Okay� what a week, what a week, what a week!!!
I would not be surprised if my school gets sued by half of the student population because of yesterday. For those of you who don�t know, in my area yesterday there was a HUGE ice storm. I mean it was pulling down trees, cars were transformed to giant ice cubes, and there were more car accidents then anyone could possibly count.
Now being the proud citizen I am, I had to drive 30 mins south of my dwelling to vote in our primary on Tuesday. It took me an hour and a half, but I got there and did my civic duty. I swung by my parents for some dinner and to do laundry (it�s free there). And by the time I was ready to get my butt back to my apartment the entire area was a winter wonderland of disaster. The ice was so think my yard, which normally would have a little more traction then the sidewalk, was an ice rink.
SO lucky little me had to crash at her parents with no hair brush, no tooth brush, and none of my books for Wednesday�s classes.
But I mean�any idiot could look outside and assume an intelligent person would at least delay classes. This was my first error, I assumed that my college was run by intelligent people�.HA.
But to be safe I woke up at 6AM (my class wasn�t until 9:30, but I needed to add in time to get to my apartment and then to school). And would you believe it�.the county my college is in was delayed and later canceled, all the colleges around mine were canceled, but did was mine?? Hell no it wasn�t, we are tremendous tigers would apparently all grew up in Alaska so an inch of ice isn�t going to stop us from getting our amazing education. Who cares if you break an ankle, as long as you make it to Eng 101 on time that�s all that matters!!
So I get to campus at 10of 9. And as I pull into the parking garage I am greeted to big burly men trying to break the ice of the ground so that we can actually drive into the garage without sliding off the edge of the bridge.
And after that I was greeted with ice covered concert stairs to slide down. But I was hopeful still. They hadn�t gotten to the garage because they were hard at work getting the campus ready�.even though my college had way for commuters than residents.
There I went assuming things�.silly girl I am.
I have to walk up a hill to get to my first class�.there was NO SALT to be seen on my walk to class. But that hill�.wow what a fun experience. It was a solid piece of smooth as glass ice, with now isn�t this a treat, a stream of rain water flowing over it! I slowly but surely inched my way up the hill (it was the only viable path to my class). But many were not as lucky as I. One girl made it almost to the top just to loose her footing and slide all the way back down.
But she was not alone! There were many a student falling or slide around campus yesterday morning.
But I got to class!! What a relief all that and now I can get some learning done, right?? No, not right. With 15 mins left before class my professor comes in�to CANCLE class because too many people e-mailed him they would not be coming to class�.and he didn�t even take the names of us who had made it to give us any sort of credit. OOOOH boy was I pissed.
Lucky for me my next class was just down the hall so I didn�t have to go out in the weather. But my 3rd class was around campus, it started at 11. By this time my college had decided that a little salt could possible help out. So I it wasn�t as bad as it could have been but, it still wasn�t pleasant.
My roommate�s teacher is giving extra credit to any student to write a letter of complaint to the administration because of this. I think that�s great! But I know that those letters won�t do any good, what will they do? Give everyone who turned up a t-shirt?
The highlight of it all came at 5pm when I was grocery shopping�a text from my school. Saying all classes starting after 7pm (about 3 of those exist) are cancelled. You know now that campus is walk able and the roads are dry�pfft you don�t have to come in!!!
BUT the men�s basketball game is still on if you would like to go to that, but no not classes, that�s just silly.

In Summary: Towson University wants it�s students and faculty to slip and break something, sue the institution for negligence, win, and be able to pay off their debts. Isn�t that nice of them??

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