Broken heater cuts off hot water in dorm
For a few hours Monday’evening, residents of Iota Hall were without hot water.
At 6:30 p.m., a water heater broke in R. I. Quarters F (RQF), located between Iota Hall and the Purchasing and Property Services building, said Roger Hinkle, a maintenance technician at USF.
‘(This) doesn’t happen often,’ he said. ‘Luckily, there was a floor drain in there.’
University Police, who responded to a call about the incident at Iota, contacted the maintenance department. The Friendly Plumber, a plumbing service located on Adamo Drive, helped Hinkle fix the broken joint 15 to 20 minutes after being contacted, Hinkle said.
Hinkle said that when he arrived, water was pouring out of RQF doors.
‘Things happen,’ he said. ‘You don’t get too excited about (these) things, you just come in and take care of it and move on. These are old’buildings, you know. It’s like having an old car.’
Students in Holly E residence hall had a similar experience’ Jan. 12 at 6:40 a.m., when steam from a broken hot water pipe triggered the fire alarm, said Dorie Paine, director of Housing and Residential Education.
Paine said a hole in a pipe leading to an air conditioning unit caused the steam to leak. Flooding also occurred on the third floor.
‘I thought it was a fire drill,’ said Madison Bickel, a sophomore majoring in theater’performance. ‘I expected to be outside for only 10 minutes.’
Paine said the affected areas suffered no major damages from the flooding and nothing had to be replaced. The pipe was repaired Monday night. – Additional reporting by Mia Shuler
More Stories
USF’s ceramics club is looking for a new off-campus home
USF Tampa’s only ceramics club hosted an informational session on Friday — but wheels and kilns were nowhere to be seen. After 21 years of using USF’s facilities, Lil Muddy’s Fun Bunch members were notified in July that they would have to relocate off-campus permanently. The club was removed from USF’s ceramics studio in the […]
USF Esports lab creates sense of community, students say
Gabriel Slate, a philosophy graduate student, came to the Esports lab for the first time for the social climate. “I love the atmosphere.. It’s a combination of a social environment, and all different types of people that see the complexity [of the lab],” Slate said. He was eager to get involved. “I was hearing about […]
USF president Rhea Law gets $282K raise, discusses future goals
USF President Rhea Law’s new salary was approved at Tuesday’s Board of Trustees (BOT) meeting, giving her a 30% raise. With the newly approved $282,000 increase, Law’s original salary of $655,000 went up to $825,000. Gerard Solis, from the Office of General Counsel, said $250,000 of the salary is covered by public contribution, while all […]
USF Board of Trustees reaffirms free speech on-campus
USF’s Board of Trustees (BOT) re-endorsed a statement on free expression in state universities at its Tuesday meeting. This comes just after USF updated a policy that has redefined how students can organize on campus, including needing to get pre-approval if they plan to gather with amplified sound and displays. The endorsement complies with […]
USF alumni-owned Naga Tea comes back to campus permanently
Hidden away in the bunker-like Muma College of Business is the Tampa campus’ newest hot spot, USF alumni-owned Naga Tea. Bustling with students meeting up with friends or getting some work done between classes every day, the Tampa-based tea shop has become a student favorite less than a month after its opening on Aug. 26. […]
USF won’t be doing a renovation to WELL facilities anytime soon. Here’s why.
USF won’t be expanding The WELL as it will shift focus to the renovation of the College of Nursing building to accommodate recent growth in its health programs. The expansion of the college, which includes a full demolition of its original 1973 building, moved existing plans to update The WELL to the back burner. USF […]