There was an awkward silence last Sunday morning throughout the deserted Stanford campus. Except for the flag displayed at half-staff in the White Plaza and a moving performance of Mozart’s Requiem by Schola Cantorum at the Stanford Memorial Church, the day seemed to pass like any other. The minute of silence observed nation-wide at 8:46 EST, the time when the first plane hit the North Tower, went unnoticed as most of the West Coast was probably still asleep at the time. Overall, I had the feeling that this important anniversary was somehow understated here, where business seemed to carry on as usual. But was it?
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