After three separate instances of flooding in Village House this semester, Washington University administrators are now confident that the issue is resolved.
After facing cancelled flights and icy roads, students returning to campus may have found their weather woes were not finished yet. Six residential buildings and 14 academic buildings suffered damage as a result of the low temperatures and heavy snowfall over break, with issues ranging from a broken window to flooding.
Come springtime, the large supply of tulips on campus will be nipped in the bud. As a part of a plan designed to reduce the Washington University maintenance and landscaping budget by at least 5 percent, the number of tulips on campus will be cut in half. The new plan will also reduce the number of on-call maintenance employees around the Danforth Campus, thereby producing a delay in response time.
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