Tempest, Fall 2015, Issue 2 (Sept. 23)

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An opinion on hasslers

OPINION ON 2

Gamers overtake cafeteria FEATURES ON 8

Judith Perez/Tempest

Forward Alexandria Bowers darts around Monica Vasquez of College of Marin. Solano won the Sept. 18 game 9-0.

<< Check out more womens soccer and volleyball! SPORTS ON 4

• SEPT. 23 - OCT. 13, 2015 • VOL. 31, NO. 14 • FAIRFIELD, CA • www.solanotempest.net •

Water main breakage closes campus

Water main breakage clogs up restrooms leading to school evacuation Judith Perez Staff Writer jperez@solanotempest.net

A water main breakage earlier this month caused the main Fairfield campus to evacuate and remain off-campus for nearly 24 hours over the span of two days. The water main break occurred by the front of campus between the parking lot

and the 200 building. The Children’s Center, where the kids of both faculty and students spend their days, was evacuated early in the day. At least one instructor was forced to cancel classes in order to find alternative daycare. Around 2 p.m. on Sept. 14, the 1500 building was evacuated due to the lack of usable restrooms, which was the main cause for the evacuation of the campus.

Buildings became inaccessible soon after, as Solano facilities made attempts to fix the main.

continued classes. Unfortunately, some students of the main campus weren’t so happy about missing school.

“It happened earlier this morning,” said Deputy Garcia on Sept. 14. “The main waterline broke, but I do not know the details of the breakage.”

“[It was] unfortunate. I was excited to go to my next class,” said biology major Alex Arriaga. See more photos on page 7.

As this only affected the Fairfield campus, the Vacaville and Vallejo campuses still

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