For most of campus, the day before yesterday came and went like any other Monday of the school year-a day spent attending class, doing homework and going to practice. The fact that the day was also the fifth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks seemed to register with most students, but few people went out of their way to commemorate the event.

The day did not go entirely unnoticed, however. The College held a 9/11 memorial service on the Sunday evening before Sept. 11 at the War Memorial, both in memory of the event and in honor of the day's victims. In contrast to the outpourings of emotion five years earlier, the service was brief and simple. Following the playing of the chapel bells, the Reverend Leon Burrows, the College's Protestant religious advisor, said a short prayer. President Tony Marx then ended the ceremony with a short speech.

Though the College had held memorial services in honor of Sept. 11 for the two years immediately following the attacks, it had not done so in the past two years. The administration, however, felt that a service should be held on the fifth anniversary of the event. "We felt that it would be appropriate to observe the fifth anniversary," said Dean of Students Ben Lieber. "As everyone on this campus has, in some way, been affected by the events of that day."

During this time, the College remembers and mourns three alumni that were lost during the Sept. 11 attacks. Maurita Tam '01, Brock Safronoff '97 and Dr. Frederick Rimmele III '90 all died on Sept. 11. All three alumni were active members of the community, each leaving behind their mark on activities from academics to sports.

Shortly after the attacks, the College received word that Rimmele was one of the passengers aboard United Flight 175, the second plane that crashed into the World Trade Center. Rimmele was a chemistry and English double major who successfully fulfilled his plans to become a doctor and teach residents. According to friends and family, Rimmelle was an individual who cared deeply for his patients.

Tam was working for Aon Corporation on the 99th floor of Tower Two on the day of the attacks. A talented economics major, Tam participated in the Asian Students Association, the Women's Chorus and the Concert Choir. Three weeks before the attacks, Tam returned to the College to perform during Orientation and shared her love for music.

Safronoff worked on the 96th floor as a computer programmer for Marsh & McLennan. At the College, Safronoff majored in chemistry and was as a starting pitcher for the baseball team.