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...being a little harsh, of course. The Times' survey comes with a lengthy, elegant essay couching the whole project in a comfy coccoon of critical nuance, pre-emptively name-checking "the deplorable modern mania for ranking, list-making and fabricated competition" before vigorously succumbing to it. (It also includes the regrettable phrase "in the age of James Frey." Moratorium? Who's with me?) It's not the least of its sins, but it has to be said that the Times list is aggressively boring. I was surprised and pleased - like running into a dear friend at a deadly dull cocktail...
...floods hit the St. Bernard housing project in New Orleans' Seventh Ward with a determined fury. In desperation, says Randy Nathan, 20, trapped residents screamed at passing helicopters and set off firecrackers to attract attention. But no rescuers came. "We had to make a move," he says. "The water was rising. We had too many babies and my grandma...
...week that heaped torment on top of tragedy, the deck seemed especially stacked against the Nathans. The 20-member extended family, including a newborn, a great-grandmother and a pregnant 22-year-old, fought its way out of the swamped housing project, only to languish for days on dry ground. A harrowing bus ride took the Nathans to Texas--and more disappointment. But when all seemed lost, grace arrived in the form of a stranger who offered her home, and with it, the space to be a family again...
When they finally boarded a bus for Houston, one of them was threatened at gunpoint by a thug from a rival housing project. They arrived at the Astrodome 16 hours later, only to be told they might not be able to stay. But in the milling crowd, Cheryl Graves, 47, stepped forward to invite all 20 of them to stay at her three-bedroom house in northwest Houston. Why would she take in total strangers? "Humanity," she says. "They can be here as long as they want." --By Nathan Thornburgh. With reporting by Deborah Fowler/Houston
Editor-in-Chief Hayley J. Fink ’08, who volunteered to spearhead the project when it was conceived in late 2005, says the breezy tone of The Blue Line—and its compact size—might attract people who would typically ignore campus politics...