Power for Letts Hall began to fail Sunday night prompting technicians to completely turn off the electricity early Monday morning at 2:00 a.m. to assess the situation. Technicians concluded that the power transformer had worn out due to old age.
It is expected to take a week for a new transformer to arrive and be replaced. In the meantime, emergency generators are providing lighting. While, the air conditioning from Anderson's Hall has been linked to Letts to alleviate the temperature. A temporary generator arrived yesterday and Letts is currently functional.
Many students' daily routines had become interrupted due to the power outage. Water became unusable in Letts, which required students to shower in Andersons. Park Bestheda's residents went without internet as their wireless transmitter was housed in Letts.
However, students received a friendly wake up call from their RA's to ensure they did not miss their class this morning.
"The lack of sleep that the RA's have gone through to keep things running show how much they care about their residents," said Farzaneh Fouladi, a junior RA of 4 South in Letts.
AU has suffered power outages before, most notably during Hurricane Isabel of last year when the Tenley Campus went without power for eight days.
"I am pleased with the response we have been getting. Residents have been very understanding and very responsible in their actions," said Julie Weber, executive director of Housing and Dining.
