September 16, 2005

A Beloved Black University Fights to Survive

By ERIC HOOVER

Dillard U.'s president scrambles to bring money and hope to her flooded campus

Ask any graduate of Dillard University about the Avenue of the Oaks, the two rows of ancient trees that line the heart of the campus. They will reminisce about sitting against the broad trunks and about marching under the interlocking limbs on commencement day. In flights of fancy, some will say they have felt the arms of those giant oaks reach down and embrace them.

Last week Dillard's displaced

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