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Tulane University first-year Arthur Leslie hadn't quite been oriented to college before Hurricane Katrina forced him and all his new classmates to evacuate. How long had he been at Tulane? "Only three or four hours," Leslie explained as he squinted in the bright Pittsburgh sun last week. He is just one of approximately 25 displaced Tulane students who will be attending Carnegie Mellon this semester.

After Leslie moved into his new room at Tulane, all students were handed a strip of paper that told them they had to evacuate but could leave their belongings in the dorm. "I got my computer, three changes of clothes, and just left," he said.

That was the Saturday before the hurricane. Tulane president Scott Cowen originally told students that...

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