Katrina

Chicago artists donate work to benefit hurricane victims.

For two weeks, the media was awash with coverage of the hurricane that devastated large parts of Louisiana and Mississippi, exposed a much-ignored level of poverty in the south, and raised the bar for free speech. What follows is a small sample of some of the hilarious, misguided, atrocious, inflammatory and plain old stupid things that columnists, radio hosts, politicians, their wives, policy hacks and other public figures have said in the aftermath of Katrina.

The following is an account of a conversation with Carly Rachal, an SAIC student who has been personally affected by Hurricane Katrina. Rachal is a sophomore with a concentration in photography, and is a native of New Orleans.

Katrina holds up a shattered mirror to the racism and hypocrisy of U.S. institutions.

Katrina holds up a shattered mirror to the racism and hypocrisy of U.S. institutions.

Katrina Student Relief Fund at SAIC established for hurricane victims as well as admissions opens door to displaced students.