The New York Times
Dorothy Wade, at left, packed her belongings on Sunday at Shaw University, where two dormitories were uninhabitable after a tornado struck on Saturday
Instead of cramming for finals, students at the South’s oldest historically black college were cramming their belongings into hastily bought tubs from Wal-Mart after a tornado forced an abrupt departure from their dormitories and, in some cases, an early end to their college years.
The Tornado churned up uncertainty at Shaw University, in Raleigh, N.C., as some students wondered whether they would be able to graduate in the short term and others tried to fathom how the college would rebuild.
One of the tornadoes that tore through Wake County on Saturday was actually at a weak point when it lashed together fallen trees in front of Shaw’s modernist bell tower, blew the roof off the student center and rendered two of the four dormitories uninhabitable.
Officials decided to close Shaw indefinitely. The university, a private Baptist institution, was founded in 1865.
Some students cheered the early vacation. But the news prompted more anxiety for others. Some seniors were upset that they would not have the opportunity to improve their grade point averages with final exams and projects. Others wondered whether to apply for graduate school or participate in commencement, which was still scheduled for May 7.
But anxiety began to subside by Monday afternoon as professors began responding to e-mail, and the university said it was putting together a Web site to help students contact instructors.
Shaw officials were still assessing the damage Monday, and it remained unclear when classes would resume. Read More
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