September 16, 2005

Scattered Lives

Shaken by Katrina, the region's colleges begin to grasp the damage done

Hurricane Katrina swept thousands of people onto Louisiana State University's doorstep, turning the 200-acre campus into a sprawling shelter last week. As classes began here in the eye of the storm's aftermath, convoys of buses filled the parking lots, and streams of evacuees took refuge in buildings. Helicopters whirred overhead. Ambulance sirens wailed. U.S. Border Patrol agents and National Guard troops marched.

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