1998 Remembrance Week Schedule of Events

Thursday, Oct. 15 · · · 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Information Sessions
    in Schine Atrium
 Scholars will be in the Schine Atrium answering questions and distributing ribbons and flyers.  The ribbons will be distributed throughout the week by students and faculty.

Friday, Oct. 16 & Saturday, Oct. 17 · · · 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Remembrance Quilt
    in Hendricks Chapel Noble Room
The Remembrance Scholars, along with the Hendricks Chapel Quilters, local Quilting Guilds, and other members of the campus community, have spent the summer and the fall creating individual quilt squares featuring each of the 35 SU students killed in the bombing of Pan Am 103, and celebrating the lives of these special people the SU community lost 10 years ago.  This weekend, the quilt will be finished. All are welcome to join the Scholars and Quilting Guilds.

Sunday, Oct. 18

Memorial Ribbons on North Campus Trees
Memorial Ribbons will be tied around the trees on campus. Each ribbon will have the name of an SU victim of the Lockerbie Tragedy on it.

Monday, Oct. 19 - Sunday, Oct. 25

Memorial Photo Display
    in Schine Atrium
Pictures of the 35 SU Students lost in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 will be displayed. They will be accompanied by words of remembrance written by family members or other loved ones.

Monday, Oct. 19 - Friday, Oct. 23

Memorial Buttons
Picture buttons of the 35 SU Students victims of Pan Am Flight 103 will be worn by the current Remembrance Scholars throughout the week.

Tuesday, Oct. 20 · · · 10:30 a.m.

Remembrance in Peace: Presentations and Dialogue
    in Schine Student Center Room 227
Remembrance Scholars will host a rally focusing on terrorism, politics, and international law, and their effects on the cause and prevention of human suffering. “Remembrance in Peace: Presentations and Dialogue” will feature many guest speakers, including George Williams, president of Victims of Pan Am Flight 103 Inc; Cory Loudenslager, student in SU’s College of Law whose sister died abroad TWA 800; Peter Bell, professor in SU’s College of Law; and Roy Simmons Jr., former head coach of the SU men’s lacrosse team.  Each presenter will answer the question, “How should we respond to Pan Am 103?”

Thursday, Oct. 22 · · · 12:00 noon

Rose Laying Ceremony at the Place of Remembrance
    in front of the Hall of Languages
Remembrance Scholars will hold a memorial service during which they will read the victims’ names and lay a rose on the monument in each one’s honor. The service will be followed by a moment of silence, during which the Crouse College chimes will ring 35 times. All members of the university community are asked to observe the moment of silence when the chimes begin to toll.

Friday, Oct. 23 · · · 4:30 p.m.

Remembrance Scholar Convocation
    in Hendricks Chapel

Throughout the Year

Residential Advisor Dormitory Awareness
    All North Campus Dormitories
Resident Advisors will work within their dormitories to inform students of what happened to Pan Am 103, and its impact on the SU campus. They will also help distribute blue ribbons to raise awareness and spark discussion.

Remembrance Week 1998 consisted of a weeklong series of events honoring the lives of 35 Syracuse University students who lost their lives in the Pan Am Flight 103 terrorist attack over Lockerbie, Scotland, on December 21, 1988. Each year, 35 Remembrance Scholarships, each in the amount of $5,000, are awarded to undergraduate students because of distinguished academic achievement, citizenship, and service to community. The 1998-1999 Remembrance Scholars hosted all events.