The Commonwealth Times hits the streets
1) What is your reaction/thought(s) about Hurricane Katrina? 2) Whom do you know was directly affected by Hurricane Katrina? 3) What would you do if you, like some Katrina victims, had to change universities? 4) What are you doing to help the victims recover? 5) What do you think could have been done for the New Orleans residents to be more prepared? Laurie Miller, Female, 22, Caucasian, Senior, Environmental Science Q1: “(It) raised a lot of concern for friends and family in the area.
1) What is your reaction/thought(s) about Hurricane Katrina?
2) Whom do you know was directly affected by Hurricane Katrina?
3) What would you do if you, like some Katrina victims, had to change universities?
4) What are you doing to help the victims recover?
5) What do you think could have been done for the New Orleans residents to be more prepared?
Laurie Miller, Female, 22, Caucasian, Senior, Environmental Science
Q1: “(It) raised a lot of concern for friends and family in the area.”
Q2: Best friend who lost his house and roommate has family there.
Q3: “I would go ahead and switch schools.”
Q4: “Nothing but I am always ready to help.”
Q5: “We could have reacted a little sooner before the storm hit to be better prepared.”
Lisa Jobe, Female, 22, Caucasian, Senior, Psychology
Q1: “I am ashamed that poverty only hits close to home when it happens in our backyard.”
Q2: “My friend Elizabeth.”
Q3: “I would be happy because I could, for free, (go) to a better school.”
Q4: “I am going to do a Habitat for Humanity.”
Q5: “You can only be so prepared for a natural disaster.”
Julie Elopre, Female, 20, Asian, Junior, Psychology
Q1: “(It was) really devastating and I had no idea that many people were underprivileged.”
Q2: No one.
Q3: “I would feel OK because I am used to moving.”
Q4: Donating canned good to special events.
Q5: Had a school plan before the disaster.
Nate Douglas, Male, 23, African-American, Senior, Business Finance
Q1: “It is really sad and hard to get back (to where things were).”
Q2: No one.
Q3: “I would be really upset and shocked and wouldn’t want to do it.”
Q4: “I would donate whatever I could give.”
Q5: “There should have been a national warning.”
Lisa Caruso, Female, 22, Caucasian, Senior, English and Spanish
Q1: Devastating and uneasy to what is being done.
Q2: Next door neighbor’s family.
Q3: Adapt as best I could.
Q4: Donating food and clothes and trying to go down there.
Q5: Be better informed by major news sources.
Joseph Alipanah, Male, 21, Caucasian, Junior, Biomedical Engineering
Q1: “I feel terrible and it is very unfortunate.”
Q2: “My aunt’s son lost his house.”
Q3: “I would definitely be upset to have to start over.”
Q4: “We have a fund for my aunt’s son.”
Q5: “There should have been an earlier evacuation.”
Betty Hailu, Female, 21, African-American, Junior, Nursing
Q1: “Shocked.”
Q2: Cousin and friends.
Q3: “It would be hard to change schools.”
Q4: Nothing.
Q5: “Evacuation could have been better planned.”
Kelsie Bradburry, Female, 20, Caucasian, Junior, History
Q1: “It is horrible and the levees should have been made better.”
Q2: No one.
Q3: “I would be pretty upset but happy that I could still go to school.”
Q4: “I donated money.”
Q5: “People should have evacuated when they were told to leave.”
