With the second anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks approaching, Northeastern was faced with the task of helping its students deal with the situation that “nobody quite knows how to mark,” according to Assistant Director of University Communications Christine Phelan. The university chose to commemorate the day by opening up the Sacred Space in Ell Hall, setting aside a time of reflection and holding a candlelight vigil to remember those who lost their lives. “There were sort of a flurry of questions as to what was appropriate, what would we do every year,” Phe-lan said. “There isn’t necessarily an answer beyond encouraging faculty, staff and students to take time and reflect.” The Sacred Space will be open to students who choose to reflect on their own all day, and at noon, they can come together for readings, remembrances and reflections. The Student Government Association (SGA) will host a candlelight vigil in the Krentzman Quadrangle at 8 p.m. where students will have another chance to come together and remember. SGA Vice President for Academic Affairs Peter S. Antonellis first pitched the idea to President Michael Romano, hoping to do something to which students working on co-op could make it to commemorate the event. “This isn’t about just being an NU event, it’s about taking an hour and remembering and reflecting about the people who lost their lives and where we are as a university since then, where we are as a country since then,” Antonellis said. SGA has candles ready for up to 1500 students, but they are not advertising the event heavily. According to Antonellis, they are just trying to give students who want to participate the chance. “What we’re envisioning is just kind of turning the quad into a really lit up, just sort of Christmas event,” he said. Interim Vice President of Student Affairs Ed Klotzbier will give the keynote speech and the leaders of the student groups on campus will take the stage. “We had thought about who would be good for this. We just wanted a good speaker, somebody that is good with a message. We felt that Ed Klotzbier could give us that,” Antonellis said. Klotzbier will speak briefly about what he remembers of September 11 and what has happened since then. “They asked me to talk about what it was like that day around campus and what it has been like since and what it is like going forward living in a world that has dramatically changed,” Klotzbier said. Antonellis hopes to run through the program quickly. “This is not a lengthy event we’re trying to plan,” he said. “I would be amazed if it went until 9 p.m. We don’t want to keep people there, we don’t want to bore them.” Erin Revello, a first year criminal justice graduate student, likes the idea of a vigil but does not plan to attend. “I think it’s good for those who lost friends and family. I didn’t lose anybody, so I wouldn’t go,” Revello said. Middler art animation and multi-media studies major Jens Lindgren said that it’s a good thing to have, but said, “I don’t know if I would go.” Antonellis does not know what the university will do for the years after this, but for now, he thinks that what they are doing is appropriate. “This is only year two,” he said. “It’s still fresh in people’s minds.”