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Students tied red, white and blue ribbons on campus trees yesterday.
Others collected donations, gave blood and wore ribbons to classes.

 

Reaching out: After a day of shock,
campus begins relief efforts

By Eric Rau
STAFF WRITER

As rescuers worked desper»
ately to find living victims in
the rubble of fallen buildings on
Wednesday. the UK campus
swarmed with students ready
to help those in New York and
Washington.

In a time of national dis-
tress and uncertainty. students.
faculty and staff at UK worked
to help raise awareness and
support from others on campus.

Eden Davis. a political sci-
ence junior. found an e-mail in
her inbox last night encourag

ing her and other Honors pro
gram students to donate blan-
kets and canned food

“1 think that even though ll
is not within Kentucky. it is a
national interest and everyone
wants to do what they can be-
cause it is a prolific tragedy."
Davis said.

Many student organiza
tions have established a disas»
ter relief fund to help benefit
victims. families and agenc1es
affected by the airplane attacks.
They are urging people to do-
nate financially to the Ameri»
can Red Cross.

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Jointheefforts

These are a few of the relief efforts going on
at UK.

Disaster Relief Fund

Students have established a disaster relief
fund to benefit victimsLthelr families and
agencies affected by yesterday' s airplane
hijackings and the subsequent attacks on the
World Trade Center and the Pentagon
Financial donations, that will go through the
American Red Cross, can be made at the
Information Desk near the food court of the
UK Student Center and at the Student
Government Office, 120 Student Center.

SC hands out ribbons

Blue and yellow ribbons symbolizing sympa-
thy and support for those dealing with yes.
terday s tragedies will be available from UK
Student Government in locations in the UK
Student Center beginning Thursday.

Hospital workers help

Physical and occupational therapists at the
UK Hospital are extending a helping hand
today by collecting donations for the
American Red Cross Between seeing
patients the therapists are making ribbons
for staff and patients to wear in support and
memory of the victims of yesterday's
tragedies They are distributing black and
white on red. white and blue ribbons. The
white ribbon is for the survivors; black for
the deceased, and red, white and blue for the
unity of the United States.

Counseling available

The UK Counseling & Testing Center will be
offering discussion and support groups
tomorrow from 12:30 pm. until 1:45 in 205
Student Center and on Friday and Monday.
from noon until i pm, in 231 Student Center.
The meetings are open to anyone who choos-
es to attend. More meetings will be sched-
uled as needed. If you wish to talk to a coun-
selor for support, call the UK Counseling 8
Testing Center at 257-8701. The center will
arrange additional appointment times 8 am
to 5 pm. Monday through Friday to accom-
modate persons needing additional support.
The offices are located at 301 Frazee Hall,
adjacent to the old Student Center entrances
on Administration Drive.

Give blood

The Central Kentucky Blood Center is encour-
aging people to donate blood for victims in
New York and Washington. Call the center at
276-2543.

 

 

World watches as disaster

White House lined its counters

Attorney General says terrorists targeted
White House, Bush and Air Force One

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Events have changed rapid-
ly since terrorists attacked US.
soil Tuesday. Here‘s a break-
down of Wednesday's news:

e President George W.
Bush branded the attacks in
New York and Washington
“acts of war" on Wednesday
and braced a shaken nation for
a long fight against the terror-
ists responsible. He sought $20
billion to help pay the cost of re-
taliation as investigators
searched from Florida to (fanae
da and along the Internet for
suspects,

o Ashcroft said the White

House and Bush's plane were
targeted by terrorists. offering
the theory as others raised
questions about the president's
actions Tuesday. He said teams
of three to six terrorists hi-
jacked four planes and. using
pilots trained in the United
States. put the aircraft on their
deadly courses.

a Bush mulled a range of
military options to punish the
terrorists. while investigators
said they had identified more
than a dozen hijackers of Mid
die Eastern descent with ties to
()sama bin Laden and other ter»
rorist networks. Bush sought to
build a global alliance with

phone calls to leaders of
France. Germany. Canada.
Britain and Russia.

s Defense Secretary Don-
ald Rumsfeld told US. troops
worldwide they will be called to
arms “in the days ahead." Sec-
retary of State Colin Powell
said the president will oversee
“a long—term conflict."

