Seven years after Sept. 11, 2001, some students such as Jason Lindsay, a senior in political science, said not enough is being done to remember those lost.

Lindsay enlisted in the Army Reserves in 2001 and served in Iraq in 2003. Lindsay said he thinks people should never forget the people who lost their lives on Sept 11.

“It’s very disappointing and disheartening to see how people have let it go,” he said. “There are no events going on, and you just don’t hear about it anymore. I regret that more attention isn’t paid to it. It was a turning point for our generation.”

Lindsay said he thinks only people that were directly affected by Sept. 11 will think about it.

“I think it will be business as usual for everybody else unless they know somebody that went overseas to serve,” he said.

Lindsay Howard, a sophomore in first year college, said she feels people are more focused on current events more than the Sept. 11 attacks, but more should be done to remember them.

“People died, and we need to honor that,” she said. “It’s definitely dropped [from] people’s attention. People have gotten preoccupied with things that are going on right now, such as the election. It’s also been seven years, so it’s out of people’s minds.”

John Liguori, a freshman in First Year College, said he believes people have lived with Sept. 11 for so long that they’re used to it.

“Interest in 9/11 has dropped,” Liguori said. “People are more accustomed to it. We’ve had a couple years to adjust to the idea of it”

Liguori also said he feels the University is doing enough to honor Sept. 11 victims.

“As long as people remember those who died and don’t forget what happened, I think that’s enough,” he said.

Jackie Varner, a sophomore in food science said how students remember the day depends on how they were affected.

“I guess it’s not such a big deal now that it happened so long ago, but it’s still in the back of people’s minds,” Varner said.”I think it depends on how much you were affected by it. A lot of people, especially in North Carolina, probably weren’t impacted as much as others. Still, some people lost loved ones in the attack and others had friends and relatives shipped overseas, and 9/11 means so much more to them.”

Since some students were more affected by the Sept. 11 attacks and the following war in Iraq, Varner said we should always do something in memory of those that lost their lives.

“It should be a national day of remembrance,” Varner said. “That would be something important to those who were affected by the attacks. I think it’s great for student groups to do some of the things that they’re doing, but I think more should be done. We should always be reminded of the sacrifices people made for our country.”

But, Lindsay said, the lack of focus on the attacks today could also show America’s resiliency.

“It’s not something that’s dragged us down,” he said.