Hi all, A brief story about my 18 year old son.
He graduated from High School in May of this year. Because of his hard work in the classroom, and his athletic excellence, he was offered a 5 year scholarship to Tulane University. They pay for his education, he plays football for them. What a deal, huh? Anyway, as many of you probably know, Tulane University is located in New Orleans, Louisiana. New Orleans was recently hit by hurricane Katrina and is now a completely paralyzed city. I have many relatives that live in and around New Orleans, all of whom were smart enough to vacate the city before the hurricane hit. My son was directed to report to the University a few weeks ago to begin fall workouts in preparation for the upcoming season. Unbelievably, my son is probably not going to be red-shirted and will be suiting out to be available to play this season. He doesn't have a starting spot, but will play some special teams and is right now a 2nd string linebacker. Tulane was scheduled to play Southern Mississippi this coming Sunday, with the game being televised on ESPN2, however, the game has been canceled and tentatively rescheduled for after Thanksgiving. The football team evacuated New Orleans and went to Jackson, Mississippi before the storm hit. However, due to the storm's ravaging of Jackson, the team has now relocated to Dallas, Texas. They are staying at a DoubleTree hotel in Dallas and SMU University has offered the use of their practice facilities, weight rooms and laundry facilities to the Tulane football squad. I would like to make a public note of appreciation to the SMU coaches and staff who are accommodating the Tulane team in this time of crises. Though it appears right now that many, many people in New Orleans are enduring an unimaginable crisis, my son is living high as a hog. I am grateful to the both the Tulane and SMU universities. Though my son wouldn't be in or around New Orleans if he had not decided to attend Tulane, bottom line is that he was there the day before the storm hit and is now living in a nice hotel in Dallas, Texas, courtesy of Tulane. All expenses paid vacation and no classes. Boy, what a lucky kid. -- Randy rmlscsi: [GNU ld version 2.15.94.0.2 20041220] [gcc (GCC) 3.4.3] [GNU C Library stable release version 2.3.4] [Linux 2.6.10 i686] 22:13:01 up 151 days, 21:46, 3 users, load average: 1.03, 0.98, 0.60 -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-chat FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
