In his 40th and final column for The Sun, former Sun Associate Editor Tony Manfred '11 analyzes our generation's reaction to Osama bin Laden's death and, in a postscript, plays the sentimental card.

Most members of the newest freshman class were only 10 years old on Sept. 11, 2001. Even so, the Cornell community commemorated the emotion-filled events of that day in various ways on Friday.

The Cornell Republicans, assisted by the Cornell Israel Public Affairs Committee, created a memorial on the Arts Quad by putting up a flag for each of the 2,998 victims of the attacks. Around 2,000 flags were placed the night before Sept. 11, while passers-by could participate and put the rest of the flags in the ground during the day, according to Grace MacRae ’11, executive director of the Cornell Republicans.

“The flags spell out “Remember 9 11” and each flag is in remembrance of a victim,” MacRae said.