On Sunday, Jan. 25, Connecticut, as well as a large majority of the United States, faced a heavy snowstorm. Bridgeport received roughly 15 inches of snow, causing many school delays and closures.
According to NBC Connecticut, the storm called for a state of emergency, issued by state officials.
“Gov. Ned Lamont implemented a commercial vehicle travel ban on Connecticut highways at 12 p.m. That remains in effect until further notice. The governor also ordered state executive branch office buildings closed on Monday,” said NBC Connecicut. “Level 2 state employees were also told not to report to work on Monday. Many cities and towns also closed their municipal buildings and told employees to stay home on Monday.”
On Jan. 25, Dean of Students Denise Tiberio sent out a campus wide email issuing classes to be remote for the following day.
“Based on the winter storm conditions, all on-campus classes for Monday, Jan. 26 are moving to remote/online instruction. All on-campus events and athletic/performing arts practices for 1/26 are canceled,” said Tiberio.
Although temperatures were below freezing and many inches of snow accumulated, Sacred Heart University (SHU) students still found their way to have fun and make the most of the weather.
In Tiberio’s email, she stated that different snow events would take place on campus, such as a snowman building contest, board games and a pool tournament in Hawley Lounge, and different pop-ups and crafts.
Senior Molly Luchsinger said her favorite part of snow days is seeing the snowmen all around campus.
“I think it’s so wholesome when we get snow and there’s a ton of snowmen all over campus,” said Luchsinger. “I remember when I lived in Bowman Hall my sophomore year, we walked outside and there were at least 40 snowmen on Upper Quad, so I love that students are still building them on campus.”
Senior Charlotte Copp said she loves seeing the videos online of students taking advantage of the snow, such as sledding or having snowball fights.
“After a big snowstorm I always see videos on Instagram of students sledding down hills on campus, and students really get creative with what they use as a sled. One time I saw someone use their dorm mattress,” said Copp.
Despite having a day off from class, students at SHU know how to make the most of their snowy days, whether that’s building snowmen, having snowball fights or sledding down Jefferson Hill.
