I
was meeting with the WMU President Elson Floyd that morning, I heard
the news of one plane just as I parked on campus. During our meeting he
was interrupted, and then minutes later today me he was closing
campus...
First thing I did was buzz home and call Megan Baker...
we immediately both said, we have to do something tonight. Our small
band of IFC and Panhel Officers started quickly planning a vigil for
that evening in Fraternity Village. People like David Lancaster
and others helped bring hundreds of Greeks and non-Greeks to the
village and somehow we found enough candles for everyone. No one doubted
decisions, we all got together, no one hogged the microphone, everyone
held hands and we all rowed in the same direction.
When I think of our divisive
politics, and how much we have learned to hate other Americans who
believe differently than we do... it shames us for what we went through
over how much someone hated us... now we do it to each other, daily, publicly,
and proudly.
I hope today we take the time to remember that freedom
didn't come free, that keeping it isn't easy, and working together is
the only way to succeed. God Bless America on 9/11.