...of Four Volume 7 Student Voices A Commonwealth College Publication Editor in Chief Jim Manis Editor Lucy Morrison Associate Editors Liz Wright Suzann... ...the student essays contained herein were produced by students regis- tered in English 004, within the Commonwealth College of the Pensylvania Univer- ... ........................... 33 Dan Tyger “How September 11, 2001 Changed News Television”........................ 37 Best of Freshman Writing 3 Editoria... ... possibilities for why they left home. As I watched them, I thought of the television show, America’s Most Wanted. Could this couple be fugitives hidi... ...merica and for Western beliefs parallels Manson’s hatred for the Af- rican-American people and their culture. Manson clearly despised the black commu-... ...eptem- ber eleventh attacks on America, Bin Laden has shown his hatred for Americans and their culture through countless television briefings and lett... ...ry slowly in an effort to park his car. My brother wasn’t injured, but the reality and fear of such a trauma still lin- gered in the air. I began to h... ...the answers to these questions. One of the questions asked to the sur- vey participants by the Task Force con- cerned one of the greatest obstacles th... ...ed.: B2. 1 Nov. 2001 <http://poquest.umi.com>. Ruby, Jennie. “The shock of reality and the birth of compassion.” Off Our Backs 31.9 (Oct. 2001): n. pa...

...Excerpt: Welcome to the seventh volume of Best of ?. For the past half dozen years we were Best of Four, publishing the best writing in English 004 classes, primarily on the Hazleton campus. Two years ago we began accepting submissions from some of the other Commonwealth College campuses, and this year we made the big plunge into accepting submissions from...

............... 6 Adam Shaffer ?And Unknown Leader? .................................................................... 7 Khyati Valand ?A Neighborhood in India?............................................................... 9 Katie Aughenbaugh ?My Grandfather? ................................................................. 11 Devon Bowlin ?Almost Famous?.....................

...HE NEW TERRORISM 47 2.1 A Declaration of War 47 2.2 Bin Ladin’s Appeal in the Islamic World 48 2.3 The Rise of Bin Ladin and al Qaeda (1988–1992... ...Declaring War on the United States (1992–1996) 59 2.5 Al Qaeda’s Renewal in Afghanistan (1996–1998) 63 3. COUNTERTERRORISM EVOLVES 71 3.1 From t... ...Action 126 4.5 Searching for Fresh Options 134 5. AL QAEDA AIMS AT THE AMERICAN HOMELAND 145 5.1 Terrorist Entrepreneurs 145 5.2 The “Planes O... ...r stairwell with deviations p. 312 The Twin Towers following the impact of American Airlines Flight 11 and United Airlines Flight 175 p. 313 The Penta... ...he work to Argenbright Security. 13 The checkpoint featured closed-circuit television that recorded all passengers, including the hijackers, as they w... ... plane had hit the Pentagon.We found no evidence that video teleconference participants had any prior infor- mation that American 77 had been hijacked... ...nd their duration. Still, his guidelines, like Levi’s, took account of the reality that suspicion of “terrorism, ” like suspicion of “subversion, ” co... ...fs than because of their acts. Smith’s guidelines also took account of the reality that potential terrorists were often members of extremist religious... ...d remained uncertain. It was never formally adopted by the principals, and participants in the Small Group now have little or no recollection of it. I...

...ent the narrative of this report and the recommendations that flow from it to the President of the United States, the United States Congress, and the American people for their consideration. Ten Commissioners--five Republicans and five Democrats chosen by elected leaders from our nation?s capital at a time of great partisan division--have come together to present this repo...

... a Homeland Defense 14 1.3 National Crisis Management 35 2. THE FOUNDATION OF THE NEW TERRORISM 47 2.1 A Declaration of War 47 2.2 Bin Ladin?s Appeal in the Islamic World 48 2.3 The Rise of Bin Ladin and al Qaeda (1988?1992) 55 2.4 Building an Organization, Declaring War on the United States (1992?1996) 59 2.5 Al Qaeda?s Renewal in Afghanistan (1996?1998) 63 3. COUNTERTERR...