9/11 – Eleanor Skelton

Where have all the ribbons gone? | How Americans remember those who died during 9/11

Thirteen years is long enough for memory to grow stale. But it can’t erase video footage. For twelve years, I have remembered 9/11 by reliving it. I planted dozens of flags with the College Republicans on campus until my thumbs blistered, I viewed dramatizations with my family, I held the steel beam of the WorldContinueContinue reading “Where have all the ribbons gone? | How Americans remember those who died during 9/11”

Faculty, staff and students participate in Veterans Day Roll Call

This article was originally published in The Scribe, UCCS’s student newspaper, on Nov. 26, 2012. By Eleanor SkeltonNews Editor The mist from the breath of heavily bundled spectators huddled in plastic folding chairs melded into the early dawn light. The names reflected off of the glass corners of the University Center plaza on Nov. 12. ContinueContinue reading “Faculty, staff and students participate in Veterans Day Roll Call”