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Miller Hall residents played Monopoly by a laptop light in the study lounge and built a bonfire on the grill outside, Threlkeld Hall residents performed an impromptu talent show and Unitas Tower residents played with a light up frisbee after the power went out on University of Louisville’s Belknap campus tonight.

At approximately 9:42 p.m. on Sunday a power outage occurred on Belknap campus leaving most of the facilities without power, including all residence halls.

Some students were greatly concerned with the outage, including Ally Bruener, a sophomore political science major.

“It was kind of freaky,” said Bruener.

Bruener, who is restricted to a wheelchair, suffers from muscular dystrophy and requires a breathing apparatus at night to sleep.

Without power, the device cannot function and Bruener cannot sleep.

“There is a good chance I will not go to any of my classes tomorrow,” said Bruener who has a German class at 9 on Monday morning.

“It is frustrating to know that there weren’t any backup generators,” she said.

At 10:37 p.m., Megan Reeves received a text message through UofL’s Alert emergency notification system.

“Alert: The Belknap campus power is out, LG&E and Physical Plant are working on the problem,” stated the text message received by Reeves, a freshman Spanish major.

Miller hall residents Jackie Kelmer and Lauren Darrow were eating at Qdoba when the outage occurred, but had been on campus since 10 p.m.

“It kind of freaks me out because we have had a lot of crime on campus recently and this could be a perfect time [to commit a crime],” said Kelmer a freshman civil engineering major.

“It is totally dark,” she said. “And I’ve still got a paper I need to write.”

University resident assistants are making hourly rounds through their halls to ensure the overall safety of their residents and to check for use of any fire hazards.

Despite sporadically coming back on, as of 12:16 a.m. on Monday, the power was still out in the residence halls, but outside lights had come on at 11:59 p.m.

Games of Monopoly continued in Miller Hall and other U of L residents were still looking for ways to occupy their time through the night.