a Twenty-four hours after
the attacks. the fire ceased at
the nation's military headquar-
ters in Arlington. Va. where
more than 200 were believed to
have died in the airplane and
the Pentagon. in New York. the
few stories remaining of the
trade center‘s south tower col-
lapsed in another cloud of dust.

e National Guard troops
patrolled the capital in camou-
flagecoiored Humvees A Mc-
Donald's restaurant near the

 

with American flags.
Switzerland lowered its

flags to half-staff ill a show of

support as leaders acroSs the

globe mised their voices
against terrorism. Palestinian
leader Yasser Arafat donated
blood for the. victims,

0 Fear spread beyond
America's borders. Threats of
terrorism emptied skyscrapers
in Malaysia and the Culture
Ministry in Romania.

e (‘ongress declared the
country is “entitled to respond
under intemational law "

0 Bush talked of war.
though he did not seek a decla»
ration from Congress. Officials
said he needs to know his tar-
gets before deciding what auv
thorization to seek from
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Firefighters and inspectors continue to look over the
damage to the Pentagon Wednesday. A hijacked airlin-

er crashed into the structure on Tuesday.

STATE

Return to the Capitol:
‘There's work to be done'

By Will Messer

SPORiSDAiLt idiom

As the United States awoke from a
nightmarish Tuesday. government em-
ployees on Capitol Hill Went back to tak-
ing care of business. even with an eye on
the TV.

“We're all trying to resume business
as usual as we l as listen to the news."
David (‘onnelly. a legislative aide for
Kentucky (‘ongressman Harold Rogers.
said. “We're all working hard to carry
on business as usual."

After yesterday's tragic events. busi-
ness as usual may seem like a pipe
dream to many Americans.

The terrorist attacks that destroyed
the World Trade Center in New York
and damaged the Pentagon building in
northern Virginia left many Americans
in shock and glued to their TVs.

But in the nation‘s capital. there's
work to be done.

Connelly lives in suburban Virginia
and uses the Metro. D.C.‘s mass transit
system. to commute to work.

Connelly enters D.(‘. through the
Metro‘s yellow line. which passes be-
neath the Pentagon

He said his Wednesday morning
commute wasn‘t significantly different
from any other of his commutes.

“This morning it was as routine as

any other morning. it went underneath
it." he said of the Pentagon. "it just did-
n‘t stop at the station. People were just
getting on and off just like any other
day."

(‘onnelly is just one of hundreds of
Senate and House aides who resumed
work on Capitol Hill today.

Rep. Rogers employees six full-time
staff members in his D.(‘. office and they
all reported to work today.

Blair Goodrich. a staff assistant for
the congressman. said her morning rou-
tine was ati'ected by Wednesday's
events.

“There were less people coming in."
Goodrich. who drives to work. said.

She noted that the schools in DC.
were closed. which could have forced
many parents to stay home with their
children.

Goodrich said security had been
tightened in a twoeblock radius around
the Capitol building and that the Capitol
Hill Police force had barricaded some
streets.

Things were a little weird in the of-
fice. too. she added.

“it was so eerie because for the first
hour the phones didn‘t ring at all." she
said. “We were kind of bracing our-
selves for an onslaught of constituent
calls. but they didn‘t come,“

Despite the increased security and a
shorter Metro ride. (‘onneily said he did—
n‘t feel threatened or scared.

“Today i feel fine." he said. “You
can't avoid coming to work you've
just got to be here and carry on.“

Kentucky agency prepares for sudden attacks

By Mark Boxiey

yi»? wk 1:

While the crews in New York and
Washington. l).(‘ have just begun to
clean up the carnage and destruction at
the World Trade t‘enter and the Penta-
Jon. the rest of the nation is outraged
.nid hurt.

But what if it had been Kentucky iii-
ste-id at New York” What if the terror-
ists had decided that the National Bank
li‘: Fort Knox was more of an American
financial emblem than the World Trade
(‘enter'

Were this the case. Kentucky would
be dealing with the emergency much as
New York is right now. The Kentucky
Division of Emergency Management is
the organiznig force behind all parts of
an emergency .it any level. said Ray
Bow man. the information officer for the
Kentucky Division of Emergency Man-
agenient

“.‘ynything that is needed in an
emergency. we have a hand in it." Bow-
man said.

