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 <!DOCTYPE newdefs SYSTEM "csc.dtd" [<!ENTITY mdash "&#x2014;">]>
 <newsdefs>
+   <newsitem author="ztseguin" date="2018-10-07">
+     <p>We have been informed of a planned power outage that will affect CSC
+       equipment on Oct. 9 at 11pm until Oct. 10 at 5am.</p>
+     <p>During this time, all CSC systems and services will be unavailable.
+       Please ensure that you have saved all work before then and that you
+       have a backup of any important files.</p>
+     <p>We expect that most services will recover automatically once power
+       is restored, however anything requiring manual intervention
+       will be restored later in the day.</p>
+     <p>If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the
+       Systems Committee by email at
+       <a href="mailto:syscom@csclub.uwaterloo.ca">syscom@csclub.uwaterloo.ca</a>.</p>
+   </newsitem>
    <newsitem author="n3parikh" date="2018-09-18">
      <p>Here are the results from this term's elections:</p>
       <ul>