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Tipster Daniel Tyner-Bryan is reporting that just a few moments ago, the fire alarm started going off in Hamilton, thereby interrupting finals and forcing all the students, teachers, and bluebooks onto the lawn outside. Stand by for updates/photos and tip us (bwog@columbia.edu) if you have any.

UPDATE 7:31 PM: Tipster Srijata Chattopadhyay informs us that the fire alarm was triggered by a trashcan fire on the third floor women's bathroom.

Read more: An Inconvenient Truth, Fire Alarms, Hamilton

May 13, 2008 @ 6:15 PM | Comments 39 comments | Add comment Post a comment | Link to this article | | Email this post | Share on Facebook

Posted by i was : [#1] [reply] [track]
( posted May 13, 2008 at 6:26 PM ) (from campus)
wondering what they were there for when i got meself a delicious hamdel sandwich.

an inconvenient truth...that's funny.

so did someone pull the alarm to avoid their exam??? college kids...they're just like high school kids!
Posted by noooo: [#2] [reply] [track] (in reply to #1)
( posted May 13, 2008 at 6:35 PM ) (from campus)
No, I smelt something burning / smoke as I was descending the stairs from the 7th floor.
Posted by SCeeeeeeeeeeeeee: [#3] [reply] [track]
( posted May 13, 2008 at 6:36 PM ) (from campus)
No, there was an actual fire on the 3rd floor bathroom women's bathroom...complete with smoke.
Posted by but...: [#4] [reply] [track]
( posted May 13, 2008 at 7:03 PM ) (from campus)
the question remains: did someone set the fire to get out of an exam??? Sometimes pulling the fire alarm is pretty hard, arson may have been easier.
Posted by this is true: [#5] [reply] [track]
( posted May 13, 2008 at 7:06 PM ) (from campus)
but YO CHILL. it wasn't as dramatic as bwog makes it seem...damn sensationalists
Posted by wow: [#6] [reply] [track]
( posted May 13, 2008 at 7:14 PM ) (from campus)
i'm sure there was raaaampant cheating
Posted by 3425: [#7] [reply] [track]
( posted May 13, 2008 at 7:30 PM ) (from campus)
Better a fire truck than the Whaaambulance that came into 407 IAB during the History of the Presidency final at 6:50 and loudly complained about our scheduling and bitched at our TAs to get us out of there in 5 minutes because she had to start her test on time.
Posted by DHI: [#8] [reply] [track] (in reply to #4)
( posted May 13, 2008 at 7:51 PM ) (from campus)
Bomb threat is how kids used to do in high school, for real.

They figured it out though and they stopped evacuating for bomb threats or something.
Posted by wait: [#9] [reply] [track]
( posted May 13, 2008 at 7:58 PM ) (from campus)
there's a women's room on the third floor of hamilton?
Posted by Yeah: [#10] [reply] [track] (in reply to #9)
( posted May 13, 2008 at 8:01 PM )
I thought there was just a guys room on the third!
Posted by thet'll teach him: [#11] [reply] [track]
( posted May 13, 2008 at 8:02 PM ) (from campus)
hawkmadinejad needs to stop trying to cook his dinner.
Posted by Anger Nipslip: [#12] [reply] [track]
( posted May 13, 2008 at 8:02 PM ) (from campus)
YO. Trashcan fire? Is it that cold in Hamilton? Us engineers don't know.
Posted by duh!: [#13] [reply] [track]
( posted May 13, 2008 at 8:19 PM ) (from campus)
odd floor women's bathrooms on the side of the buildings where all the offices are....

