<p>ricz, It's a bit early to throw in the towel. January is a realistic start date IF the federal government provides the funding required to secure and jump-start the city. Out-of-state parents should write their congressmen a nd women to make sure that the city gets the aid it needs--especially parents from politically powerful states.</p>
<p>Tulane has suffered many many floods of that degree. The clean-up will not be a surprise if they were able to maintain security through these last dark nights (and that is a big if....).</p>
<p>No question but Tulane will be in a financial hole. Hopefully, Cowen is as gifted a leader as CC parents say. Compared to many of the city's institutions, Tulane seems to be sitting pretty.</p>
<p>Can Tulane come up with a class for 2010? Of course they can! There were approxiamtely 4 million Americans born that year. There will be students thrilled to go to Tulane in 2006. They might not be quite the caliber of student as in the last few years, but they will be great students all the same. Tulane will not care if they get a few "C" students for a few years.</p>