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THE RO CKY MOUNTAIN
Fort Collins, Colorado
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
COLLEGIAN
Volume 121 | No. 25
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THE STUDENT VOICE OF COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY SINCE 1891
Professors remember campus 11 years after attacks By KATE SIMMONS The Rocky Mountain Collegian Eleven years ago, CSU political science professors were forced to adjust their curriculum and teach students about an event that they themselves were still struggling to cope with. Before the debris from the twin towers had settled, CSU students, faculty and administration gathered on the plaza in front of the Lory Student Center to mourn together. “The buildings were still falling down and smoldering when they met on the plaza,” retired political science professor Robert Lawrence said. “The immediate impact on campus was shock and confusion,” political science professor Scott Moore said in an email to the Collegian. “I think we all felt dumbfounded and helpless.” In the days following the attack, political science professors worked to explain to their students what happened, how it happened and why it happened. “Students had a hard time wrapping their heads around the whole event or chain of events,” Moore said. “Students and faculty had a difficult problem absorbing and learning ‘why?’ ” “I spent time in class talking about the attack and giving students an opportunity to comment, express concerns and ask questions,” political science professor Sandra Davis said. “Confronting the attack was one way to start ‘coming to grips’ with the event.” Lawrence saw exponential growth in attendance at the lecture following the attacks. Even un-registered students came to listen. “People were standing along the walls. The classroom wasn’t large, but it was standing room only,” Lawrence said. “That particular semester, politics and history seemed more relevant to students.” In the days and months following 9/11, Lawrence and other See ANNIVERSARY on Page 3
NICK LYON | COLLEGIAN
Iraq veteran Darin Hinman, whose studying at CSU under the post-9/11 G.I. Bill, is one of approximately 200,000 veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder. One in 10 Iraq veterans develop PTSD, according to the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command.
A veteran’s perspective: remembering 9/11 By AMANDA ZETAH The Rocky Mountain Collegian
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On the morning of September 11, 2001, Darin Michael Hinman, was glued to the television in his high school history class. As he watched the second tower fall in New York City, he made a decision that would change his life forever. “All I remember was George Bush standing in the rubble, saying ‘America, we hear you and the people who did this will hear us soon,’” said Hinman, a mechanical engineering major. On September 12, 2001, Hinman signed the papers and officially enlisted in the Marine Corps. One week after high school graduation, he was on his way to boot camp. “9/11 was the final push for him to join the marines,” said Stephanie Carpino, a microbiology major and Hinman’s girlfriend of five months. “He had been contemplating it for a while.” Hinman was eager to join the military to follow in his grandfather’s footsteps. His grandfather was a U.S. Army Ranger. Needless to say, his parents were less than thrilled with his decision, especially because he is
343: Number of firefighters and paramedics killed. 50,000: Number working in World Trade Center on
average working day prior to Sept. 11. 140,000: Average number of daily visitors. 2,823: Number killed in attack on New York, in the Twin Towers and in aircraft that crashed into them. 20: Distance, in miles, from which the burning towers were visible. 2,300: Maximum heat of fires, in degrees fahrenheit, at World Trade Center site. 69: Number of days underground fires at World Trade Center continued to burn.
an only child. After boot camp, Hinman left for his first deployment to Iraq, which lasted a total of six months. During that time, his specialty was avionics. His daily duties consisted of repairing equipment and doing supply runs. “Basically, I was ‘volun-told’ to go do this and run wherever,” Hinman said. During his first deployment to Iraq, he was only immersed in actual combat once. His unit drove two Hummers to a site and were about a half hour into their supply run
230: Number of days that workers dug up debris at Ground Zero, searching for body parts.
19,500: Number of body parts collected. 291: Number of bodies discovered intact. 1,102: Number of victims identified by New York medical examiner.
1,616: Number of death certificates issued without a
body at request of victims’ families. 105: Number of people still classified as missing from the World Trade Center that day. Source: The Guardian, Aug. 2002
when the first Hummer hit an Improvised Explosive Device (IED). “It was my first and only direct experience with combat,” Hinman said. “We either killed or repelled the attackers.” This was a day that Hinman cannot seem to forget. His best friend, who went through school, training and deployment with him, was stuck in the first Hummer. Right as Hinman ran up to the vehicle, See VETERAN on Page 6
FOOTBALL
Rams suffered from bad week of practice, resolved to change By CRIS TILLER The Rocky Mountain Collegian
Practice? Are we talkin’ about practice? That’s right, the talk inside the CSU football program following a disappointing 22-7 home opening loss to North Dakota State is practice. “It wasn’t our best effort to say the least,” center Weston Richburg said Monday. “We weren’t prepared, I don’t think we prepared well during the week and that obviously showed.” A normal week of practice for the Rams starts Monday with film study and very initial gameplanning for the next opponent, and by Thursday the expectations are high. Those expectations were not met leading up to Saturday. “The week of preparation was
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disappointing,” Richburg said. “We had to start some drills over on Thursday, which is supposed to be ‘perfect Thursday,’ so that was disappointing, and the end product was disappointing as well.” CSU’s sloppy performance against the Bison was most notable on offense where the Rams scored just seven points, which came on their opening drive. Quarterback Garrett Grayson never found a rhythm and consequently, the offense stalled. Coach Jim McElwain had his suspicions that the players weren’t prepared at the level they needed to be, saying it was partly his fault as a coach. “What you do in practice comes to fruition in the game, and it goes back to each and every one of us,” McElwain said. “We reap what we sow and I think in that is
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a great life lesson. “I was nervous for our players because I wasn’t sure, and as it came my hunch was probably right.” It wasn’t as if McElwain didn’t try to communicate to his players the quality of their next opponent. He talked at length about his fear of North Dakota, even saying he’d circled it on his calender when the schedule was released. “Obviously they didn’t get that message,” McElwain said. “It hurt, it really hurt. It hurt down inside.” Perhaps the good news to come from last week’s failures in practice is that the problem has been identified. Both McElwain and the players acknowledged the need to correct their mistakes before this Saturday’s game against San Jose State. “Preparation will be huge for See FBALL on Page 3
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Crockett Gillmore (10) scores a touchdown against NDSU in the first quarter of the game at Hughes on Saturday. CSU lost to NDSU 22-7.
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