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Article: New Orleans' historically black colleges fight to recover.(Southern University)
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- National Catholic Reporter
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- November 3, 2006
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To get to Southern University at New Orleans' temporary quarters in row upon row of trailers, Ernest Ruffin, a junior business management major from the city's West Bank, must drive past the original campus.
A year after Katrina swept through New Orleans and swallowed the university's campus on Press Drive, Ruffin is still reminded of the school's former vibrancy.
"The old SUNO was a lot more diverse, and you could always find people hanging out in the university center," Ruffin said.
Southern University shares its plight with Dillard University and Xavier University of Louisiana. New Orleans' three historically black colleges and universities ...