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OUR REPORTER ALLEN DEVLIN IS LIVE IN CLEMSON WITH THE DETAILS. REPORTER: JANE AND NIGEL, THIS BUILDING HAS HAD ONE BIG ONGOING PROBLEM OVER THE LAST YEAR, BUT EVERYTHING SEEMED OK UNTIL LAST NIGHT, WHEN ENGINEERS FOUND AN ISSUE SO SIGNIFICANT THAT THE CRIMSON FIRE MARSHAL DEMANDED ACTION. TODAY, MOST STUDENTS AT 114 EARLE IN DOWNTOWN CLEMSON ARE MOVING IN. CLEMSON SENIOR LAUREN NAVARRO IS MOVING OUT. >> I GOT A TEXT MESSAGE FROM MY ROOMMATE SAYING, DID YOU SEE THE EMAIL THEY SENT OUT? I THINK OUR APARTMENT IS ON IT REPORTER: DAILY MAIL CAME LAST NIGHT SAYING THAT SOME OF THE APARTMENTS IN THE BUILDING WERE UNSAFE BECAUSE ONE PART OF THE BUILDING IS SINKING, MAKING IT AN EVEN WITH THE REST, OF PROBLEM SO SEVERE THAT THE CLINTON FIRE MARSHALS HAD 95 OF THE 600 BUILDINGS, INCLUDING LAUREN’S WOULD HAVE TO VACATE DUE TO SAFETY CONCERNS. >> WE WERE HAVING A MENTAL BREAKDOWN. IS SAID IF NOTHING WORKS OUT TOMORROW, MAYBE. REPORTER: UNEVEN FOUNDATION HAS BEEN A BIT PROBLEM FOR THE BUILDING. JUST LAST YEAR THIS CRACK RIGHT DOWN THE CENTER OF THE HALLWAY FORMED FROM DIFFERENTIAL SETTLEMENT ACCORDING TO CITY OFFICIALS. STABILIZING FOAM LEAKED INTO THE SEWER LINES AND CAME OUT OF THE TOILETS, FLOODING APARTMENTS. TODAY STUDENTS SCRAMBLING TO FIND ALTERNATIVE HOUSING AND PARENT’S DEMANDING A REFUND. >> WENT INTO THE OFFICE SAID, I WANT MY MONEY BACK. THEY PRINTED OUT A PIECE OF VAPOR AND SAID 30 DAYS, YOU WILL GET A CHECK. OK. GREAT. REPORTER: ON-SITE MANAGEMENT WOULD NOT SPEAK TO US FOR COMMENT AND REFERRED US TO THE OFF-SITE BUILDING MANAGER. WE HAVEN’T HEARD FROM HIM YET. AND UNFORTUNATELY, THE TROUBLES FOR 114 EARLE STREET ARE NOT OVER YET. I SPOKE WITH THE FIRE MARSHALL, WHO TELLS ME THAT HE’S MEETING WITH ENGINEERS AGAIN LATER TODAY TO SEE IF ANY OF THE 600 REMAINING OCCUPIED APARTMENTS NEED TO BE VACATED FOR THE SAME SAFETY CONCERNS. DOES OFF THIS COMING FROM CLEMSON

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