Eight months after the torrential downpour that flooded students’ storage boxes last May, UTrucking Inc. is now writing reimbursement checks to all those who filed claims for their belongings.

Last spring’s heavy rainfall disrupted Thurtene Carnival and put a damper in trips to class. It also had devastating consequences for some students who had stored with UTrucking, the student-owned and student-run storage business on the South 40. Returning students were in for a surprise.

While Washington University students were busy moving into their dorms or apartments in late August, a special guest paid a visit to the UTrucking storefront on the South 40. Mark Needle, a University alumnus, introduced himself as the original founder of UTrucking to the current student owners, senior Ben Schutzman and juniors Jordan Weinberg and J.D. Ross.