Monday, September 13, 2021
The Student Voice of California State University, Fullerton
Volume 110 Issue 4
Twenty years later, OC looks back on the devastation of 9/11
Jim Byron, executive Vice President of the Richard Nixon Foundation opened the ceremony and welcomed those in attendance. (Spencer Otte / Daily Titan)
ADRIANA LOPEZ SPENCER OTTE Staff Writers
Twenty years after the 9/11 attacks, Orange County residents met at the Richard Nixon Library and Museum in Yorba Linda in remembrance. The centerpiece of Saturday’s event was 23 tons of steel wreckage from the World Trade Center brought in by a motorcade that was accompanied by three helicopters. The steel will remain free for public viewing in the parking lot of the Nixon Library until Sept. 18. Attendees crowded around the steel to take in a physical reminder of the remnants of the 9/11 attacks.
One of the speakers was Tom Frost, a Laguna Woods resident whose 22-yearold daughter Lisa Frost was among the 65 passengers who died on United Airlines Flight 175 when it crashed into the South Tower of the World Trade Center. Frost said that he has been to many 9/11 memorials over the years, but that this one felt especially significant. “It was beautiful, well put together and a great, great ceremony and tribute to all the victims of that day, not just my daughter,” Tom said. To honor Lisa, Tom began two scholarship programs, one at Trabuco Hills High School and at Boston University, where Lisa was a student at the time of her death. Tom
said that he hopes his daughter’s ultimate legacy is one of community service and activism. During the program, Orange County Sheriff Don Barnes urged people to be aware of terrorism, saying that America was forgetting the lessons of that day. “The threat of terrorism is still real. While the president recently declared an end to the Afghanistan War, we know the fight against terrorism does not end. Those that seek to terrorize still exist,” he said. “I’m concerned that as a country we are reverting to a Sept. 10, 2001, mentality.” Justin Keene, a fire engineer at the Newport Beach Fire Department was 19 years
old when the attacks occurred. He recalled the horror he felt when he woke to his mom shouting about the news. “My heart sank. I was already in the process of becoming a firefighter and that just solidified everything for me,” Keene said. Keene attended the ceremony with his wife and four children. Despite his children being born long after the 9/11 attacks, Keene said it is still important for them to know the sacrifices made by those who passed during the attacks and during the Afghanistan War. “It’s just to remind them of something that did happen,” Keene said. “Freedom is not
free.” The ceremony featured performances from the Orange Community Master Chorale, with members who are able to recall the 9/11 attacks. Among them was Rena Shima, who was getting her children ready for school when her neighbor alerted her about the attacks. She recalled explaining to her children what had occured on the other side of the country. “I told them that there unfortunately were a lot of evil people in this world and some had attacked our country and killed our citizens,” Shima said. “But that they were safe, that they were fine, that we would all be okay.” SEE TRIBUTE
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Volleyball Pollak Library installs drops two on new study spaces the road Private ventilated booths are available to use during online courses.
Following a cancellation, CSUF volleyball lost two games in Colorado. MARISA PALMERIN -FLORES Editor
Looking for the third win of the season, Cal State Fullerton women’s volleyball went on the road to Denver, Colorado, to compete in the Thin Air Challenge against the University of Idaho Vandals, the University of Denver Pioneers and the Air Force Academy Falcons. The Titans were unable to leave with a victory over the weekend after dropping games to the Pioneers and Falcons. Before the Titans were set to face the Idaho Vandals on Sept. 10, the game was canceled hours before the match and Idaho released a FOLLOW US: @THEDAILYTITAN
statement. According to the Vandals’ statement, the games were canceled due to COVID-19 related protocols. Despite the dropped match, Fullerton still went on to face the Denver Pioneers later that evening and the Air Force Falcons on Saturday at Hamilton Gymnasium in Denver, Colorado. The Titans gave the Buccaneers a tough fight, with 35 kills and 39 digs, yet it was not enough to beat the Pioneers, as they had 47 kills and 43 digs for the match. Denver swept Fullerton, who lost the match in straight sets against the Pioneers, dropping their record to 2-3 on Friday night. SEE LOSS
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SPENCER OTTE Staff Writer
the student body will be taking both in-person and fully-online classes. This presents a logistical issue for students who need a place to join a Zoom call with minimal distractions, which the library hopes to solve with its new additions. Mike DeMars, the library’s associate dean of public services, said these additions to the library are primarily for the growing number of students who are taking both fully-online and in-person
courses during the same semester. “We imagine that these spaces are going to be valuable for people who, let’s say have an 11 o’clock biology class in person on campus, but then they have a 1 o’clock Zoom appointment,” DeMars said. “Can’t get back to their apartment in Brea on time so they need a space to take a class and that’s what these are for.”
Several “phone booth” style study spaces have been added to the Pollak Library to give students more private areas on campus to log into remote courses. Looking vaguely like something out of a 1960s sci-fi movie, each blue phone SEE UPDATE 3 booth, manufactured by the commercial furniture company Nevins, stands approximately 7 feet tall with two glass sides and a uniform, grey carpeted interior. The booths feature lighting, a small shelf with outlets and wireless charging stations, a fan for ventilation and are soundproofed to give the user a semi-private, distraction-free environment. With only 65% of classes offered in-person this semesThe study spaces are located on the first, fourth and fifth floors of the ter, a much greater portion of library. (Spencer Otte / Daily Titan)
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