Remember fellow Knights

It can seem sometimes that on this campus of more than 50,000 students, it would be impossible for everyone to know everyone else.

We walk along to class, we make friends and acquaintances, we join clubs.

Throughout the process of being a student, we become connected to each other through a network of strings to those we know.

When tragedy occurs, it can be easy to think the threads weaved around the campus simply do not tie into you at all.

The thing to remember, however, is that the threads are all weaved into the same fabric, one bearing the colors of black and gold.

The names listed below are those of the Knights who have passed away during the previous year. We are running this list in memorial and remembrance of them.

On Wednesday, the Eternal Knights ceremony will take place with the same goal.

We encourage everyone reading this to do their part to not only help remember the lives of those lost, but to also celebrate the life that we all have.

If you can, go to the Eternal Knights ceremony and show that even though you may not know any of the people who have passed away, you do support your fellow Knights.

That is the connection we all have.

That is the connecting thread we all have tied in common.

All of us — the editorial staff of this newspaper, those students reading these words and all of the alumni — are Knights.

If you are not able to make it to the ceremony, you should take time during that day to find a calm place, both physically and mentally, and reflect on life and what it means to have it.

Think about the family and friends you have and cherish the time you have with them.

We hope that not only does the Eternal Knights ceremony become a regular event attended by as many students as capacity will allow, but also that the day of the event becomes a time of reflection.

Amber L. Deveaux, Social Science Education

Andre V. Reyna, Political Science

Brendan J. Miller, Digital Media

Christopher A. Banach, Digital Media

David Karlin, Computer Science

James D. Birk, Health Information Management

James P. Saul, Interdisciplinary Studies

Jared S. Zumbrun, Computer Science

Jason S. Dahlke, Criminal Justice

Jason D. Nicholoff, History

John J. Cassidy, Jr., Mathematics Education

John W. Grosso, III, Biology

Joseph Hunter Green, Undeclared

Joseph M. Kelly, Accounting

Katherina A. Nomicou, Electrical Engineering
Kelly L. Kilpatrick, Public Affairs

Kyla K. Roberts, Interdisciplinary Studies

Lawson S. Mayfield, Undeclared

Lewis Wayne Neuterman, Reading Education

Loyta Sloley, Finance

Michael Blumenthal, Business Administration

Michaela L. Thomas, Educational Leadership

Patricia Ann Mudge, Statistical Computing

Robin Taylor-Corbridge, Interdisciplinary Studies

Samuel M. Clifford, Health Services Administration

Shane B. Sugaski, Digital Media

Thoa T. Le, Radiological Sciences

Trevor K. Shipley, Psychology