September 9, 2005

Hurricane Devastates Campuses on Gulf Coast

By KATHERINE S. MANGAN

Colleges scramble to help students and assess damage; reopenings are uncertain

An ominous tally of flooded buildings, ripped roofs, and shattered lives emerged on college and university campuses throughout the Gulf Coast region last week as officials began to assess the extent of the damage from Hurricane Katrina.

In New Orleans, where authorities say thousands of people may have died, no one could guess when colleges would be able to reopen. Along the coast of Mississippi,

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