Power Outages Cancel Classes, Close Buildings At Rutgers University's New Brunswick Campus
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (CBSNewYork/AP) -- Rutgers University has canceled some classes and closed some buildings on its main campus in New Brunswick due to a series of power outages.
The outages at the Cook/Douglass campus have been intermittent and affect about 90 buildings, including 40 residence halls, CBS2's Alice Gainer reported.
It was not clear when the problems would be resolved.
The electricity went off twice on Tuesday, but it was restored both times. However, the outages hit again the next day.
"Problem is there is no quick fix. We need to analyze every piece of our system to try and figure out exactly what's causing that fault and why it's tripping out the rest of the system," Rutgers Exective Vice President Tony Calcado said.
Rutgers said it has made arrangements for housing and transportation for the 3,000 students who live on campuses. Some students had to be relocated from their dorms and cots were set up in a gymnasium.
All other Rutgers' campuses are open and operating on normal schedules.
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