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 <!DOCTYPE newdefs SYSTEM "csc.dtd">
 <newsdefs>
+ <newsitem author="sfllaw" date="2004-04-01">
+  <tt>glucose-fructose</tt> will be going down for hardware upgrades on
+  2004-04-02 for an indeterminate amount of time.  We thank MathSoc and
+  MEF for their generous support in purchasing this hardware, and
+  apologise for any inconvenience this downtime will cause.
+ </newsitem>
  <newsitem author="sfllaw" date="2004-03-19">
   Kernighan came to Waterloo, and the Computer Science Club got our books
   signed by him.  Not only that, but we took