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Snow Wreaks Havoc on Saint Rose

By JONAS MILLER
Co-Executive Editor

After the final flake fell, more than two feet of snow sat on the streets of Albany. It covered cars and steps and left many trapped in their homes, thinking “When will it end?”

The most recent storm, Stella, did more than immobilize half of New York State—it also royally screwed up the already tattered academic schedule for many at the College of Saint Rose.

Sophomore Zoe McDonald fears she’ll fall behind in one of her classes because of all the cancellations.

“I have a bio lab on Tuesdays that I’m now going to miss two weeks in a row because of advisement day which sucks, because those aren’t easy to make up, like tests and quizzes are,” McDonald said.

The storm also forced McDonald and many of her peers to dig out their vehicles once the snow had ceased. She said she spent about half an hour digging out her car, a relatively short amount of time given the 25 inches of snow that fell.

McDonald expressed her gratitude towards the Saint Rose facilities workers for quickly plowing the lot her car was in, was it not for them it would have taken much longer.

The men and women of the facilties department kept up with the snow as best they could, plowing, shoveling, and snowblowing most of the campus throughout the day on Tuesday to make sure it was clear for the community.

They weren’t the only department working hard on campus despite the storm.

Campus dining services fought through the storm to make sure the main dining hall was open all day for students and faculty on both snow days last week.

“Every time we have a storm it snowballs into different areas,” said Rich Meigel, head of dining services.

The delivery schedule of feel behind, and some workers were unable to make it in, but nevertheless, they persisted.

“This is the first time in a while we’ve had back-to-back snow days,” Meigel said. “But we kept the dining hall open all the way through 8 o’clock.”

This has been the most closures and delays the College has had in the last five years, according to Lisa Haley-Thompson.

“This certainly has been a snowy semester,” she said.

Let’s just hope it has a sunny end.

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