Hebrew Union College on Clifton Avenue closed Tuesday after terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.

        “We did not have a threat, but I chose to err on the side of caution,” said Rabbi David Komerofsky, the associate dean at the college that prepares Reform rabbis.

        Talks with the FBI and “initial reports indicated (the attacks) had something to do with the Middle East,” he said.

        Rabbi Komerofsky said the college would reopen today.

CANCELED EVENTS

These events have been canceled:     • The opening lecture in the Montgomery Woman's Club Town Hall Series has been postponed. “The Wit and Wisdom of Dave Barry,” scheduled for today and Thursday, will be rescheduled. More information: 684-1632.     • Today's Alison Krauss & Union Station concert at the Taft Theatre has been postponed until Oct. 2.     • WVXU has canceled its fund-raiser scheduled for this week.     • Ohio driver's examination stations were closed Tuesday. Please call 732-1619 to confirm appointments for today.     • Turfway Park has canceled live racing today. Simulcast racing also will be closed.

        HUC also closed its campus on Washington Square in lower Manhattan and its Los Angeles campus for the day.
       

Real-life lesson

        In her Miami University Media and Society class, professor Kathleen German turned on the television, urged students to study the president's response, the way anchors invoked history and other ways the news media responded.

        When the Pentagon was hit, she said, one student left, saying only that his father works there. Another student, whose father works near the World Trade Center, sat still as the buildings collapsed.

        At Xavier University, classes and most offices were closed as planned for campus-wide forums to celebrate the finale of the inauguration of the Rev. Michael J. Graham, S.J., as president.

        During lunch, people gathered around televisions in the Cintas Center, and the afternoon session closed with a prayer.

        At the University of Cincinnati, which has not yet begun the fall quarter, Police Chief Eugene Ferrara said he was more concerned about “scapegoating and rumors” than terrorism. He said UC has many international students, and he asked officers to be alert to any potential trouble.
       

Mount St. Joe open

        At the College of Mount St. Joseph in Delhi Township, classes continued, a prayer service was organized at noon in the chapel and counselors walked the campus so students could seek them out, spokeswoman Linda Liebau said.

        Miami University maintained normal classes and security, spokeswoman Claire Wagner said.

        Miami President James C. Garland and Provost Ronald Crutcher issued a statement for the university, saying in part, “Our role as faculty and staff is to help students process today's news and deal with it. To best achieve that, we ask that classes be held as usual.”

        Similarly, President James Votruba said Northern Kentucky University would remain open, adding, “We are an institution that exists to promote learning. I encourage all of us to take whatever opportunity we have, both in class and out of class, to create "teachable moments' in which we help our students reflect on today's events.”

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