On Sept. 11, 2012, the campus was not brimming with American flags and there weren’t any ceremonies of remembrance like last year, which marked a decade since the terrorist attacks.

Justin Allen, a senior kinesiology and sports studies major, said the lack activity on campus made it difficult for him to even realize what day it was.

“I did not even realize it was Sept. 11 until I saw the date on my phone,” Allen said. “Last year, there were the flags everywhere and this year there was nothing. I feel like it shouldn’t matter how many years it has been, there should have been something.”

Dan Harrison, a junior accounting major, agreed with Allen’s sentiments and said along with the lack of event on campus, few students he talked to throughout the day realized the date or even mentioned remembrance of the attacks.

“I feel like no one really recognized it, it is kind of ridiculous, no one really talked about it and they should have,” Harrison said.

Liz Sloan, a senior communication studies major, said while she did not see acknowledgement of the day on campus, she did see a lot on social media sites, including Facebook.

“I there were a lot of Facebook statuses about it,” she said. “It is kind of a shame; special time should have been taken out. There should be some type of awareness every year on campus and it should just be more extravagant on the ‘big’ years.”

Amy Wywialowski can be reached at 581-2812 or alwywialowski@eiu.edu.