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STUDEIITS • COnHOUED FROfTl I Tulane says 80 percent of its students have already re registered. Loyola University, which received little damage, just started registration and can only say more than half for now. The situation will likely be more dire at schools like Xavier and Dillard, which are poorer and suffered more storm damage. Some students simply want to stay where they are, particularly freshmen who never got attached to their original schools. Student councils at Virginia, Harvard and the University of California, Berkeley, have passed resolutions calling on their schools to be more flexible in letting New Orleans students at least apply to transfer. Officially, those and other colleges are saying no, wary of breaking their promises to other schools or, in some cases, of letting students use the situation to “trade up” to a more prestigious school. Of course, students won’t truly be forced to return; host colleges can simply refuse to let them transfer there next semester. There’s nothing to prevent students from j withdrawing from their New Orleans schools and trying to j...l -j ..—..... transfer next fall like anyone else. So the question becomes, if students are determined to transfer, why force them to return to New Orleans at all? That’s what Amy McClendon, a Tulane freshman from Amite, La., who ended up at Harvard after a brief stint at Louisiana State University, is wondering. She wants to stay at Harvard but will have to return to Tulane and take her chances applying for transfer next fall (Harvard does not let any visiting freshmen apply to transfer). That would mean going back to be a new freshman — for the fourth time. “I don’t want to have to go through it again,” she said. “All my friends are here. big ensv • conTinuGD froid i phones, getting different sizes. Everything was normal. Moments of normality were rare, but this was one of them. I could see the resilience of the city and more importandy, of the people of New Orleans. Everyone was very friendly and nice. People I talked to seemed to be optimistic and positive.One native said the city has bonded together, and there is not nearly the negative aura the media has created. She said that in the Superdome, although there were some crazy people, most people were sticking together and protecting estch other. People were sharing whatever they had. Most people I talked to expressed frustration with FEMA and the American Red Cross. New Orleans is and will continue to be a unique city. Another native said people will return when they realize that what New Orleans offers they can’t get anywhere else. Although there are doubts and legitimate concerns, I think New Orleans will recover. There is still a city here. It is different from the one before Aug. 29, but it still retains that charm and distinctive feel. Although the recovery will be , New Orleans is a city the United States cannot afford to lose. Comments on this story? E-mail gamecockneu>s@gwm. sc. edu ■■■. South Carolina /NASA Funding GMjy for Students in ^P^ 2006-2007 SPACE GRANT • Students interested in research projects are encouraged to apply for one or more of the following: • Undergraduate Research Program ($3,000) • Graduate Student Research Program ($20,000) • Kathy Sullivan Fellowship ($7,000) • Pre-Service Teacher Scholarship ($2,000) • NASA Student Internship Program (varies) For applications and information on the opportunities, see the website below. www.cofc.edu/~scgrant Due Date: January 22, 2006 Late applications will not be considered. _ USC SC Space Grant Representative: Dr. Michael Sutton 803-777-7158 sutton @sc.edu r * 110 SPECIALTY STORES, MINUTES FROM USC. For the best selection of stores in the area, just take I-26 toward , Spartanburg and exit at either 102A (Irmo) or 103 (Harbison). Abercrombie & Fitch • American Eagle • Arden B • Banana Republic Express • Gap • Hollister Co. • Victoria’s Secret GE Grani Grim* Partin, he. www.columbianacentre.com • I w 11 i I 1 im IT» \ TTi T | u I il 1■■mTi j i ■ I !i i ij i ■ 1 jm M T11 J Til I 1 Him imjimi ^» i « t i w \ l l | i [il n 1 Lj 1 ill I ri K» i( 1 n I I r j I I I I i—■ i j I I I ■ i I I I I ■ | I I ■—j ft I j I j i I I bh I I I I i—I I I I H mi lllllllllllll i—I I I I I il I ft ■ UMn