism is a power problem. "Those who don't have the power
try to substantiate their cause and will resort to anything," said
Pace. "The bottom line is to try to find out what the cause of the
terrorism is."Sullivan worried about the loss of personal rights in the pursuit of the terrorists. "One of the horrible things, it seems to me, is when people say 'whatever it takes,'" Sullivan said. "We're already talking about major incursions on personal liberty. They're always done, first of all, to combat some terror or other, and are very difficult to undo. We're already beginning to talk about assassination as a political weapon. We have to be very vigilant about what we are willing to permit under the name of security against terrorism." 
Crowe advocates beginning the process of forgiveness. "This is a
time for faith and love, and the first bridge we build is the bridge
of understanding," he said. "It's hard to think of forgiveness in
light of the horror that has happened, but remember that forgiveness
is a very complex process. And the first part of that process is
coming to grips with your hate, and then working with that. All
of the great faith traditions have this idea of forgiveness and
love. It doesn't mean that you automatically go to forgiveness,
but I think the spiritual context is the starting point for how
we begin to cope with this, both within our own country and internationally."
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