NEWS IN BRIEF: Power outage

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by George Hatoun

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Brown College, Jones College, Lovett Hall, Physics Lab-oratories, Rayzor Hall, Abercrombie Engineering Laboratory, Mechanical Laboratory, Sewall Hall, Dell Butcher Hall and the Brown masters' house were among the campus buildings suffering from a power outage beginning at approximately 3:30 p.m. Wednesday afternoon.

The source of the outage was not immediately known.

To aid Brown and Jones residents needing a place to study, the library was open all night Wednesday. Food service at those two colleges was rerouted to the six colleges on the residential quad.

The President's Office said that it was premature to speculate on the cause of the outage, which interrupted classes in several buildings. Assistant to the President Carl MacDowell relayed that President Malcolm Gillis was aware of the situation and said that Rice would not spare the cost in putting an end to the outage quickly. MacDowell said that generators to power Brown and Jones would be brought in if necessary to provide power in the interim.

This item appeared in the News section of the February 2, 1996 issue.

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