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July 12, 2007

Update: Power back on at RIC, after 2 days

PROVIDENCE -- Power is back on at Rhode Island College this afternoon, two days after it first failed.

The power was restored at 3:18 p.m., and classes scheduled for 4 p.m. and after will be held, according to college spokeswoman Jane Fusco.

College classes were canceled yesterday.

A bushing that is part of the transformer failed in some way and was replaced in order to restore power, Fusco said. She said it has not been determined why it failed. The replacement part arrived from South Carolina.

Thanks in part to generators, the college did hold many of the other planned activities for this week, including freshmen orientation and the parents’ luncheon set for today, Fusco said. Even some art and music classes for the elementary through high school students on campus for summer camps have gone on as scheduled, she said.

-- projo.com staff writers Michael P. McKinney and Kate Bramson

“We had art students outside drawing, using the natural light and the natural environment,” she said.

And a marching band class played on -- practicing outside as most marching bands do.

"Given the conditions, everything went very smoothy with a lot of the moving people around or outdoors," said Fusco.

The attitude on campus toward the unusual loss of electricity has been “great,” though, Fusco said.

Many employees were taking this time away from computers to clean their desks, clean out files and otherwise do the kind of work they have set aside for when they have a slow period, she said.

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July 12, 2007

Update: Power back on at RIC, after 2 days

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