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Dining halls stay open for students
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Saturday classes likely to take place
Deanna Narveson Staff Writer
Despite road closures, canceled classes and the shutdown of most restaurants and offices around the University, the dining halls stayed open to feed the students still living on campus. The 459 Commons, The 5, the Take 5 convenience store and the 459 Outtakes store were open from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. both snow days this week, serving as a primary source of fuel for students as the temperatures dropped below freezing. Ruby Williams, a stir fry cook at 459 Commons, said her drive home after work Tuesday night was difficult because of ice and road closures. Despite the challenges of driving to and from the campus, Williams said she felt good about being there for the students. “We had to be here to make sure the students get fed; most students couldn’t go home because of the weather conditions,” Williams said. Paris Bailey, kinesiology freshman, said the people who work at the dining hall were kind to students and made them feel “homey.” LSU President F. King Alexander said he was thankful for DINING HALLS, see page 15
ADMINISTRATION
James Richards Staff Writer
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University students prepare to sled down the Indian Mounds on Tuesday as snow and ice falls upon Baton Rouge and campus.
Students make most of snowy weather in Baton Rouge Quint Forgey Staff Writer
The freezing weather the University experienced this week doesn’t happen often, and students responded in very different ways. Megan Schmidt and Megan Mineo, freshmen roommates who are active in Greek life, said they spent Monday night with friends at The House in Tigerland after hearing classes would be canceled, and they slept into the afternoon during the days. When bored, Schmidt confessed to watching “Frozen” and “Grey’s Anatomy” “over and over.” The girls are Louisiana
natives, and they said they resorted to using credit cards to scrape the ice off their cars. University freshmen and high school buddies Scott Bowers and Daniel Maxey chose to live more dangerously during the snow days, taking Bowers’ two-wheel-drive Ford Ranger on a joyride early Wednesday morning. The friends said they drove to the baseball field’s parking lots and did donuts for two hours until 2 a.m. Bowers and Maxey said there were more students who had the same idea. “We saw a couple other people that looked like they were up to no
good,” Maxey said. Bowers said they eventually went to a different parking lot after seeing a police cruiser, and acknowledged they did “get a little carried away.” Bowers and Maxey said they also helped push a car out of a ditch on Nicholson on Tuesday night. “As they were driving, they kept sliding back toward the ditch,” Bowers said. “So we had to walk alongside the car and keep pushing it to keep it from going back.” Freshmen Emily Staniszewski and Mimi Webb spent Tuesday night playing with the SNOW, see page 15
University administrators anticipate scheduling three Saturday classes to make up missed time for snow days earlier this week, University Media Relations director Ernie Ballard said. The University is working to maintain full Mardi Gras and spring breaks because of travel concerns for students, but plans have not yet been finalized. The University kept the campus closed until 10 a.m. today, with classes resuming after 10 a.m. The University also extended the deadline for adding courses and late registration until 4:30 p.m. Friday.
Contact James Richards at jrichards@lsureveille.com
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