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 <!DOCTYPE newdefs SYSTEM "csc.dtd" [<!ENTITY mdash "&#x2014;">]>
 <newsdefs>
+  <newsitem author="s455wang" date="2019-08-11">
+    <p>
+    There will be a power outage on campus from 7:00 am until 9:00 pm on
+    Sunday, August 18th (EDT). To prepare for this outage, all Computer
+    Science Club servers will be down starting at 11:00 PM on Saturday, August
+    17th. This includes web hosting, CSC Cloud, email, and mirror. Please
+    make sure you save all of your work before then, and we also recommend
+    backing up your files just in case.
+    </p>
+
+    <p>
+    See also 
+        <a href="https://uwaterloo.ca/plant-operations/news/service-interruption-electricity-multiple-buildings-august">the notice from Plant Ops</a>.
+    </p>
+  </newsitem>
   <newsitem author="s455wang" date="2019-05-16">
     <p>Spring 2019 elections have concluded. Here are your executives for the term.</p>