Here comes the hurricane

Last night, nearly half of the Marietta College campus was dark. Both Parsons and McCoy were without power, as were many of the academic buildings. The power outage stretched the length of Seventh Street, even affecting local businesses like Tim Horton's. To the dismay of most students, class was not canceled. The lights were back on by 8 a.m., making it feasible to view Power Point presentations, take notes and complete science labs.

Thankfully, we here in Marietta experienced only minute effects of Hurricane Ike. Comparatively, a Sept. 15 article in the New York Times states that millions of Texans are without power and that the largest rescue operation ever needed in Texas has begun. Try to stay dry, and keep the people on the Gulf Coast in your thoughts and prayers.