The Arts Tower had only been opened in the previous year. It was a twenty story building just across the road from the Students' Union building, to one side, and slightly behind, the old red-brick university buildings where we were doing our Integrated Biology course. It is often said that Sheffield was modelled after Rome, having been built on seven hills. And, since the university was near the top of one of those hills, the Arts Tower could be seen from almost anywhere in the city.
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