Hot water, heat outage forces Rowan University to cancel in-person classes rest of week

For the past two days, Anaiya Mojica hasn't had hot water inside Mullica Hall, her freshman dorm on Rowan University's campus."Personally, I'm not taking cold showers, so I go to a friend's house," Mojica said. "I went to a friend's house yesterday to take a shower."Freshman Avery Valdez said he's been dealing with the same problem."It's annoying. We've been thinking about going to, like, another place to take a shower," Valdez said, "and it's really hot in our dorms too, so we sweat at night and stuff. It's bad."Rowan University canceled in-person classes Thursday and Friday. Officials alerted staff and students that the Central Heating Plant has been offline since Tuesday afternoon and it's not producing any steam, which means more than 20 buildings on campus, including several residence halls, do not have heat or hot water."We have two boilers. One is down for regular repair. This was the backup boiler," Joe Cardona, the university's spokesperson, said.Cardona says this is the first