November 23, 2001
Mourning Paper
Call it the 8,000-fold path to peace. Students, faculty members, and staff members at a dozen Midwestern colleges folded 8,000 paper cranes last month to express their hope for peace and their solidarity with victims of the September 11 attacks. The cranes were mailed to the New York City mayor's office.
In Japanese folklore, 1,000 origami cranes symbolize a long and happy life, and they are often sent to console grieving families.
Similar projects are under way around the
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