We Didn't Start the Fire [10.30.08]

If tonight was a movie, it could definitely qualify as one of the best comedy-thriller-drama films of all time, for tonight was the night of the soon-to-be infamous Mund fire. My friends and I were in Faust Lounge having a Halloween party, while everyone and their mom was in Leedy Theater watching Dracula. Around ten o'clock, one of student workers crashed our party by asking us to help her find the fire alarm. The next few moments were full of a spectrum of reactions. Shouldn't the college center have easily accessible (not to mention viewable) fire alarms? Is this for real? Perhaps my favorite was one of my friends pointing out Leedy Theater: "Are you planning on telling them? I don't know if you've seen, but there is a lot of people in there." In the meantime, all of us were grabbing scattered belongings and heading for the emergency exits. Minutes later, we joined the other hundred freezing people on the social quad. It was all very dramatic, given the fact that it was a simple grease fire.