2000 Remembrance Week Schedule of Events

Monday, Oct 30 - Thursday, Nov 2

Information Table in Schine Atrium
-From 10 am- 2 pm each day, Remembrance Scholars will be present to talk about the Lockerbie Tragedy, the trial, and what it means to be a Remembrance Scholar. There will be handouts available giving information about the Pan Am 103 crash, the trial, and its effect on the Syracuse University Community. Information about the Remembrance Scholarship and how to apply will also be available. Blue ribbons will be handed out for people to wear in remembrance of those aboard Flight 103.

Photo and Sketch Display in Schine Entryway
-Hanging on the walls inside the main entryway to the Schine Student Center will be a display of sketches of the 35 SU Students who died aboard Pan Am Flight 103. Adjacent to those sketches will be a photo display of this year’s Remembrance Scholars.

Monday, Oct 30 - Sunday, Nov. 5

Memorial Ribbons and Buttons
-Memorial Ribbons will be tied around the trees on the quad and Remembrance Scholars will wear buttons of the 35 SU victims of the Lockerbie Tragedy.

Pan Am 103 Information Bulletin Boards Posted in Residence Halls
-Bulletin boards will include pictures and biographies of the victims, a schedule of events for Remembrance Week, a trial update, copies of newspaper and magazine articles about the crash and the ongoing trial, and overall information about the disaster.

Monday, Oct. 30 - Sunday, Nov. 5

Remembrance Quilt on Display in Hendricks Chapel
-The memorial quilt honoring the 35 Syracuse University lost in Pan Am 103 will be on display in Hendricks Chapel all week.

Thursday, Nov. 2 (7:30PM)

Media Ethics Forum in Bartlett Room of Newhouse II
-A panel of speakers including local journalists from television, radio and newspaper, as well as journalism professors and critics will discuss the media coverage of the Pan Am 103 crash. The forum will focus on ethical issues surrounding the coverage. Syracuse students, faculty, staff and the general public are invited to attend.

Date and Location TBA

Lockerbie Photo Display & Multimedia Presentation
-A photo display of pictures from Lockerbie, Scotland taken by a photography major/Remembrance Scholar during a visit to the Scottish town last year, as well as a multimedia presentation of the town will be shown for anyone else.

Friday, Nov. 3 (1:50PM)

Flower Laying Ceremony at the Wall of Remembrance
-Flowers will be laid on the Wall of Remembrance for the 35 SU victims. During this time the Crouse Chimes will ring 35 times. The chimes will ring at 2:02 pm, the exact time that the bomb exploded on December 21, 1988.

Friday, Nov. 3. (3:00PM)

Remembrance Scholar Convocation at Hendricks Chapel
-2000-2001 Remembrance Scholars will be honored at the annual Remembrance Scholar Convocation. A reception in the Heroy Geology Building will follow.

“Dec. 21. The date looms large in the Syracuse University community- and all over the world. On that day in 1988, a terrorist bomb caused the explosion of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, resulting in the loss of 270 lives. Thirty-five SU students were on the flight, traveling back to the United States after a semester abroad. Tragically, none made it home alive. But when the first group of Remembrance Scholars at SU was named in April 1990, the victims’ legacies were secured. Every year since, 35 SU students have been chosen as Remembrance Scholars, an award that bears with it a responsibility to remember and honor the lost students”
                                                - Wendy S. Loughlin, 12 Oct 1998

Remembrance Week 2000 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 2000-2001 Remembrance Scholars hosted all events.