Newsworthy?
None of these issues were reflected in the article... and the power outage lasted only 2 hours. I'd expect this story on a local mailing list, but not on Wikinews.
Wikinews:Content guide doesn't prohibit the more localized news, though. And qualified editor has already looked at the article and approved it, so Wikinews seems to think it's ok... :/
But then again, the "Content Guide" does say that the significance of local news needs to be explained more fully to the international audience that Wikinews writes for. Perhaps I didn't do that quite well enough :(
I'm more surprised that they just spent $81m on a new library. It is a private university, I suppose, and since it's run like a corporation it shouldn't have any trouble with funds... unlike public libraries, which are closing all over the country. Do they open their membership to the public?