The power is back on at Missouri Southern, but campus events and final exams have been called off for Dec. 11.

According to students living on campus, the lights came back on between approximately 8 to 9 p.m. Monday, Dec. 10. There have been sporadic outages since. Power is still out at the intersection of Duquesne and Fred G. Hughes.

Chunks of crushed ice and twisted piles of pine branches litter the grass, pushed aside by crews clearing the damage. The Messiah performance scheduled for Dec. 11 has been canceled. Fallen limbs and debris still clutter much of campus. Staff members are urging students living in the residence halls to leave.

“We are encouraging students to get out of the dorms as fast as possible just because more weather is on the way,” said Danielle Dunn, residence hall director.

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Electricity was out for almost an hour Tuesday afternoon. Carrington Harrison, sophomore mass communication major, was checking out and leaving for Kansas City where he said the weather was worse but at least he would have power.

“That’s the number one thing I”m excited about,” Harrison said. “I’m leaving right now.”

Residence halls will remain open until Friday at 4 p.m. Residence directors are collecting books for students leaving University housing and plan to return them to the bookstore once it reopens.

Physical plant employees and security officers are still on duty. Physical plant workers spent the early part of the week working to restore power and clearing debris from roads on campus.

“I’m just working because nobody else showed up,” said Jon Hansen, junior business major.

Hansen returned to campus on Sunday evening shortly before the power outage. He came to work at the Diane Mayes Student Life Center on Tuesday morning, but his replacement never showed up. After eight hours Hansen was ready to go home.

Sodexho services are available normal hours with electricity, when it goes out they will be open daylight hours.

“It’s been pretty quiet,” Dunn said. “They’ve all kinda pulled together and made it work.”