A snow blizzard that canceled in-person classes led to undergraduate celebrations on the Mount Carmel campus late into Monday night.
Quinnipiac University-issued mattresses were removed from beds to be used as the customary sledding equipment down Hill. Public Safety had some concerns, but ultimately didn’t really leave the warmth of Irmagarde Tator Hall.
“They can crash right into our offices, I’m not moving from this spot.” Officer Wallace said, bundled up behind the wired plexiglass barrier.
“It’s about a need for speed,” his partner, Officer Gromit, observed. “I respect it.”
This isn’t the first freak weather incident that’s passed through Hamden that sent the Quinnipiac community in a frenzy.
Last year’s overflooding of Hep Creek allowed first years to take the Rec Center’s first-ever swimming FLW on Bobcat Way. York Hill’s tornado touchdown allowed Club Quidditch to take off.
“We’ve been brain-storming (get it?) new initiatives to allow students to enjoy the wonderful weather year-round to its fullest extent,” said a representative from the Office of Student Experience.
We all enjoy the charm of random power outages, iced-over vehicles in North Lot, and mild heat exhaustion in the first two months of school; it makes Quinnipiac University more of a community. But some advice for the first years- getting stranded in the Carl Hansen Student Center because there’s a “lightning-strike warning” is not story-worthy, you aren’t going to die, just put on your coat and brave the trek to Ledges already.
Struggling against the elements is a rite of passage, so don’t risk a fungal disease or a broken collar bone by taking a head first plunge in the CCE pond.
In other words, if you don’t stop screaming outside my window at four in the morning because of some softball-sized hail, I’m going to sign you up for the Dining Advisory Board.
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