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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">To aid your end of semester study and project work, Cooney Hall
</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#002060">will be open 24 hours
</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">a day
</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#002060">beginning this Friday night, Dec. 7, and running through Thursday night, Dec. 13</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">.</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#002060"> 
 We will resume normal operating hours on Friday Dec. 14.  </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Good luck in the next two weeks!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:130%;background:white"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#002649">Charles M. (Chad) Carson, Ph.D.</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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 Lakeshore Drive</span><span style="color:#002649;text-decoration:none"><br>
</span><span style="color:#002649">Birmingham, AL 35229</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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