Morning classes at North Quad were redirected to another location Wednesday because an upset student set off the sprinkler system.
Associate Director of Public Safety Bob Fey said the student's teacher saw him do it, but the teacher and student have not been identified.
Kevin Kenyon, associate vice president of Facilities Planning and Management, said a sprinkler head was popped off outside the classroom near the Criminal Justice Department in North Quad Room 248. He said a team of trained custodians shut off the water and then replaced the broken sprinkler head.
Kenyon said the sprinklers are connected with an automatic alarm system which sends an alert to University Police.
"It set off an alarm before they even knew what was wrong," he said.
University Police received the alert at 9:07 a.m. Kenyon said when he got to the scene around 10 a.m. it was mostly cleaned up.
Kenyon said the ceilings and floors all the way down to the basement, or ground floor, were affected by the sprinkler system being set off. Around noon, most of it had been cleaned up by the use of wet vacuums, carpet cleaners, sump pumps and mops. But there was still water in an elevator pit that needed to be cleaned up.
By noon, every classroom that was affected by the water system was back in use, Kenyon said.
"Things like this happen two or three times per semester, so it happens fairly often," Kenyon said. "It was not a facilities failure. Something else caused it."
Fey said if the student is identified he may face charges of criminal mischief or vandalism.
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