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3 A.M. pipe burst leads to Voorhees Evac

Hannah Pikaart
Campus
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January 17, 2018

Fire alarms went off between 2:30 and 3 in the morning on Sunday, giving the 103 residents of Voorhees Hall a rude awakening. Water, pouring from the attic made its way all the way down to the hall’s basement. Quickly, the residential life staff of Voorhees acted to evacuate the residents, ushering them into the…

Operations to evacuate while Delta disagreed

Sarah Mozdren
World
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September 13, 2017

On early Saturday, Sept. 9, Governor of Florida Rick Scott ordered for 6.3 million people to evacuate the state. “The biggest thing you can do now is pray,” Gov. Scott said on Sunday afternoon. With the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey hitting the south-east coast of Texas, Hurricane Irma will result in similar consequences, initially starting…