Published Jan. 12, 2000. For many members of the Class of 2000 at Austin Peay State University, the school that reopens its doors today for the new semester is much different than the one they found when they started. Today, returning students will find a restored Clement Hall and other improvements, as well as a strengthened sense of community.
Some people say it was a big tragedy.
I think it mostly brought the university closer together as a home. It was kind of a bonding thing, where the students bonded together when it happened. We were able to pull through it and everything is probably better than the way it was before. Tuck is headed to graduate school after graduation. He is a biology major.