University of Notre Dame - Dome Yearbook (Notre Dame, IN)

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m Symbol of Faith Ilicsc -isirin , ' the Universit ' iicwr fail tuoMiiniait cm its archi- tectural lx-aut -. Tlie Risilica of the Siicrcxi He-art, cmc of Nutre Dame ' s riKist reciijji iz; hle uxlifices, reaches high intci the ' Min-tlraichev-l clouds. Eegancr rom the ohadows The Nutrc Dame skyline stancls as a two-part s TnK)l for the Notre DcUiie mission. Tlie University ' s academic excellence is represental by the Ciolden Dome atop the Main Building. As your vision scans to the Dt)me ' s southwest side, the Universit ' ' s spiritual aspexit reaches high into the sk ' in the fonn of the Basilica oi the Sacred Heart. Tlie building ' s construction Ixgiui in 1868 under the dircx ' tion o( ilie Umver sit ' ' s founder Father Edward Sorin and ttx k more th;ui twenty years to complete. Tliis symKil of faith is one rtxiognizal far beyond the reaches o( Notre Dame an(.l is vdsiteci by hmidreds of thousands of pc )ple a year. Parisliioners, students, alumni, faculty ' luid admui- istrators clamor to Kxik wedding dates (no one else is e ' en eligible) up to a year in advance, the building appears to double its aipacity for after-game masses iuid is t pically filled every Sunday morning ani.1 fioly Day, and the music that comes from its numerous choirs is most aptly described as angelic. From the Ivlls, which play the Alma Mater nightly, to the CkkI, Cxnintr ' , Notre Dame inscription on the building ' s east side, to the ckxrk that serves as a constimt refer- ence to the Universits ' community the Biisiliai is a s iiiKiJ. Tlie building is a symKil o( the faith and spirituality that Notre Dame prides itself upm. Ilie buildinL: is a symbol of Notre Dame. -©€

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G fe JNm . cie i 1 i , On the morning of Tuesday, September 1 1 , 2001 , Notre Dame students went about their usual routines. Some grabbed breakfast at the dining halls, others hurried to finish work due for their morning classes, and still others raced to make it to those classes on time. It did not take long, however, for all those tasks to become meaningless. For some, it began with a phone call from a frantic parent or with the visit of a friaid. For others, a quick glance at any television or internet news service brought the unbelievable, the inconceivable, the shocking real- ity of a country ripped of its complacency and security in a matter of seconds. And from diat moment on, each and every student at Notre Dame would be forever changed. They can all tell you die exact mo- ment they heard the news, the first person in whom they sought com- fort, the location of the television they watched in awe for hours. On September 1 1 , terrorists attacked the heart of America. Commercial airliners crashed into and leveled the World Trade Center in New York City. A plane crashed into the Pentagon in Washington, EXIl, and yet another plane crashed outside Httsburgh, Pennsylvania. Thousands died, millions waited in terror to hear from family and friends caught in the disaster, and millions more worldwide struggled to cope with the sad- ness, the fear, the consequences. Notre Dame students often joke about the golden bubble that separates them from the real world; on the morning of September 1 1 , ' - ' ' ®a W® btand In a shciw of solidarity and however, that bubble disappeared. With students from around the world support, tl-ie Notre Dame fam- ily gathers on Soutli Quad for a mass and an incredible alumni base, the University ' s connections to the disas- { prayer aiid remembrance. Over j- o L J u 1 --: A 6,000 ptxiple attended the mass, presided ' ter were extraordinary, but beyond the personal connections, the heart- ■ , , • n. j d c j j ' ' over by University Resident Rev. bdward Continued... A. Malloy, C.S.C. ; e@@Qn