If I could sum of the state of affairs in New Orleans with one word it would be Eye-Awakening. My eyes are not the ones being awakened though. It is our country’s that have awoken – according to the people I met while on the Santa Clara University Alternative Spring Break Trip.
The aura can be felt the moment you step off the plane. Fortunately, the people bring you back to reality with their hospitality. They are the life of the city almost as if you were in a small town. Then you notice a dustiness of the surroundings and post eighteen-month aftereffects due to Hurricane Katrina as if a mushroom cloud touched the town yet it did not. The work is plenty and no one effort will rid the place of its now natural look.
-Shauvi Rogers
