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VOLUME 45, ISSUE 57

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TUESDAY, MAY 29, 2012

campus life

fire causes campuswide blackout By Nicole chan • Associate News Editor

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CSD experienced a campus-wide power outage Memorial Day Weekend after a transformer caught fire at the east campus power station. According to a campuswide notice from the UCSD Police Department, the power outage from the electrical fire, which was reported Saturday at 12:18 p.m., affected the entire campus, including the Scripps Institution of Oceanography and the university’s Thornton Medical

Hospital. All six dining halls and the college markets closed due to the campus-wide power outage. Goody’s Market student lead and Revelle College senior Sarah Matsushima said that the market closed at 1 p.m. “The power went out at 11:45 a.m.,” Matsushima said. “Goody’s upstairs was giving out food. All refrigeration was down, heating was down, all registers were down, so we

couldn’t charge them.” Muir College sophomore David Woo said that he did not experience the power outage until he got to campus around 8 p.m. on Saturday. “It was eerily quiet,” Woo said. “None of my apartmentmates were home this weekend, so I called my friends and went out to dinner,” Woo said. Although power was restored Sunday morning, Woo said his building as of Monday morning still does

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not have hot water. Due to the power outage, the university provided on-campus residents with two city shuttles with service to Costa Verde and La Jolla Village Square. The shuttles were available for 8:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. on Saturday. According to KGTV 10 News, the fire caused approximately $300,000 worth in damage to the power station building’s contents, and approximately $50,000 in damage to the property.

The campus-wide power outage also affected UCSD’s Thornton Medical Hospital, forcing it to utilize its emergency backup power. Although campus-wide notices reported power to be restored within four hours, power was not restored campus-wide until 1:30 a.m. on Sunday. Readers can contact Nicole Chan at n3chan@ucsd.edu.

Rady School of Management

Co-op Wells Fargo Hall Opens in Rady School Collective Rebounds After Debt The four university coops faced closure after accruing $20,000 in debt during 2007-09. By Emily Pham Staff Writer UCSD’s co-ops — Ché Café, General Store, the Food Co-op and Groundwork Books — are currently recovering after paying off $20,000 of their debts. According to General Store member Taury St. Claire, the co-ops suffered from dwindling business due to construction. The construction, which lasted from 2007-09, expanded the Old Student Center from 10,000 square feet to 15,000 square feet. It blocked the main entrance to the General Store, causing fewer customers to visit the co-ops. The lack of business and loss of co-op membership almost caused the co-ops to be shut down after they accrued almost $45,000 of debt to vendors and to the university. “The store just looked really, realSee co-ops, page 3

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Support from lead donors Ernest Rady and Wells Fargo Bank facilitated the hall’s construction. By Nicole CHan Associate News Editor A new five-story lecture hall opened in the Rady School of Management on Friday, May 11. The Rady School celebrated the opening of Wells Fargo Hall in a ribboncutting ceremony attended by Rady School Dean Robert S. Sullivan, UCSD Chancellor Marye Anne Fox, philanthropist Ernest Rady, Steve Bernstein of Wells Fargo and Rady School MBA student Ashley Zeeland. The 81,000 square-feet hall holds

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a classroom for 185 students, two classrooms for 75 students each, 45 faculty offices, 18 team study rooms and multiple multi-purpose conference rooms. The hall also includes the J.R. Beyster Auditorium, named in honor of support provided by Betty and Dr. J. Robert Beyster. According to the press release, construction on the $47-million Wells Fargo Hall began May 21, 2010 after a $5-million challenge gift from Ernest Rady. This challenge gift showed Rady’s commitment to the project and “challenged” others to support the proposed building. This led to a $5-million gift from Wells Fargo Bank that facilitated the project. Private donations from Rita and Richard Atkinson, Arthur Brody, Jan Tuttleman and Tony Thornley also supported the construction of the

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hall. “The opening of Wells Fargo Hall is a testament to the continued support of the Rady School by our community,” Rady School Dean Robert S. Sullivan said in a May 16 press release. “The new facilities will provide the Rady School with the capacity to accommodate more students and enhance its educational and research programs. The Rady School now will have among the finest facilities in the nation.” Wells Fargo Hall also meets Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design standards and achieved silver certification for its water savings and energy efficiency. According to a press release, the hall will start being used this summer. The Rady School opened in 2003 and its first building, Otterson

Hall, opened in 2007. In addition to the Rady School, construction projects are currently in progress at other areas of campus. Construction on the Jacobs Medical Center Plant began last week, on May 21. The structure, which will provide support utilities for the Jacobs Medical Center bell tower, will be completed in Fall 2014. The university will also welcome Engineering Building Unit IV in 2013, a four-story structure with office and laboratory space for 50 faculty members and 1,100 students, in addition to studios and design space for visual arts students. Government and private funds are supporting the $83.3-million project. Readers can contact Nicole Chan at n3chan@ucsd.edu.

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