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Article: Increased false fire alarms at Southern Illinois U. prompt concern
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- September 27, 2000
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Antonio Young
University Wire
09-27-2000
(Daily Egyptian) (U-WIRE) CARBONDALE, Ill. -- Amanda Henderson does not find it strange to wake up at 3 a.m. to the sound of sirens and a recorded female voice asking her to "move 300 feet away from the building."
However, standing in cold weather and enduring a lack of sleep are not conditions that Henderson, a Mae Smith Hall resident since 1998, likes to endure. But because of false fire alarms, she has little choice.
Henderson is bothered by the false fire alarms that occur on the weekends, but said the fire alarms during the week are an even bigger hassle.
"We just had one in the middle of the week, which was kind of messed up because we had to get ...