Spring Break
Explosion effects felt across campus
Sarah Kloepping & Jerica Harvey
Issue date: 4/23/08 Section: News
Tumbarello said cold showers were the biggest inconvenience to students, but the temporary closing of Esker also affected those living on the east side of campus.
Freshman Patrick Stansell said he went to off campus or to Drumlin to eat.
"Or I went to the UC since they were offering meal transfers," Stansell said. "It was better than what they were serving at Drumlin. I'm happier that Prairie Street [Café] reopened than Esker. I was missing the late-night meal transfers. It's good to have those back."
Executive Director of Residence Life Jeff Janz said to boost student morale about the boiler explosion, Residence Life is making T-shirts and posters for every student living in the residence halls.
"In a certain way it acknowledges the fact we know it was an inconvenience and help people understand that it was no one's fault, it wasn't deliberate, and it was an unfortunate situation for the whole community," Janz said. "We want to kind of have fun with it, make light of it a little bit, and at the same time let people know they've been very accommodating during a tough time."
T-shirts will be distributed today at no cost to students.
Janz said Student Affairs administrators have been meeting to discuss how the event was handled and what could have been done differently.
"For example we didn't communicate as much to off-campus students even though they may have hear [the explosion] or had friends that were concerned about it," Janz said. "Perhaps in a different situation, we might communicate more to all 10,000 students rather than just the 3,500 living on campus."
Freshman Patrick Stansell said he went to off campus or to Drumlin to eat.
"Or I went to the UC since they were offering meal transfers," Stansell said. "It was better than what they were serving at Drumlin. I'm happier that Prairie Street [Café] reopened than Esker. I was missing the late-night meal transfers. It's good to have those back."
Executive Director of Residence Life Jeff Janz said to boost student morale about the boiler explosion, Residence Life is making T-shirts and posters for every student living in the residence halls.
"In a certain way it acknowledges the fact we know it was an inconvenience and help people understand that it was no one's fault, it wasn't deliberate, and it was an unfortunate situation for the whole community," Janz said. "We want to kind of have fun with it, make light of it a little bit, and at the same time let people know they've been very accommodating during a tough time."
T-shirts will be distributed today at no cost to students.
Janz said Student Affairs administrators have been meeting to discuss how the event was handled and what could have been done differently.
"For example we didn't communicate as much to off-campus students even though they may have hear [the explosion] or had friends that were concerned about it," Janz said. "Perhaps in a different situation, we might communicate more to all 10,000 students rather than just the 3,500 living on campus."
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