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Some St. Thomas students spent their Thursday morning gawking at the demolition of O’Shaughnessy Hall.

“I heard a rumor that the building was going to get demolished at 7:15,” sophomore Dominic Bouck said. “I thought it was pretty cool. I imagined a round ball so the claw was a little surprising.”

Other students couldn’t help but stop and see the damage on the way to class.

“We didn’t know it was happening,” senior Kristin Seifert said. “It’s loud and it’s fun to watch.”