Welcome to the new school year. With each year comes new challenges, responsibilities, and excitement; and we at College Democrats would like to try to complement all that with us.

We have the first meeting coming up in early September, but at the moment we have a more pressing issue at hand.

As all of you are aware, hurricane Katrina has wrecked the coastal states leaving many helpless and distraught. Together, we and the College Republicans would like to try to help the victims with our own relief effort to help lessen the grievousness of Katrina and her aftermaths. We will have a booth at DUC this coming Tuesday, a day after labor day, to help collect funds for those persons in need of assistance. The booth will need to be manned from 10:45 to 12:15, and we would greatly appreciate it if you could come help us in this effort.

So try to come if you can, and pass word along to your friends too so that we, Democrats and Republicans alike, can help New Orleans and the other coastal areas get back on their feet!