2008 Woodie Awards
Manhattan College Copes with Snow
Erika Rohrssen
Issue date: 2/9/05 Section: Features
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Manhattan College students and faculty face many challenges at the start of the New Year. Both teachers and students alike are forced into new routines and schedules that can be compromised even more when it snows.
Although Manhattan College has not received a large amount of snow since the first day of the new semester, ice and cold weather has come our way. While the staff at Manhattan has done a great job of salting the icy areas, many students had mixed feelings about the way the snow was handled on January 23.
Freshman, Marketing major Lauren Saladino was upset over the fact that she was not sure if she could move into Chrysostom on Saturday rather than Sunday. The Long Island native said, " My town was supposed to get three feet of snow so my mom wanted to take me back to school on Saturday before the snow started." When Saladino tried to contact the school to see if moving in a day early was possible, she became frustrated when no one at the college could answer her question. She continued to say that each person she spoke to told her to speak to someone else. With the lack of communication amongst people with authority, such as her Resident Director whom she tried to contact to see if she could move in early, but never responded to her calls, she wondered if Manhattan could handle another snow related emergency. While she later said she was pleased at the state of the walkways on campus, she was skeptical about whether or not Manhattan will respond in a similar manner the next time it snows.
Junior, Education major, Jennifer Carr, agreed with Saladino that the campus, especially around the quad, was pretty cleared off. However, she did point out, "the hill down by Waldo was not that clear and was a little slippery." Other areas, such as the Draddy parking lot and the Broadway lot were not as clear as the walkways on campus. Students were frustrated that there were limited spots and the spots that were available were still covered in snow. Sophomore, Marketing major Nicole Mason said, "luckily I don't have a car on campus, because some of the lots were not as clear as the rest of the main campus." Other areas such as the ally in between Thomas and the library also were not cleared right away; forcing students to walk in the snow to get back to Horan after the bridge was closed.
Although Manhattan College has not received a large amount of snow since the first day of the new semester, ice and cold weather has come our way. While the staff at Manhattan has done a great job of salting the icy areas, many students had mixed feelings about the way the snow was handled on January 23.
Freshman, Marketing major Lauren Saladino was upset over the fact that she was not sure if she could move into Chrysostom on Saturday rather than Sunday. The Long Island native said, " My town was supposed to get three feet of snow so my mom wanted to take me back to school on Saturday before the snow started." When Saladino tried to contact the school to see if moving in a day early was possible, she became frustrated when no one at the college could answer her question. She continued to say that each person she spoke to told her to speak to someone else. With the lack of communication amongst people with authority, such as her Resident Director whom she tried to contact to see if she could move in early, but never responded to her calls, she wondered if Manhattan could handle another snow related emergency. While she later said she was pleased at the state of the walkways on campus, she was skeptical about whether or not Manhattan will respond in a similar manner the next time it snows.
Junior, Education major, Jennifer Carr, agreed with Saladino that the campus, especially around the quad, was pretty cleared off. However, she did point out, "the hill down by Waldo was not that clear and was a little slippery." Other areas, such as the Draddy parking lot and the Broadway lot were not as clear as the walkways on campus. Students were frustrated that there were limited spots and the spots that were available were still covered in snow. Sophomore, Marketing major Nicole Mason said, "luckily I don't have a car on campus, because some of the lots were not as clear as the rest of the main campus." Other areas such as the ally in between Thomas and the library also were not cleared right away; forcing students to walk in the snow to get back to Horan after the bridge was closed.