Residents of Woodworth Complex were relocated to Park Hall's multipurpose room in freezing temperature after a pipe at the east entrance burst Friday.
Tony Proudfoot, associate vice president for marketing and communications, said water from the burst pipes caused the fire alarms to sound.
"We take the safety of students seriously," he said. "However, there are no specific safety procedures students have to adopt when situations like [pipe failures] present themselves."
Lindy Goddard, freshman nursing major, said she was escorting her guest to her room when the fire alarm went off. Goddard said the evacuation was organized, despite not being able to get anything from her room.
"I think the RAs are handling the situation really efficiently," she said. "They led us to the [Arts and Communications Building] lobby to stay there and keep warm."
Some other students had different views of the way the situation was handled.
Meghan Kleinpeter, another Woodworth resident, said the movement of students could have been more organized.
"Everyone was just running to go outside," Kleinpeter said. "There weren't any RAs around for the first 15 minutes, no one telling us where we should go or taking attendance or anything like that. They should've had some backup plan to get us in [Park Hall] quicker. "
Some students were unable to get their winter clothing before they made their way out into the freezing temperature. Kleinpeter left her dorm wearing nothing but a robe.
Woodworth residents were allowed to return to their rooms after an hour and a half of firefighters combating the water leak.
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