.-\ccording to (‘harles Bogart. an op-
erations officer for the Kentucky Divr
slot] of Emergency Management. the di-
vision speaks for the governor in any re»
quests for manpower or supplies to or-
ganizations and other states.

Bogart said that every state has an
emergency management organization
rim by the state.

Kentucky's division has four main
purposes.

it is first a preparedness agency.
The division trains for different situa-
tions using an “All Hazards“ training
approach that works under the pretense
that many disasters have the same kind
of needs when it comes to response.

“All these things (disasters) kind of
overlap." Bowman said. noting that ex-
plosions and hazardous material spills
use very similar response techniques.

The second and third purposes are
that of response and recovery. From the
initiation of the emergency to the re-
building and clean up. the division of
emergency management is involved.

The division defines sources of man-
power and locates any supplies needed
in an emergency. Bowman gave the ex-
ample of bringing in fresh water into an
area where the water supply has been
cut off or contaminated.

The fourth facet of the division is
mitigation. it is responsible for correct»
ing questionable situations.

The division‘s mission is relayed by
W. R. Padgett. the director of the Ken-
tucky Division of Emergency Manage-
ment. in a statement on the organiza-
tion's Web site.

“Our job is to save lives. reduce in-
juries and protect our homes and prop-
erty from the effects of both natural anti
man-made disasters." he said.

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Firefighters and inspectors continue to look over the
damage to the Pentagon Wednesday. A hijacked airlin-
er crashed into the structure on Tuesday.

 

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Many suspect bin Laden involvement in attacks

EQNQMICS

Officials hope
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ASSOCIATED PRESS

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flasdag Chief Executive Hardwick Simmons speaks at a news confer-
ence in New York Wednesday to announce the stock market's hopes to
resume business by Friday. New York Stock Exchange Chairman
Richard Grasso is at left.

Trading delays: Officials close US. market,
wait for consumer confidence to rise

STAFF AND WIRE REPORi

Government and major US. stock exchange officials met
Wednesday and decided to remain closed at least one more day.
Their intent was to balance the need to shore up investor confi-
dence with the human death toll that resulted from ’l‘uesday's
attacks.

Stocks will open “by Friday and no later than Monday."
said Hardwick Simmons. chief executive officer of the Nasdaq.
Today marks the third consecutive day US. markets will re-
main ciosed. Trading never actually began on 'i‘uesday.

While stock markets remain closed. the US. bond market
resumed trading today as scheduled. Wall Street analysts are
not sure what to expect when stocks do resume trading. but the
general consensus is that markets will open lower.

“Certainly stocks will trade down." said Robert Turner.
chief investment officer at Turner investment Partners. which
manages $10 billion in Berwyn. Pa

Despite gloomy forecasts. many on Wall Street seem anx-
ious to get back to work. even if only to make a symbolic ges~
ture to the rest ofthe world.

“We cannot let terrorism deter us from our daily tasks."
Carl Weinberg. chief economist at High Frequency Economics
said.

While the initial impact of the closing of US markets was
thought by many economists to forecast economic gloom. Secu-
rities Exchange Commission chairman Harvey L. Pitt. appear-
ing Wednesday on (‘BS‘s “Early Show” tried to reassure iii-
vestors that the US. economy is resilient and will recover in
short order.

“1 think people understand that we have the strongest and
deepest markets in the world." he said.

All eyes were on foreign markets Wednesday. even without
American companies trading. European markets were up
slightly. coming off record losses after ’i‘uesday's attack. The
Japanese Nikkei. however. continued its steep decline. closing
at its lowest level in over a decade.

Today those eyes shift to the US. bond market. Yields are
expected to fall as uncertain investors flock into more secure
assets like US. treasuries.

"Shorter-term securities. up to five-year notes. will benefit
the most." said Barry Evans. who oversees $10 billion at John
Hancock Funds in Boston.

Many investors are still looking for friends and coworkers.
though. and say that focusing on the markets will be tough.

 

Black and white on red.
white. and blue ribbons will
each symbolize those affected
in New York and Washington.

RELIEF

 

UK professor: Bin Lade

n's wealth, connections

to past terrorist attacks make him a suspect

By Scott Sloan

\e’w' =“ a

With the hunt on for possi
ble suspects in Tuesday‘s ter»
"i Il‘lsi attacks. one name has ap-
peared more than any others
d iring initial reactions: ()sama
bin Laden

While i'S officials were
quick to say that assessing final
responsibility is months away.
if not years down the road. the
Bush administration confirmed
late ’l‘uesday that bin Laden
and his organization the al-Qae-
da organization were prime
suspects.

