Snow gives students a few extra hours

Alexis Kowaleski

After Monday night's continual snow fall, Central Michigan University students were given an extra few hours of sleep before starting their day.

Central delayed classes till noon on Tuesday to allow campus and side streets to clear paths for commuting students.

“I rushed back up to school only to find that my morning classes were canceled,” senior Trystyn McCarthy from Wixom said.

Like other students McCarthy had taken the long weekend, due to no classes on Monday for Martin Luther King Day, to go home and relax.

“The university is closed until 12 noon… but a final decision will be made no later than 10 a.m.” Students at Central were informed of the class delay via email.

The National Weather Service reported that nearly a foot of snow covered the mid-Michigan area over the course of Monday night.

“I was more mad that I had to go to my 12:30 class than anything…only 10 people showed up and our teacher still conducted class as if nothing was wrong,” senior Erin Kluska said.

This school delay follows two weeks after Central closed their campus on Tuesday, January 8, because of a power outage that knocked out electricity in several dorms and campus buildings.

Monday night’s extensive snow fall is just the first of many to come, this week alone there is snow predicted for every night of the week.