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===Boland Hall fire=== {{main|Boland Hall fire}} On January 19, 2000, an arson fire killed three and injured 54 students in Boland Hall, a freshman [[residence hall]] on the campus in [[South Orange, New Jersey|South Orange]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cnn.com/2000/US/01/19/seton.hall.fire.03/|title= Three Die in Dorm Fire at Seton Hall |work= CNN News |year= 2000 |access-date= 2007-05-09 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20040807021208/http://www.cnn.com/2000/US/01/19/seton.hall.fire.03/|archive-date=August 7, 2004 }}</ref> The incident, one of the deadliest in recent US history, occurred at 4:30 am, when most students were asleep. After a three-and-a-half-year investigation, a 60-count [[indictment]] charged two freshmen students, Sean Ryan and Joseph LePore, with starting the fire and [[Felony murder rule|felony murder]] for the deaths that resulted.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/11/15/student.arson/index.html |title= Former students reach plea deal in killer dorm fire |work= CNN News |year= 2007 |access-date= 2007-04-04 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070325105803/http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/11/15/student.arson/index.html |archive-date = March 25, 2007}}</ref> LePore and Ryan pleaded guilty to third-degree [[arson]] and were sentenced to five years in a youth correctional facility with eligibility for parole 16 months after the start of their prison terms. Consequently, the student body dedicated an area in front of Boland Hall to those that suffered from the fire called "The Remember Seal" and stronger university fire safety precautions were instituted.
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