2008 Woodie Awards
First timers experience wintery weather
Amanda Lacey
Issue date: 11/18/08 Section: Campus
What does that mean for students planning to travel home for the winter break?
"I'm flying. It's too long of a drive and I hope the weather doesn't affect me getting home on time," Julian Mendez, junior from San Diego, CA., said. "I drive home for the summer. There's no snow so it's easier to drive, but the snow would be hard to drive in."
For those students who are used to frosty weather, this winter will be like all the others.
"I like the snow. It's pretty and fun to play in, and my little brother and I always have snowball fights," Karissa Turner, freshman from Kansas City, Mo., said.
The student life office doesn't want students to get too excited about canceled classes, though, because the residential campus is rarely affected by the weather.
The facilities and operations department is always on-hand to clear sidewalks and parking lots, and the last time classes were canceled and the university was closed was in December 2006 when the entire midwest was devastated by ice storms.
"When it snowed in Kansas City, we got excited. Snow mostly meant no school the next day. We got out for a week one time because it was really cold and icy outside," Turner added, noting the contrast between college and high school.
Winter doesn't just bring thoughts about the cold and chilly weather, though. It also brings thoughts of Christmas and the holidays
"I always saw in the movies that it snowed in most places around Christmas, but not in Texas. It was always warm and sunny," Tara Wood, freshman from the Dallas/Fort Worth area, said. "It'll be exciting to see snow around the holidays for Christmas. That's a big change for me."
A blizzard doesn't have to put a damper on outdoor activities, either. There are plenty of things to do in the snow including snow ball fights, building snowmen and making snow angels.
"After the first snow last winter, a bunch of us went outside and had a big snow ball war - not a fight but a war. Guys against girls, and it was a lot of fun. Best snow ever," Mendez added.
"I'm flying. It's too long of a drive and I hope the weather doesn't affect me getting home on time," Julian Mendez, junior from San Diego, CA., said. "I drive home for the summer. There's no snow so it's easier to drive, but the snow would be hard to drive in."
For those students who are used to frosty weather, this winter will be like all the others.
"I like the snow. It's pretty and fun to play in, and my little brother and I always have snowball fights," Karissa Turner, freshman from Kansas City, Mo., said.
The student life office doesn't want students to get too excited about canceled classes, though, because the residential campus is rarely affected by the weather.
The facilities and operations department is always on-hand to clear sidewalks and parking lots, and the last time classes were canceled and the university was closed was in December 2006 when the entire midwest was devastated by ice storms.
"When it snowed in Kansas City, we got excited. Snow mostly meant no school the next day. We got out for a week one time because it was really cold and icy outside," Turner added, noting the contrast between college and high school.
Winter doesn't just bring thoughts about the cold and chilly weather, though. It also brings thoughts of Christmas and the holidays
"I always saw in the movies that it snowed in most places around Christmas, but not in Texas. It was always warm and sunny," Tara Wood, freshman from the Dallas/Fort Worth area, said. "It'll be exciting to see snow around the holidays for Christmas. That's a big change for me."
A blizzard doesn't have to put a damper on outdoor activities, either. There are plenty of things to do in the snow including snow ball fights, building snowmen and making snow angels.
"After the first snow last winter, a bunch of us went outside and had a big snow ball war - not a fight but a war. Guys against girls, and it was a lot of fun. Best snow ever," Mendez added.
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