He is primarily a suspect
ht'f‘Illisv of his wealth. suspi
"ions of links to past terrorist
activities and ideological views

Wealth

Bin Larien's widespread or-
ganization. funded by his
wealth. makes him a prime sus-
pect. said Richard Fordmg. an
assistant professor of political
science at (K.

"There's no one else that
could put on something on this
kind of scale with those tar
gets." Fording said.

7

Bin Laden's wealth derives
from a family fortune earned in
a construction business in his
native. Saudi Arabia.

His personal wealth has
been considered by US. offi-
cials to be the source of the rev-
enue needed for a number of
terrorist attacks.

Past suspicions

The naming ofbin Laden as
a suspect on Tuesday is consid-
ered reasonable by UK history
professor Robert ()lson,

“i think they emphasize bin
Laden because he's been
tracked for 10 years by security
agents for multiple countries."
Olson said.

The United States suspects
bin Laden to be involved or
linked to at least four major tere
rorist attacks the 1993 World
Trade Center bombing. the 1996
killing of 19 American soldiers
in Saudi Arabia. the 1998 Amer»
ican embassy bombings in
Kenya and Tanzania. and the
2000 attack on the USS (Tole.
stationed at the time in Yemen.

"Bin Laden is a person who
has been around for more than

a decade and in the eye of vari-
ous governments and counter-
terrorist groups across the
world." Olson said. “So it's not
very extraordinary he would be
considered."

Bin Laden has remained
mostly silent on his possible
role in many
of the attacks.
in a 1998 inter-
view. he do
nied involve-
ment in the
bombing of the
US. em-
b a s s i e s .
though he de‘
scribed two
other suspects
as “two men
whom we respect and hold in
the highest esteem."

bin laden

Ideological differences

Since the 1980s. bin Laden
has vocally opposed the iii-
volvement of the ['nited States
in Middle Eastem affairs.

“The evidence overwhelm-
ingly shows America and israei
killing the weaker men. women
and children in the Muslim
world and elsewhere." bin
Laden was quoted as saying in
the October November 1996 is-
sue of Nida‘iil lsiam. ”A few ex
amples of this are seen in the
recent Qana massacre in

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Lebanon. and the death of more
than 600.000 iraqi children be-
cause of the shortage of food
and medicine. which resulted
from the boycotts and sanctions
against the Muslim iraqi peo»
ple.“

Bin Laden’s selfideiitified
intent is to rid the area of the
US. government because of its
"unjust. criminal and tyranni-
cal" nature,

Effects

if it is determined bin
Laden. or another Arab. is the
perpetrator behind Tuesday‘s
events. though investigations
are only beginning at this time.
past US. foreign policy may
come under fire.

Vincent Davis. emeritus
professor in UK‘s Patterson
School of Diplomacy and inter-
national (Tommerce. said the
nation might toughen its stance
on terrorist activities and begin
to condemn israel‘s actions in
the Middle East,

“There will be new ten»
sions and problems between us
and israel." he said. “We're go-
ing to start talking to israel a
little tougher."

Associate Editor John Woniplor
and Assistant Sportsooiiy Editor Steve
Jones cm.‘ to tilts story.

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Continued from page Al

Student Government
members stayed late in their
office. cutting blue and gold
ribbons and attaching them to
cards which will be iiaiided
out today.

Tim Robinson. SG presi-
dent. said he was pleased with
the start of the of the ribbon
and relief programs

“The ribbons allow stu»
dents to show an important
sense of acknowiedgement."
Robinson said.

“Even though the relief
fund hasn't been advertised.
we have already received
many donations the campus
is showing tremendous
support."

Students have also con
structed booths between
Whitehall Classroom Building
and Patterson Office Tower for
students and faculty to donate
to victims in need ofcharity.

Like students. the physi
cal and occupational thera-
pists at UK Hospital are reach
ing out in order to gain dona-
tions for the American Red
(‘ross

Between seeing patients.
therapists will be making
ribbons for staff and patients
to wear in order to show their

support.

