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Among millions of Hurricane Katrina victims in Louisiana and Mississippi, local college students are also feeling the jarring effects of the disaster. August's storm hit Tulane University, Loyola University - New Orleans, Dillard University, and the University of New Orleans hardest. Tulane and Loyola, in the mean time, have set up temporary offices in the city of Houston.

Tulane's and Loyola's websites state that the schools will be closed for the entirety of the fall 2005 semester. Once the city of New Orleans becomes habitable again, Dillard University plans on opening its doors and welcoming students back. As for the University of New Orleans, chancellor Timothy P. Ryan stated on the website that he estimates classes will begin sometime...

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