COBB COUNTY, Ga. — The fall semester is off to a rough start for some students at Kennesaw State University.
They say a fire alarm in a new dorm on campus has gone off 18 times since they moved in.
Channel 2 Cobb County Bureau Chief Michele Newell learned that parents are frustrated, too.
Parents contacted Channel 2 Action News and sent us a video of a fire alarm going off after 1 a.m.
One student told Newell that she couldn’t even get to class on time.
“It’s like really loud,” student Ciani Colbert said.
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On the first day of the fall semester at Kennesaw State, some students barely made it to class.
“I woke up at 6:50. I was in the shower. Alarm goes off, and I’m late to class,” Colbert said.
Parents sent us video recorded at 1:13 a.m. inside the Summit 2 dorm.
“I go back to sleep, 9 o’clock, 10 o’clock, there’s another one going on. I go back out,” freshman Travion Rhodes said.
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“I moved in Friday, and this issue has been going on for three days straight now,” freshman Ahmed McDowell said.
“There’s been 18 alarms so far in total, I think. I’ve been here for 15 of them. I want to say there was three on the first day and I wasn’t here yet,” Colbert said.
“They’re talking about you gotta treat it as a real alarm each time. I’m like, bro, I’m asleep, and we got classes tomorrow,” Rhodes said.
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Students received an email from KSU Housing that said, “While some alarms may have been triggered by activities such as cooking and steam, they’ve also identified a programming issue with the building’s fire alarm system that’s increasing its sensitivity.”
“First day of class, you would think it would already be fixed,” Rhodes said.
“I got classes. I am losing sleep. I don’t even get the recommended 8 hours. It’s very annoying,” McDowell said.
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