The Titanic has sunk: until today, students and faculty figured the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse would never cancel classes.
Rumors abounded about why. Some described a mystical equation that included the time it takes to traverse campus multiplied by the wind chill to the third power, and whether or not someone who had to make the figurative hike from one corner of campus to the other would make it without turning into an ice cube.
Others said UW-La Crosse would only cancel if local UW-System schools did. Today that was true.
Compared with snowstorms in years past, last night’s accumulation does not set records, but when the University is scraping by to stay financially solvent, a snow day effectively becomes another de jure furlough day.
In the face of a foot of snow and incompetent drivers, forgoing a little chunk of change may be worth it.
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OMG I AGREE!!!1