A college senior died after falling inside off-limits clock tower weeks before graduation

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Sydney Monfries, 22, was set to graduate from Fordham in May with a degree in journalism. Climbing the stairs of the clock tower, which is supposed to be locked, is reportedly a rite of passage at the school.

The clock tower at Keating Hall at Fordham University in the Bronx. By Eli Rosenberg Eli Rosenberg General assignment reporter covering national and breaking news Email Bio Follow April 15 at 12:01 PM A 22-year-old college senior fell to her death in New York while climbing the stairs of an off-limits campus clock tower in the early hours of Sunday, authorities said.

An article in another campus newspaper, the Fordham Ram, quoted many students who said they had attempted to climb the tower. Administrators confirm Sydney Monfries graduated from @JesuitHighPDX in 2015. In 2016, she interned at @KGWNews. Our hearts go out to her family. pic.twitter.com/TWLXAuL5Cy

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How is this national news?

Is this what they call 'natural selection'. That student was qualified for TrumpUniversity.

For whom the bell tolls

Saddest part is that she was hot... good lookin chicks are so few and far between now that you hate to lose any

Pretty stupid to be in an off limits area

ALL THESE ARE TERRIBLE TRAGEDIES HOWEVER HOW MANY DEATHS BEFORE TODAYS MILLENNIALS UNDERSTAND HOW DANGEROUS AND STUPID IT IS? THE SAME CHILDREN THE LEFT WANTS TO GIVE THE VOTE AT 16 YEARS OLD AND SAME POLITICIANS WHO WANT TO ALLOW JAILED MURDERS AND RAPISTS THE VOTE!

Minutes beforehand...

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Sad..please respect off limits signs..they are there to save you..some rules aren’t meant to be broken..my condolences to his family

Preventable death. Off-limits for a reason. Smh

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