The Sandspur Volume 124 Issue 3

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Issue 3 • Volume 124 Thursday, Sept. 28, 2017 www.thesandspur.org

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A sprinkler malfunction in Pugsley Hall last Friday sent students, faculty, staff and emergency personnel into a panic. A week later, people are still pointing fingers. Ellie Rushing

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Editor-in-Chief

he fire sprinkler in a Pugsley Hall room of two students, Rafael De Osma ‘20 and Joaquin Angulo ‘19, broke on Friday, September 22, around 11 p.m., flooding the students’ room and the floors beneath them. Three fire

Title IX: Protection for the perpetrators

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Keila Makowski ‘21 explains why Betsy Devos’ choice to rescind Obama’s Title IX protections are wrong.

trucks, a fire rescue vehicle, and Campus Safety personnel immediately reported to the scene and evacuated all residents to control the flooding and potential damage. Pugsley Hall is the current house for Rollins fraternity chapter Tau Kappa Epsilon. De Osma and Angulo are roommates and members of the fraternity. Around 11 p.m. Friday, De

Osma was returning to his room, with friend Felipe Pachon ’19, when he opened his door and water began pouring from the ceiling. “I literally opened the door to my room and the [sprinkler head] went off,” said De Osma. Angulo was asleep in the room when De Osma arrived, so he was pretty confused as to how

50 gallons of chlorine spilled into Lake Virginia

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Students go un-notified when lack of maintenance causes a chlorine spill into the lake.

it happened. However, Angulo believes the door hit the sprinkler as well, due to its positioning on the ceiling near the door. Campus Safety officials and emergency responders told the students they believe the sprinkler was set off by a shirt hanging on the sprinkler head. Responders found a broken hanger and a shirt on the floor beneath it. Ken

Miller, Assistant Vice President of Public Safety, stated, “At this point, we have no information leading us to believe it was a system or hardware malfunction. All life safety systems worked as intended.”

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Inside

The Cradle will still rock The Sandspur sits

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down with the cast and crew of upcoming play, The Cradle Will Rock, before its debut on October 7.


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