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"The damage was caused by the amount of water in such a short time," he said. "We had quite a few leaks, mostly minor drips through ceilings and around windows."
While plant ops crews responded to leaks in Matthews Hall, Hagey Hall, the Dana Porter Library, the Minota Hagey residence and several engineering buildings, the most serious water problems occurred in East Campus Hall, where staff in the finance office were kept out of their cubicles by the mess.
"We're hoping to solve that problem next year with a new roof," said Fulcher. In the meantime, repairs are under way. Temperature changes play a role in roof problems, he added, noting that most leaks occur in spring and fall when materials tend to flex as the thermometer fluctuates.
In the Optometry building, meanwhile, the water was coming up instead of down -- not through the roof, but out of the storm sewers into stairwells and first-floor rooms. "My woodwork shop must have had a lot in it," says technician Robin Jones. "it was all gone when I got in this morning, but the sheets of plywood were wet."
Research optometrist Trefford Simpson got to see the flood first-hand. He was spending the night in the building along with several volunteers trying out day-and-night contact lenses. Around midnight he had to cancel the experiment, wake up his research subjects and send them home.
"We get floods now and again," says Tom Galloway, director of custodial and grounds services for plant operations. But usually they're the result of something smaller-scale, such as somebody leaving a sink running, he said. This time, the storm sewers, which carry rain water away, got "supercharged -- the pipes are absolutely full, and the water finds a way out!"
Janitors in the Optometry building work from 6 p.m. to 2 p.m. and were on hand at the height of the storm, he said. On Tuesday "We were vacuuming water off carpets," and there may still be some cleanup to finish today, he added.
Sailor Moon may be a fad among adolescent girls, but among connoisseurs of anime -- Japanese animated film and video -- she's more than that: she's a cult. Hence this Web page created by Jackie Kwong, second-year student in science and business, whose page begins by noting the differences between the "cheesy" North American series of Sailor Moon adventures and the tougher Japanese original. Either way, it's "whiny schoolgirls in miniskirts", but Kwong insists, "It's better than it sounds, trust me."
Need an explanation of manga? Want a list of links to more information about Sailor Moon, or a page of excerpts from articles about her published on two continents? Want some animated cursors and icons created by Kwong herself? This page is the place to look -- and it's just one subsection of what Kwong calls "The Site for Distinguished Tastes":
It started as a self-taught lesson in HTML, but has since developed into a more refined series of pages featuring many of my own graphics. The anime section is well-received by Sailor Moon fans who find the honest remarks and the angle on pursuing original Japanese anime a refreshing change. Many also enjoy the detailed cursors and icons that I have created. Other features of the site include an introduction to Vanessa-Mae the violinist (I get a great deal of positive feedback on this brief page as well), links to other interesting pages on the web, and notes that I have taken for courses offered at UW.Kwong's site also includes "anecdotes and pictures" from four months in Ottawa, spent on a work term with Corel Corporation.
The seminars organized by the career services folks are continuing, with the emphasis today on "networking" (9:30 and 11 a.m., Needles Hall room 1020). Tomorrow, also in NH 1020, it's "resume writing" at 9:30 and "letter writing" at 11:00. "No need to sign up -- just be there," a note from the organizers says.
Electrical power will be shut down in the central complex of Village I from 8:00 tonight to 2 a.m. Thursday. This is the shutdown that was postponed at the last minute a couple of weeks ago; it's necessary for the installation of new electrical equipment as part of the Village renovations. Affected are the office complex, the great hall, the kitchen, the basement and even the outside footpath lights.
The elevator in the PAS building will be out of service from noon to 4 p.m. today for painting, the plant operations department says.
CAR
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