Studying To Be A Doctor In Exile: The same week some of us begin to work in Houston, Tulane Medical School students start the first day of classes at Baylor College of Medicine.
The fear was that [the hurricane] could even cause the school’s extinction, so uncertain was Tulane’s future in the days after Katrina flooded New Orleans. There was no telling what would have happened if its students were dispersed to other medical colleges around the nation, which was the only other option until Houston agreed to take in the school the first week of September.
It’s all a daunting task. Texas campuses absorbed more than 5,000 college students displaced by Katrina, but those were relatively simple adjustments since the students just learned alongside students already enrolled. Medical students need more ” cadavers for anatomy class, clinics and hospitals for rotations, the sense of belonging to a group that comes with staying with classmates and retaining professors.
“It’s sometimes difficult to come to grips with the gravity of this situation, but it’s at least taught us that nothing is permanent,” said Justin Lafreniere, a third-year Tulane student. “If nothing else, we’ve learned to roll with the punches.”
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New Orleans Movers & Shakers: Introducing a new service that helps Tulane students, just like the ones mentioned, take care of their homes and property back in New Orleans. The brainchild of a few Tulane law students, New Orleans Movers & Shakers is a new service to help Tulane students clean their apartments, retrieve their personal items, and find a subletter.
We are Tulane Law Students, and are happy to help you find subletters, clean your home, clean/remove refrigerators, and ship your personal belongings to you.
Rates:
– $20 per person per hour (for unemployed Tulane Law students; higher rates for people with money and insurance) to clean, pack and ship belongings.
– $50 for refrigerator cleaning and/or removal, + $10 for each flight of stairs for refrigerator removal. Whether the fridge will have to be cleaned vs. removed will depend on the fridge’s condition.There are many people without homes who need a few months to clean or locate a new home. We can find reliable subletters in need.
A website and more formal contact information is in the setup process. If you know or are a Tulane student who needs this service immediately, please email me.
