Source: The St. Catharines Standard

Re: Students escape blaze,The Standard, Nov. 3.

Early Sunday morning, five Brock University students lost their home and most of their possessions. These young men and woman were certainly welcome in our neighbourhood, always chatting, being polite and pleasant and being a part of the community. I certainly wish that all areas of the city were so fortunate as to have students of this calibre. Even at 4 a. m. as their home was aflame, they stood bravely and handled the situation well. To these five young men and woman, thank you for setting the stereotype of what good students should be. Brian Gaudet St. Catharines

FireFive Brock University students left homeless after their rented house was gutted by fire are thankful for the support they've received

By Matthew Van Dongen and Peter Downs, Standard Staff
Source: The St. Catharines Standard

The fire moved fast, but so did friends and family of the five Brock University students burned out of their rented home Sunday.

A day after their Cumming Street house was gutted by fire, the students have found a new Thorold rental home with the help of their former landlord, Heather Strachan.

"We've got a house, we're staying together, and we've got Heather to thank for that," said a tired, but smiling, Ivan Tjan, 24, sitting in Strachan's crowded kitchen with the rest of his housemates Monday night.

Read the full artcile at The St. Catharines Standard.

By: Terra Ciolfe
Source: The Brock Press

Every year, as we go through university, we seem to accumulate more and more stuff. Our rooms get smaller and smaller as we are constantly adding our new books, notes and clothes into the mix. Now imagine all of it gone, with only a minute's notice.

No one ever thinks it will happen to them, but it is a reality for five fellow Brock students.

It was around 4 a.m. on Nov. 2 when the fire alarms went off and the students - Ivan Tjan, Dave Roberts, Selina Quest, A.J. Eitel and Justin Guenther - were forced to evacuate their home in the west-end of St. Catharines.

Tjan, who lived on the upper floor, just thought that it was a regular Saturday night. He had heard his roommates come home and just assumed they were being loud and that they were the ones who had set off the fire alarm.

"A couple minutes later, it went silent and I didn't know what was going on, so I opened my door and the flames started coming in my room," said Tjan. "Then I went to the window and thought, 'I got to jump' so I looked in my room for one last time and thought about what I should take."

Read the full article at The Brock Press.