Speaks Out

Do you feel less confident in the federal government’s
ability to deal with disaster after Hurricane Katrina? Why or why
not? Vinh Le

Graduate student, teacher education
program
“I don’t feel less confident, but I am disappointed in
the whole situation. I think after this, any disaster will be
handled a lot better. “

Eliezer”ˆBercasio

Alumnus

“I’d like to believe that they’ll respond swiftly
for us, but I can’t be 100 percent
confident.”

Justine Chen

Fourth-year, political science
“In a way, yes. Everybody’s seeing how inefficient we
are. I kind of have some confidence ““ we don’t want to
make the same mistake twice.”

Shawn Collins

Fifth-year, sociology
“I think it’s taken us back as people. … Because
there were so many warnings that it would occur I think we should
have been a little faster. We’ve got the money, we’ve
got the resources.”

Harold Lee