learn yo' bathroom locations!
Posted by The heating: [#14] [reply] [track]
( posted May 13, 2008 at 8:21 PM ) (from campus)
in hamilton hall has not worked since it was liberated years ago.
Posted by ...: [#15] [reply] [track]
( posted May 13, 2008 at 8:26 PM ) (from campus)
i always knew srijata was a mad arsonist... barnard girls trying to burn columbia down...
Posted by mad love: [#16] [reply] [track]
( posted May 13, 2008 at 10:05 PM ) (from campus)
for srijata... even though she's a member of the clergy and an underhanded Seik leader...
Posted by Yo...: [#17] [reply] [track]
( posted May 13, 2008 at 10:44 PM ) (from campus)
Anyone know why there are 5 cop cars on 114th now, around Broadway dorm?
Posted by because: [#18] [reply] [track] (in reply to #17)
( posted May 13, 2008 at 11:06 PM ) (from campus)
Josh Schwartz is not on Senior Wisdom.
Posted by Dude,: [#19] [reply] [track]
( posted May 13, 2008 at 11:27 PM ) (from campus)
French exam + fire + frisbee = awesomeness - chairs (which suck anyways, all exams should be written while standing or lying on the ground)
Posted by probably because: [#20] [reply] [track] (in reply to #17)
( posted May 13, 2008 at 11:39 PM ) (from campus)
there is a somewhat big time drug dealer who lives in hogan
Posted by why: [#21] [reply] [track]
( posted May 13, 2008 at 11:43 PM ) (from campus)
is CULPA dead??? ARGH!
Posted by culpa: [#22] [reply] [track] (in reply to #21)
( posted May 13, 2008 at 11:58 PM ) (from campus)
bwog should do the right thing (or possibly the wrong thing) and host culpa on its server..
Posted by What's goin on?: [#23] [reply] [track]
( posted May 14, 2008 at 12:16 AM ) (from campus)
there were cops on Broadway 8, NYPD cops not campus security

anybody know what's up?
Posted by help: [#24] [reply] [track]
( posted May 14, 2008 at 12:25 AM ) (from campus)
anyone got a word for love handles that i could use in an academic paper? Writing about bodies, need to refer to that specific piece of anatomy...coming up with nothing...
Posted by google: [#25] [reply] [track]
( posted May 14, 2008 at 12:31 AM ) (from campus)
provides "Informal name for the excess of fat around the waist of men and around the thighs and hips of women." Also: fuck handles, muffin-tops.

plz post teh context!!!
Posted by not pre-med: [#26] [reply] [track] (in reply to #24)
( posted May 14, 2008 at 1:47 AM ) (from campus)
The inguinal muscles? Or are those just the cool lines that converge on my schlong?
Posted by bon iver: [#27] [reply] [track]
( posted May 14, 2008 at 4:30 AM )
guys, how about culpa for senior wisdom? dude's been slacking off all year.
Posted by i am: [#28] [reply] [track]
( posted May 14, 2008 at 7:12 AM ) (from campus)
really curious about this Broadway 8/police thing someone's talking about...
Posted by aroydee: [#29] [reply] [track]
( posted May 14, 2008 at 7:13 AM ) (from campus)
What's up (or down) with CULPA -- is it officially a thing of the past or just a victim of neglect? And why gone when we need it most?
Posted by reality: [#30] [reply] [track]
( posted May 14, 2008 at 9:00 AM ) (from campus)
We want a Josh Schwartz senior wisdom!
Posted by forever ago: [#31] [reply] [track] (in reply to #27)
( posted May 14, 2008 at 9:14 AM ) (from campus)
the skinny is, bon hiver was forever ago. it blindsided me when it came, though i was safe in the stacks. but anyway, culpa is dead, the wolves flumed it up, leaving us creatures fearful of being eviscerated by unknown profs. we must team up and fix culpa. at least for emma.
Posted by what's happening: [#32] [reply] [track]
( posted May 14, 2008 at 9:30 AM ) (from campus)
in this country??

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Posted by ZvS: [#33] [reply] [track] (in reply to #22)
( posted May 14, 2008 at 9:51 AM ) (from campus)
We discussed the possibility of moving CULPA over here with their staff, but they very politely declined, citing their own plans. It looks like it'll be back up soon anyway.
Posted by bored: [#34] [reply] [track]
( posted May 14, 2008 at 10:34 AM ) (from campus)
Bwog, I'm bored. It's been 16 hours with no new posts and I'm writing a paper.

Shape up!
Posted by wait: [#35] [reply] [track] (in reply to #20)
( posted May 14, 2008 at 10:47 AM ) (from campus)
are you serious? bwog find out please!
Posted by josh schawartz: [#36] [reply] [track]
( posted May 14, 2008 at 11:28 AM ) (from campus)
for president!

also senior wisdom.
Posted by schwartz: [#37] [reply] [track]
( posted May 14, 2008 at 12:14 PM ) (from campus)
wisdom

now
Posted by broadway 8 fiasco?: [#38] [reply] [track] (in reply to #23)
( posted May 14, 2008 at 1:57 PM ) (from campus)
anyone ever get word on what happened there?
Posted by hitman1: [#39] [reply] [track] (in reply to #38)
( posted May 14, 2008 at 9:35 PM )
hit it, woman with smokes, stressed out that cant leave class, need the answers....smokin' in the girls room....you dig...

hit and run...out

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