

To get in, the student resident must swipe a key card to get into the building before inserting the key card into the door of the apartment. With no electricity, the building’s security system – a modern, computerized card key access monitored by Public Safety – didn’t work, leaving anyone outside of the apartment complex stranded. We tried the card keys and couldn’t get in.” “When we came back, we tried to get into the building down on south campus. “After we lost power on campus, I went out with some people to get some food because there was no way to get food otherwise,” Abramouski said. WEST GOSHEN > When Tuesday’s severe storm knocked power out all over the greater Philadelphia area, affecting more than 250,000 people, that included students at West Chester University.įor many, including senior Thomas Abramouski, he found himself without shelter as the storm caused him and his friends to be unable to gain access into a residence at the East Village Apartments on south campus.
