Lucky Lady

While most New Orleans colleges are welcoming back fewer students this semester, one tiny Roman Catholic college saw its undergraduate enrollment jump 62 percent, from 603 to 979.

Even though part-time and graduate student enrollment is down, officials at Our Lady of Holy Cross College aren't complaining.

"Our president challenged us to bring the students back, so we placed ads on TV, radio, and billboards," as well as on New Orleans Web sites, says Elizabeth Fischtziur, a Holy

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