Thanks for the note Liz (and everyone else who has been posting). I take
great comfort in the connections right now.
Late yesterday afternoon, the University of Iowa and Iowa State apparently
took heed of the overwhelming sadness and cancelled the game.
I did show the slides from NY in my class yesterday and talked about them
afterwards. Many students have asked for the slides to send to their
families or show to classes in which they t.a. They were very powerful.
Nancy


>Nancy and all ALSB -
>the President has declared tomorrow a national day of mourning, if that
>makes any difference to the universities or athletic dept.;
>
>New Mexico State University has cancelled all athletic events for the
>weekend including our game against University of New Mexico.
>
>I still am having a hard time staying away from the TV, took a long lunch
>at home and was thrilled to see the rescue of 5 from the rubble -- four
>were firefighters; I think a 6th person was also rescued today.
>
>The students here remain very somber; there isn't any laughter in the
>halls and I don't hear anything about parties or celebrations.  I agree
>though, that it is important to continue to recognize the scope of this
>disaster and the extent to which it will affect our country and how we live.
>
>We live sandwiched between the White Sands Missile Range, Holloman
>Airforce Base and Fort Bliss Army Base.  The fighter planes were very
>active overhead last night -- don't know if they were warm up runs or
>deployments to points abroad.  I haven't heard mortar fire on the firing
>range -- yet.  This is all pretty common for any type of military alert.
>
>None of this is particularly important, but I can't focus on much else
>yet.  Liz