The white ribbons signify sur-
vivors. black for deceased. and
red white and blue stand for
unity in the l'nited States.

The (‘entral Kentucky
Blood (‘enter was over-
whelmed Tuesday with poten-
tial blood donors. Donors wait-
ed up to four hours to give
blood. The (TKB(‘ received
about three times the amount
of blood they receive in an av-
erage year.

Marsha Berry. a spokes
woman for the (‘KBU said she
was extremely pleased with
the amount of donors on hand
Tuesday and Wednesday.

Berry said L'K President
Lee Todd is scheduled to give
blood on Friday.

“We once again received
overwhelming response Willi
nearly 900 donors." Berry said.
“One way to keep up this pace
is for 17K students to continue
to watch for campus blood
drives,"

Managing Editor ‘I’racy Kor-
show contributed to this report.

 

    

 

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Americans persevere
despite terrorist strike

 

 

The day after: People return to work, life;
search for survivors, terrorists intensifies

ASSOUATED PRESS

W.-\SIIIN(}'l‘t).\' 'l‘heuov
erninent vvent hark io vvorli
amid the earnaue Wediiesdav.
its politit'al leaders. diplomats
and soldiers leaving no douht
the terrorist assault Will he an
sweredi "We will alter
them." Seeretarv oi State! olm
l’ovvell vovved. “We vvill not let
up,"

President Bush was in the
()val ()i‘i‘it‘e at 7 am . meeting
his national seetii‘itv adviser
He spoke hv phone \vitli Prime
Ministers 'l'onv lllair oi [lritain
and Jean (‘hretieii oi t‘anada

“They all expressed their
resolver] to stand stronu
against terrorism.” lush
spokesman Ari Fleisrlier said
Bush thanked (‘liretien lHl‘
(‘anada‘s help (ll\'t'l‘llllL’ and
landing Anteriean planes in
Tuesday‘s rhaos.

l’owell i‘eliii'ort'ed lillsll's
assertion that the deadlv at
tacks would he avenged

“it's a war not Just against
the [Tnited States. it's a up
against eivilixatioii." he said

Povvell. makine the rounds
oi‘mornine talk shovvs. said the
administration was “tar irom
selecting anv partieular nili
tary targets" for retaliation
against the attarks that
brought dovvn the tow-rs oi the
World Trade (enter in .\'e\\
York and four hiiarked [38. let
liners and hreaehed the l’enta
gun.

“I would not remove anv oi
the options :ivailahle to the
president." he said. liut "ave
have to huild the ease first."

Powell said Amerieans
have made the judgment “We
are at vvar and thev \vaiit :i
comprehensnive response
They want us to art as ii vve
are at war and We're going to
do that diploniatii allv ‘llill
militarilv."

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Military seat reopening

The plane that rraslied in
to the Pentagon sent hillovts oi
smoke over the Potomar River
toward the nation's eapital .-\ii
thorities said there \Vi'l‘t' more
than h‘il passengers and erevv
aboard the plane. an .-\merie.in
Airlines jet that had taken oil
moments earlier t‘i'oni Wish
ingtoii Dulles international
Airport hound i‘or l.os .»\nueles

Military and rivilian eni
plovees oi~ the Pentagon iiled
into vvork even as smoke item
the .s‘it‘it‘ken seetion ol‘ the
building: \vai'ted over nutrhv
Virginia hillsides and lllL‘ll
ways

Among those at their desks
were Defense Serretarv Doii'ild
H. Rumsfeld and Armv tien
Henry H Shelton. t‘ll:lli‘lii.lli oi
the Joint (‘hiefs

Teams that \Hil'ketl
overnight to shore up vvalls
heard no sound oi‘ survivors
htit did not rule out the pmsi

hilitv ol‘iiuiline stilliz' onee thev
there ahle to L’t'l into the ruhhle
\Hlll iuii‘iieras 'ind nitero
phones

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think are \. iahle“ ior survivors.
said Mir'liael 'l‘ainillovv. .i hat
talioii t‘lllt‘l lor the I"aii'ia\
l‘ounrv. \'a. lire department
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pared to eiitei :is i'ireiiuhteis
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against the [rated States 'l‘hat int-rides the l'\.\ t on Eioir.lw*"
in Yemen and the foiled .ittar k or. I' ,\ soil during The trail
uni eelehrations

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