Dave Cason
09-09-2004, 06:12 PM
Hello Everyone,
I just spoke to my wife again in Lance Apine.
4:44PM - Calgary Time 18:44PM GRENADA
Chancellor ****** called them again at their apartment this afternoon at about 3:00PM:
- they talked for about 30 minutes - has asked their opinions
- he said they are going to try to evacuate the students en mass.
- they will try to get school back on line in two weeks.
- if you want to quit because you don't feel safe you can get your tuition refunded.
- The Chancellor says if one person wants to stay they will try to accommodate them.
- Most of the profs have lost their homes - continuing to teach right now is a low priority.
- The situation about what's going to happen is changing from time to time.
- The University bought an old hotel for faculty and visiting profs, etc
to stay in a while ago called the "faculty club" it is destroyed.
They walked over and looked at it this afternoon.
There is a big vet meeting tomorrow - 9:30 AM at Bell hall ...
- about what to do with the vet students
- the lower vet lecture hall is gone
- the vet teaching hospital the GSPCA - has serious damage
so the sixth termer's have no place to do clinical - so now what?!
None of them went to the 4:00 PM meeting......
- They have electricity now on campus but the rest of the island is dead
- Dawn a third termer is staying at Caribbean house on campus and it has
Air Conditioning and electricity but it is sporadic right now, she is
sleeping in hallway but its fine.
Bottom line again, right now everyone is safe so they will try to get people
out and then get the campus back up and running ASAP but with the island so
badly damaged, it does not seem possible to get things going again quickly.
OPINION
People can leave when they want but the island is safe right now, outside she
said it's very quiet like a normal night and no sign's of trouble!
Hang tight everyone and we'll see what develops tomorrow! THEY ARE SAFE !!
Cheers'
Dave Cason
I just spoke to my wife again in Lance Apine.
4:44PM - Calgary Time 18:44PM GRENADA
Chancellor ****** called them again at their apartment this afternoon at about 3:00PM:
- they talked for about 30 minutes - has asked their opinions
- he said they are going to try to evacuate the students en mass.
- they will try to get school back on line in two weeks.
- if you want to quit because you don't feel safe you can get your tuition refunded.
- The Chancellor says if one person wants to stay they will try to accommodate them.
- Most of the profs have lost their homes - continuing to teach right now is a low priority.
- The situation about what's going to happen is changing from time to time.
- The University bought an old hotel for faculty and visiting profs, etc
to stay in a while ago called the "faculty club" it is destroyed.
They walked over and looked at it this afternoon.
There is a big vet meeting tomorrow - 9:30 AM at Bell hall ...
- about what to do with the vet students
- the lower vet lecture hall is gone
- the vet teaching hospital the GSPCA - has serious damage
so the sixth termer's have no place to do clinical - so now what?!
None of them went to the 4:00 PM meeting......
- They have electricity now on campus but the rest of the island is dead
- Dawn a third termer is staying at Caribbean house on campus and it has
Air Conditioning and electricity but it is sporadic right now, she is
sleeping in hallway but its fine.
Bottom line again, right now everyone is safe so they will try to get people
out and then get the campus back up and running ASAP but with the island so
badly damaged, it does not seem possible to get things going again quickly.
OPINION
People can leave when they want but the island is safe right now, outside she
said it's very quiet like a normal night and no sign's of trouble!
Hang tight everyone and we'll see what develops tomorrow! THEY ARE SAFE !!
Cheers'
Dave Cason