Discuss “Tulane students return home for spring”

Three hours into their arrival at Tulane University and brimming with excitement, first-year students Kate Frankola and Arthur Leslie were asked to leave. They were given index cards explaining that Hurricane Katrina had made a sudden change in direction and intensity, and that an evacuation was necessary. Little did they know that it would be taking their lives into a new direction — literally.

Over the next few weeks, Frankola and Leslie, along with the rest of Tulane’s students, scrambled to get into contact with universities that would take them in. Carnegie Mellon distinguished itself for these two because the university was able to guarantee housing.

Michael Murphy, Carnegie Mellon’s associate vice-president, explained that this...