Some students were temporarily moved out of their dorms in Mertz Residence Hall after their return to campus, following water damage from a pipe bursting in the building on Dec. 24.
Octavio Meza, a first-year student who lived on the ninth floor of Mertz, was temporarily in St. Louis Hall, located on West Loyola Avenue.
Students were informed on Dec. 25 of the flooding in an email sent to Mertz residents which said a pipe had burst in the residence hall and floors two through 11 were impacted, with floors nine through 11 being impacted the most severely.
Other than the information about the pipe burst, Meza hasn’t received any further information from the university regarding the explanation of the flooding or any information regarding the damage done to the rooms. Meza moved back into his dorm on Jan. 28.
The pipe burst was a result of extremely low temperatures which the Chicago area experienced over winter break, according to Matt McDermott, a Loyola spokesperson.
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