Healing old wounds.AIMING TO HELP THOUSANDS OF FORMER New Orleans New Orleans (ôr`lēənz –lənz, ôrlēnz`), city (2006 pop. 187,525), coextensive with Orleans parish, SE La., between the Mississippi River and Lake Pontchartrain, 107 mi (172 km) by water from the river mouth; founded residents return home, a corps of students is gathering this month to work on houses that were destroyed by the hurricane and must be gutted for rebuilding. The Katrina Corps, which will bring as many as 25,000 students to the city to work in one-week shifts between now and April 6, will gut up to 5,000 homes. More than 10,000 families are currently waiting for their homes to be gutted. "We're asking young Americans to do what they've always done, change the world, this time with hammers and wrecking bars," says Pare Murtaugh, Katrina Corps Management Team Leader. Institutions interested in sending student volunteers to New Orleans through Katrina Corps can visit www.katrinacorps.com for information. Meanwhile, several institutions based in the Big Easy continue to struggle with the decisions they made in the aftermath of Katrina. Tulane University, the University of New Orleans History UNO was founded in 1958 as the New Orleans branch of Louisiana State University, originally as "Louisiana State University in New Orleans" or "LSUNO", but became more independent and changed the name to "University of New Orleans" in 1974. , the Louisiana State University Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, generally known as Louisiana State University or LSU, is a public, coeducational university located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and the main campus of the Louisiana State University System. Health Sciences Center, Southern University at New Orleans The Southern University at New Orleans is a University in New Orleans, Louisiana. It is part of the Southern University System. It is sometimes referred to by its initials SUNO. , and Loyola University of New Orleans shuttered departments and laid off faculty members post-Katrina--and now the American Association of University Professors American Association of University Professors (AAUP), organization of college and university teachers. It was founded (1915) for the purpose of defending faculty rights, most notably academic freedom and tenure (see tenure, in education). is preparing to issue a harsh report criticizing them. A draft of the report is critical of them for acting in haste, failing to give proper notice to faculty who were fired, and even using the storm as an excuse for streamlining programs. |
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