Safety concerns over repeated fire alarm pranks in halls

CHRISTINE

Blom Staff Writer

CBB722@CABRINI EDU

Standing outside of House 2 at 4 a.m., there were approximately 70 out of 85 residents, halfasleep, waiting to find out what was going on inside and what had triggered the alarm.

On the second floor of the house, the fire alarm was never heard. The poor installation and placement of the alarms led to the possibility of 15 people not waking up or becoming aware that the house could be burning down.

“I had no idea that the fire alarm ever went off,” Lauren Smart, sophomore biology major, said. “My little sister was visiting.” Smart’s sister said she heard the alarm, but she did not think it was a fire alarm and went back to sleep. Smart, along with her sister and her boyfriend, as well as her roommate were all left sleeping.

In the room next door, two other girls were sleeping when they, luckily, woke up to the sound of Public Safety banging on the doors trying to make sure there was no one left in the room.

“We never even heard Public Safety banging on the door,” Smart said. “I don’t know what we would have done if it had been a real fire.”

This alarm was one of the false alarms that are typical on “Thirsty Thursdays” at Cabrini College. This is a very big concern for many of the offices on

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Cabrini students will bombard the quiet office of the registrar on Nov. 9, when spring registration begins with seniors. Many will tap their feet impatiently and glare at their watch as they weave through the slow-moving line and then will sigh in frustration when told the class they need is closed. Other students will stroll past the hectic Registrar ’s office and breathe a sigh of relief; they have already registered for spring 2005 via Cabrini’s Banner Web system.

Carolyn Steck, a sophomore accounting major, said, “Registering online is organized. There is less paperwork needed, less time wasted and it is easy enough for all grade levels to use.”

The online process is fairly new. It was introduced to a small group of seniors last November and monitored for glitches in the Banner Web system. There were

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