UPDATE 14:56: THE LIBRARY HAS NOW RE-OPENED, AFTER AN HOURS CLOSURE! The University have confirmed that this was a false alarm, and there was not a fire.
Hartley library has been evacuated after the fire alarm was triggered at 13:40 this afternoon. The alarm has caused mayhem and confusion amongst students, with many now set to miss their 3:30PM deadlines today.
A security guard has told the Tab that the cause of the fire alarm is currently unknown, but with it taking over an hour to reset the alarm and fire curtains students have been stranded outside
One third year student told the Tab:
This is so unfair! I know that there are at least three third year deadlines at 3:30, how are they meant to do their work! Can’t believe this has happened, I am so stressed anyway! Hopefully we’ll get an extension.
There are worries for personal possessions as students have left their laptops unguarded in the building.
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Still going off!! And I can see laptops just waiting for the taking on some some tables through the windows!!
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Thanks for the tip off! We’ve evolved over time to be better at stealing – hence the 6 fingers!
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One of the NUS officers was seen there just before the fire alarm went off… Coincidence? I think not.
Vote No today, or watch our SUSU burn.
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Fuck off with your shitty advertising…NO ONE CARES
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Calm down sunshine.
xoxo
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Excuse me “sunshine”, I’m Southampton’s Gossip Girl! xoxo
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Michelle, darling, while you are gossiping, your man Gilani is all over the place, chatting with ladies and all… 😉
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Ha! Don’t worry bbz, he only has eyes for me. I’m so beautiful no one else compares, so I’m not bothered! xoxo
Slow news day?
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I’d say this is big news for everyone wondering why the fuck the library has been evacuated….
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Who gives a fuck? Get down to the pub and quit crying.
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Imma climbing in your Hartley, setting your fire alarms off
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” I know that there are at least three third year deadlines at 3:30, how are they meant to do their work! Can’t believe this has happened, I am so stressed anyway! Hopefully we’ll get an extension.”
An extension? For the loss of ONE hour, only a few hours before the deadline! They don’t DESERVE a deadline for leaving it so late to complete an assignment!
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conspiracy to make people vote!
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It was a perfect oppurtunity to get flyering!!
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I said ‘no no no’ when they asked me to go to rehab and look how that worked out.
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Library still closed?
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It’s open again now!
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Still closed?
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That is why it is always a good idea to give yourself sufficient time to finish your work and not leave it until the last minute. You should always factor in the unexpected.
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Don’t leave your deadlines till the day. FOOLS
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If the guys had left it till two hours before their deadline to do their third year work and an hour or so really matters to their assignment, then they really should be putting more effort and time management into their study!
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Time management people! I have zero sympathy for students who leave assignments to the last minute.
If the fire alarm has gone off then the building is evacuated and therefore there will not be anyone left in the building to steal you stuff morons.
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The mad rush back in? Nobody to notice you weren’t the person who left it?
But to be honest they should have just taken them when they left, would have taken 10 more seconds and they were hardly going to be trapped, plenty of exits exist in that place
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Shit! First it was the library… Now the pool’s closed!!
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I’d take AIDS over fire.
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Im one of those fools
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I know that they say to leave all belongings behind, but seriously just take your laptop.
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