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Lessons from 9/11 will be discussed at first SUSO forum

By Annie Harrison on September 9, 2011 4:40 pm in University / 8 comments

 

Speak Up, Speak Out is inviting students to share how they have been shaped by September 11 at the forum, “10 Years after 9/11: What Have We Learned?”

The first SUSO forum of the school year will take place from 7 to 9 p.m. on Thursday in the Bovee University Center Auditorium. One of the discussion topics at the forum will be the U.S. foreign and domestic policy in response to the terrorist attacks.

Political Science Associate Professor David Jesuit will facilitate the forum. He said September 11 was a transformative event for many Central Michigan University students who were only 8 to 12 years old at the time, and the 10-year anniversary is a good opportunity for students to talk about how they have been affected.

“This is kind of the ideal time to try to digest these questions,” he said. “I think its had a pretty profound effect on their perception of foreign politics.”

Jesuit said one of the goals of SUSO is to help students build civic skills, and he hopes people will come together as a community to reflect on all that has happened in the decade since Sept. 11.

Thomas Stewart, a political science assistant professor, will focus on domestic policies and civil liberties. One controversial topic is the minority in the executive branch who wants Americans to give up parts of the First, Fourth and Eighth Amendments in response to the Sept. 11 attacks, Stewart said.

“This is, I think, unpatriotic, and I think that Americans should be very, very concerned about that,” he said.

Panelist Jacquelyn Keenan interned at the Department of Defense in Washington D.C., where she had the opportunity to talk with military officials for the Middle East. The Rochester Hills senior said September 11. is still very relevant in foreign policy.

“It all comes back down to the War on Terror,” she said.

September 11 made Keenan more aware of where the U.S. stands in the international community, fueling her interest in Middle Eastern politics, she said.

“It’s hard not to be political after you’ve lived through 9/11,” she said. “We have grown up with 9/11.”

- Online Coordinator Jackie Smith contributed to this article.

 

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  • Michmediaperson

    Are they going to have any faculty or panelists who are conservatives who listen to Rush, Hannity, Fox News?  Or, will they just have liberals?

    We need to give up parts of our First, Fourth and Eighth amendments because we have to protect ourselves from the muslim terrorists.  We need tight security at the airports, ports, for example.  The muslim terrorists who are killing our troops in Afghanistan and Iraq want America gone.  On 9-11, it didn’t matter if a person on a plane or in the WTC was a radical liberal, the muslim terrorists were out to kill them.  European leaders are cracking down on muslim terrorist groups after trying to preach multiculturalism.  

    From 9-11, the shoebomber and so on, it’s always muslim terrorists.  

    The problem with this forum is Mt. Pleasant is in a rural community.  It’s not the real world.

    When I board a plane, I want to know every passenger has been searched in-depth.  What’s wrong with our airport security is when they will harass an 80 year old frail white, black, hispanic grandma and then let a 22-year old middle easterner through without shaking them down.  

    The bottom line:  We haven’t been attacked again since 9-11 since Bush and Cheney got tough on muslim terrorists. 

    We have them others locked up at Club Gitmo.  By having them there, they can’t do harm to America.  

    We’ve made progress since 9-11 but we can’t allow political correctness or America could see cities blown up by middle-eastern terrorists!

    God Bless America!

  • Christophercdavis

    Just wondering, MichMedia…is there an issue in this world for which you DON’T find a political angle? Cripes, man…RELAX!

  • Christophercdavis

    Just wondering, MichMedia…is there an issue in this world for which you DON’T find a political angle? Cripes, man…RELAX!

  • Michmediaperson

    This is political.  Multiculturalists, liberals, the Left cannot admit that all these terrorists are muslim and with middle-eastern background.

    If it wasn’t for  multicultural muslim terrorists, they wouldn’t even have this event.

  • Christophercdavis

    *SIGH*

    Okay…stay angry. I’ll do some volunteer work this weekend, enjoy a barbecue and have a beer.

  • Also, no.

    “We need to give up parts of our First, Fourth and Eighth amendments…”
    Didn’t Franklin say something about those willing to give up essential freedoms, and whether or not they deserved them?

    Also, since 2001, we haven’t been invaded by the British, or taken over by Zombies… should we thank George Bush for that, as well?

     And what about Islam?  Historically, most of the terrorist acts in this country have been carried out by Christian white men… but we don’t call them “radicals” or “terrorists” because, frankly, racism doesn’t work that way.  But if you can scare someone into doing or not doing something… well, that’s what terrorism is.

    And that’s what you are, Dennis… saying that a certain ethnicity is out to destroy a population.

    That’s the definition of terrorism.  And I don’t have any idea how you can ask- not to mention tell- a God that I worship (and you supposedly worship as well) to bless a country when you’re no better than them. 

    We don’t need them to do harm to America.  You and your ilk have that quota filled.

  • Also, no.

    “We need to give up parts of our First, Fourth and Eighth amendments…”
    Didn’t Franklin say something about those willing to give up essential freedoms, and whether or not they deserved them?

    Also, since 2001, we haven’t been invaded by the British, or taken over by Zombies… should we thank George Bush for that, as well?

     And what about Islam?  Historically, most of the terrorist acts in this country have been carried out by Christian white men… but we don’t call them “radicals” or “terrorists” because, frankly, racism doesn’t work that way.  But if you can scare someone into doing or not doing something… well, that’s what terrorism is.

    And that’s what you are, Dennis… saying that a certain ethnicity is out to destroy a population.

    That’s the definition of terrorism.  And I don’t have any idea how you can ask- not to mention tell- a God that I worship (and you supposedly worship as well) to bless a country when you’re no better than them. 

    We don’t need them to do harm to America.  You and your ilk have that quota filled.

  • Michmediaperson

    There weren’t dirty bombs and muslim terrorists back in Franklin’s time.

    Christian white men?  Name me the last terrorist act in this country that was carried out in the name of Jesus?  On 9-11, the muslim terrorists were reciting Allah and praising Allah in the cockpit of the planes.

    You’re in a very small minority in this country.  If you don’t like it, then don’t fly.  Drive or take the train.

    Sad to see all those families this weekend with pictures of their loved ones who lost their lives to the muslim terrorists.  48 percent of the people who died on 9-11 had children under 18.  Very sad!  

    Muslims need to get their muslim terrorists to quit the violence worldwide, in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, Iran, Europe, everywhere.

    If they would stop the muslim violence, think of the money we could spend on education and bringing down the debt.

    This is a tough day for multiculturalists and the anti-America crowd having to watch the mainstream media–CBS, NBC, ABC, CNN, MSNBC, the New York Times having to pitch a pro-America stand so not to offend the vast majority of Americans.