Power down: The Yellow Springs News reports that town officials are worried about how shutting off the heat, cooling, and power at Antioch College will affect the historic buildings there. Power may go out at the end of June. The newspaper contacted Bob Loversidge, architect and president of the Columbus firm Schooley Caldwell Associates, who said that the buildings would probably be fine if the college drained the water pipes and if the roofs are sound. He said that the college should minimally heat the buildings for best results. “The lack of heat in winter will hurt buildings more than lack of air conditioning in summer, according to Loversidge, who said that mold will only take hold in summer if the buildings trap moisture inside,” the article said. “What hurts buildings most is water, he said, and if buildings have adequate roofs and gutters, they can survive both cold winters and hot summers as long as they remain dry. He is not aware of the condition of campus roofs … but the roofs are the critical factor, no matter how old the building.” (Chronicle photograph by Andy Snow)

Horse power: Rider University hired Stubby Warmbold and his Belgian plow horses to clear more than 120 trees off of four acres of land where a $13-million residence hall will go, according to a story in The Times of Trenton, N.J. The clearing of the trees using only horses is part of an effort to make the project environmentally friendly. The university also gets a deal on the clearing job—paying $45,000 instead of $75,000—because Mr. Warmbold intends to recycle the wood.

Power struggle: The Boston Herald reports that Suffolk University and Beacon Hill residents, which have “one of Boston’s most contentious town-gown feuds,” are now fighting over what to do with the former building of the state Metropolitan District Commission. Residents worry that classrooms in the building will mean more student renters in the neighborhood. “Beacon Hill activists contend they have been bearing the brunt of a dramatic expansion by Suffolk over the past seven years from commuter school to full-fledged residential college. They now want to stop any further expansion in the neighborhood and find ways of pushing some undergraduate activity off Beacon Hill,” the Herald reports.

Flower power: Community Gardens set up at Niagara College will provide produce for local food banks and missions.

And more: A building at the Borough of Manhattan Community College that was damaged in the attacks of September 11 has not been repaired and may not be in the near future, thanks to squabbles between the city and the college over money for the project. Hill Country University Center is breaking ground on a new facility that will serve a half a dozen colleges in the San Antonio area. And the University of Nebraska at Omaha is just beginning a $31-million project for its College of Business Administration.