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February 15, 2007 Volume 37 / Number 5

New Orleans 2007: Students Restore 18 Houses in Five Days

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	Coleman Jones (CM) measures linoleum to be place in refurbished home.		Alesander Romo (CM) installs plumbing for kitchen sink
	Lindsay Poulin (CM) and Jessica Main (CM) install ceiling fans
	Jessica Main (EDUC) measures for installation of dry wall.		Frank Ibarra (EE) installs bathtub plumbing
	Tori Hill (BADM) caulks windows		Abandoned vehicles swept away during hurricane.
	Michelle Heick (CM), Lindsay Poulin (CM), College of ECC Dean Ken Derucher and Jessica Main (EDUC)		Francisco Rico (CM) gets instruction from Professor Jim O'Bannon.
	Ari Zeidman (APM), Professor Jim O'Bannon, and Francisco Rico (CM) hold an impromptu class at the dinner table		Russ Vendt-Pearce (CM), Mr. Lionel Johnson (homeowner), Coleman Jones (CM), Alesander Romo (CM), Dean Ken Derucher, Josh Deadmore (CM), James Alsbury (CM), and Tori Hill (BADM).
	Russ Vendt-Pearce (CM) and Coleman Jones (CM) construct housing for hot water heater using recycled material from destroyed home.		Alesander Romo, Tori Hill, Coleman Jones, Josh Deadmore, Russ Vendt-Pearce, James Alsbury, Lindsay Poulin (all CM majors), and Jessica Main (EDUC) stand for a photo after a long day's work in front of Mr. Lionel Johnson' home.
	Dean Ken Derucher inspects and ECT students’s dry wall mud consistency		Ross Huber (ME) and Leo Estenson (CM) lay Pergo flooring
	Will Kennard (MECA), Leo Estenson, Ross Huber (ME), and Gina Duarte (EDUC)
			Russ Wilberg, Construction Management, and Joel Amato, Mechanical Engineering and Physics, clean tools.
	Daniel Evans, Aaron Malatesta, and Daniel Nhan clean paint tools at the end of the Project.		House in Lower Ninth Ward that students gutted and de-molded on the first visit to New Orleans during spring break 2006
	Joel Amato, Terry Battle, and Ross Huber inspect last year's home that has not been touched since they were there a year before.		Lower Ninth Ward where levee breached and homes were destroyed.
	Neighborhoods in Lower Ninth Ward.		Destroyed home in Lower Ninth Ward.