On February 2, 2011, Redeemer experienced its first snow day for the 2010-2011 school year. Usually, the first thing that crosses a person’s mind when they hear about a university having a snow day is, “Why have a snow day when so many students live on campus?” It’s true. Most students could just bundle up and trudge through the knee-deep snow to get to their classes, but there are three other reasons for having a snow day: 1) many professors and staff members can’t get to the school 2) commuter students don’t want to drive on dangerous roads 3) snow days make every university student happy.
Some students enjoy snow days because it gives them time to work on essays, study for midterms, catch up on sleep, or postpone the test that was scheduled for that day. Other students love snow days because of all the free time. Me, I tend to fall into the “free-time” category. One of the first things my dorm mate and I did on that snow day was play in the snow. It was then that we learned that the area around our dorm has many snow drifts; some as deep as our thighs. Then we heard that some students had made a tunnel in one of the giant snow drifts. That tunnel was one of the coolest things I’ve ever seen. Now, I’m not one for small spaces, but crawling through a snow tunnel is definitely worth it. In fact, my friends and I were so inspired we decided to make our own tunnel. It didn’t turn out as well as we’d hoped, but we had a great time trying to dig it. All in all, that snow day was a much needed break from school and a welcome distraction.
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