2003, a year the University will remember,  I woke up and turned on the

television to see the weathermen all excited and the ties up tight and suits

buttoned up.  They were warning us of a major storm coming thru the area,  in

the end, 100 m.p.h straight line winds.  I looked out the room window to see the

trees bending over, and the rain was truly blowing sideways,  I can say I have

never seen anything like it. In the end, Memphis was hurt, power lines down and

out in most of the city, trees into peoples houses and on their cars, debris

everywhere.  We were lucky, the Holiday Inn lost power for the remainder of the

University, but across the street at the Fogelman they had power and a kitchen,

so we were fine, I had packed a flashlight.  All in all a experience that most of

the students took in stride. A special thanks to the staff of the Fogelman and

the Holiday Inn, for going above and beyond to serve us.