Hurricane Katrina Aftermath (and other stuff I find interesting)

UNO hopes to reopen in DecemberBy Ed AndersonCapital bureauBATON ROUGE – The University of New Orleans will try to reopen for a short semester starting in December since most of the campus was not flooded, UNO Chancellor Tim Ryan said Monday.Ryan told reporters that he hopes to get UNO campuses in downtown New Orleans, Jeffreson and St. Tammany parishes and on the West Bank of Jefferson Parish running as soon as possible.He said UNO will have 500 classes offered online for 120 courses by Oct. 10.“The University of New Orleans is not only coming back, but it is back,’’ Ryan said.He said only one-third of the campus was flooded and most of the campus’ classroom buildings were on the two-thirds that was not flooded.