Tuesday, January 22, 2008

Heavy snowfall tramples mid-Michigan

By Amanda Crabtree

Edited By Meredith Mayberry and Sarah Schuch

After a weekend of the coldest temperatures this season, Mt. Pleasant was hit with a large snowstorm overnight on Monday. The storm gave many students in the area another day off of school.

Central Michigan University’s campus operations were delayed until noon, putting this semester’s classes another day behind after a power outage caused the University to close it’s doors earlier this month.

The snow piled to a total of 10.5 inches, according to www.themorningsun.com.

A string of text messages and phone calls were sent among many students and faculty who read the e-mail from Eric Lorenz, director of infrastructure and security at CMU, saying campus was delayed until at least noon.

Sara Bloomberg, Farmington Hills senior, was very happy when she realized someone sent her a message saying classes were delayed until noon, even though it came in at 7:15 this morning.

Connie Camp, an employee at the University Center, did not realize campus was closed until she arrived on campus to see it was pretty quiet.

Northwood University, Saginaw Chippewa Tribal College, and many other night programs in the area have been cancelled, according to www.nbc25online.com.

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