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Gabriel Sufi of Virginia prays during the Unity Walk yesterday.

9/11 Unity Walk joins different faiths, cultures

By Kyra Smerkanich · Monday, Sept. 11, 2006

An Islamic call to prayer in a Jewish synagogue set the tone for the 9/11 Unity Walk, an event designed to bring hundreds of people together from different faiths in honor of the anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. The event, now in its second year, took place yesterday at various churches, mosques, synagogues and other religious buildings along Massachusetts Avenue, including the National Cathedral, the Gandhi Memorial and the Islamic Center.

Campus brief: Student Government begins new term

By Cait Douglas · Monday, Sept. 11, 2006

The Undergraduate Senate gaveled in a new term on Sunday with only eight of the 30 senators present. The Student Government executives presented summaries of their achievements over the summer as well as what they hope to accomplish in the coming weeks. SG President Ashley Mushnick spoke on some of her summer accomplishments, continuing former SG president Kyle Taylor's DVD initiative, Eagle Flicks, a rental system that will offer thousands of movie titles for AU students that will arrive in the coming weeks and be located in Mary Graydon Center.

Our spirit still soars

Monday, Sept. 11, 2006

Editor's note: To reflect more fully on the meaning of Sept. 11 to our generation, The Eagle chose to commemorate the fifth anniversary of Sept. 11 by publishing these first-person student accounts describing where the authors found themselves at the time the terrorist attacks occurred.