Power outage strikes central campus
Sudden surge prompts officials to shut down electricity in some areas to avoid major blackout
The outage — which lasted less than 20 minutes in some areas and several hours in others, according to some student reports — did not appear to seriously interfere with University operations, officials said. But while some students shrugged the outage off, others who lost power in their dormitories said they were concerned with the vulnerabilities in Yale’s electrical grid.
AFTER 12 YEARS, SIEDLECKI STEPS DOWN