Marco Moy:
Remembrance Week commemorates the victims of the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland. NCC News’ Alexandra King is live on Syracuse University’s campus to tell us what SU has planned for today.
Alexandra King:
Ceremonies continue today for Remembrance Week at Syracuse University. This week, the university will honor the students killed in the terrorist attack on Pan Am Flight one-‘oh’-three (103).
Remembrance Scholars, like Julia Gregoire, are hosting the events, including today’s Sitting in Solidarity event.
Julia Gregoire
We will be sitting in the chair display that we have on the Quad from 1:38 – 2:03, and 2:03 is the timing of the crash.
Alexandra King:
Remembrance and Lockerbie scholars will sit for 35 minutes – one minute for each Syracuse University victim.
Gregoire says it’s important to pay tribute in any way that you can.
Julia Gregoire:
Random acts of kindness, or finding ways to do something different this week, just using that “Act Forward” piece that we really talk about and whatever way anybody sees fit.
Alexandra King:
The Remembrance events will conclude on Friday. For the full list of events, visit our website, nccnews.online.
Alexandra King, NCC News.
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (NCC News) – Ceremonies for Remembrance Week continued today at Syracuse University to honor the students killed in the terrorist attack on Pan Am Flight 103.
In 1988, a bombing over Lockerbie, Scotland on Pan Am Flight 103 killed 270 people. Of these victims, 35 were Syracuse University students studying abroad. Remembrance Scholars, like Julia Gregoire, are hosting events throughout this week to commemorate the victims of this terrorist attack, including today’s Sitting in Solidarity event.
Finding ways to honor and celebrate the lives of the victims is not limited to just the events the university is hosting. According to Gregoire, any way people pay tribute is sufficient, no matter how small the act may seem.
“Random acts of kindness, or finding ways to do something different this week,” said Gregoire. “Just using that ‘Act Forward’ piece that we really talk about and whatever way anybody sees fit” will work as remembrance for the victims.
The Remembrance and Lockerbie Scholars will sit for 35 minutes today, which means they will be sitting for one minute for each Syracuse University victim. The event will conclude at 2:03 p.m., which was the time the attack took place.
The full list of events includes:
Sunday
Candlelight Vigil – Music and Message: 4 p.m. at Hendricks Chapel, Dinner in the Noble Room: 5 p.m., Vigil: 6:15 p.m. at the Place of Remembrance in front of the Hall of Languages
Monday
Ribbon Tying at the Orange Grove: 9:30 a.m. until 2 p.m.
“Terror in the Digital Age” Panel: 6 p.m. in Watson Theater
Tuesday
Sitting in Solidarity: 1:28-2:03 p.m. on the Shaw Quadrangle outside of Hendricks Chapel
Wednesday
Mirror Me display: All Day on the Shaw Quadrangle
“All-American Terrorism” Panel: 7 p.m. in Gifford Auditorium
Thursday
“Open Archives,” selections: 1-4 p.m. in the Spector Room at Bird Library
Celebration of Life Performance: 7:30-9 p.m. in Slocum Auditorium
Friday
“Open Archives,” selections: 9 a.m.-12 p.m. in the Spector Room at Bird Library
Rose-Laying Ceremony: 2:03 p.m. at the Place of Remembrance in front of the Hall of Languages
Remembrance Scholar Convocation: 3 p.m. at Hendricks Chapel; reception at 4 p.m. in the Heroy Geology Building
The names of all of the scholars and the victims they represent can be found on Syracuse University’s website here.
So, we’re tying 270 ribbons for each of the victims of the Pan Am 103 bombing.
Thirty-five of the victims are blue, in honor of the 35 Syracuse University students, 11 of the ribbons are grey in honor of the Lockerbie residents who perished, and the remaining ribbons are white for the rest of the passengers on the plane.
I first found out about Remembrance and what Syracuse does in honor of those 35 students and the other victims my first week on campus. One of my honors 100 classes – kind of intro to college class – they did an hour and 20 minute presentation. They brought in Lockerbie Scholars to talk about the connection that Syracuse has to Lockerbie and about the history and that’s when I knew I wanted to apply.
The candlelight vigil was very…it’s a very beautiful way to start the week. You feel very connected and grounded, both to Remembrance in general and us specifically to the victims that we represent.
I represent Miriam Wolfe. She was a musical theater major. She was studying abroad in London and interning in the music industry. She wanted to direct, produce, and even get a PhD in art history. Yeah, she was…she had a lot of aspirations and she also wanted to start an alternative theater group here on campus as a senior.
Being a Remembrance Scholar, we vow to educate our community, but you can do that whether or not you’re a Remembrance Scholar, and you can honor those victims either way. So I would say before you even become one to advocate for people to attend the events and to teach the people in the communities you occupy on campus about the Pan Am 103 bombing.
Signs of Remembrance Week can be seen around Syracuse University's campus. 
