Six monthsafter Sept. 11 events,Americalooksdifferent
photo by Renee Tomcanin
Picturedabove is the current view of where the Twin Towersstood from atop the Empire State Building. Six months later the city is still healing.
by Paul Williams assistant sports editor
Security has changed in the United States since Sept. 11, with the most notable changes seen in airport security across the country. Security was going to change after a slew of terrorism warnings by Homeland Security Director Tom Ridge, anthrax scares and Richard Reid being arrested for allegedly having a bomb in his shoe oa a flight. Americans had, what some
considered normalcy, taken away. Security in airports across the U.S. was obviously going to change after Sept. 11, but no one had an idea of how it was going to change. Six months later, Americans have come to understand a new standard of normalcy in security at airports. The Philadelphia International Airport had the federal government take over the security at the airport after ridicule and negative publicity when Dennis Knaus allegedly
smuggled four box-cutters and two paint scrapers past the airline hired security. Mark Pesce, an airport spokesman said, "Security, since Sept. 11, has drastically changed. Now only someone with a ticket can proceed through the metal detectors and pass security checkpoints." Matt Beauchesne, sophomore history and political science major, had to find this out the hard way. "I went to the airport to pick
up my sister, and I thought that I could meet her as soon as she landed. I walked up to the metal detector and there was someone checking tickets who said that you needed a ticket to get through security." Beauchesne also noticed that there was a sign that read "No box cutters, no straight razors, no bats, or golf clubs."
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Ron Becht,57, vice-presidentof·graduateand professionalstudies,di~s after brief illness A wireless campus was one of Becht's dreams. While his vision was only in the beginning stages, Antoinette Iadarola, President of Cabrini College, and numerous faculty promise to continue the path that Becht started.
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Dr. Ronald Becht, 57, vice president of graduate and professional studies, died March 2, 2002, after being diagnosed with cancer less than a month earlier. Becht was a passionate component of the administration and a leader for his colleagues as well as his family. He joined Cabrini on Sept. 1, 1999, after a national search. His dreams, motivations and leadership caused a dramatic growth in the graduate and professional studies division. It was his dream to see Cabrini as a wireless campus. He played an instrumen-
ta! role in the recent agreement to
outsource Cabrini's technology-. retated services with Drexel University. "He died at the height of his career," President Antoinette Iadarola said at the memorial mass on March 11, 2002, in the Brockmann Chapel. It was the first day back from spring break when members of the administration, faculty, staff and family and friends of Becht came together to reflect on the story of his life. "He has made a difference to this college in such a small time," Iadarola said. "He was the glue that held us together at times." Iadarola read aloud some of the
comments that coworkers had passed on to her about their experiences with Becht. "I. always knew I could count on you. I miss your hearty laugh and smile," one coworker wrote. "He gave a lot of himself," another wrote, "I always sensed he was a man of peace." Though Becht's presence is greatly missed, his coworkers will continue in the direction to fulfill prior dreams and goals set by the department.
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