Snow Day(s) at Fisher
As the month of January is coming to a close, students, faculty, and administrators are still trying to wrap their heads around how scheduling will take place the next few weeks. This is what happens when temperatures drop to extreme lows that cause issues not only for students and faculty, but for buildings, heating systems, and snow removal systems.
Since returning to school at the beginning of January, we have already had 3 days of school cancelled due to frigid temperatures that aren't all that common here in Ohio (windchill as low as -35°F). In fact, when I was driving to campus this morning I heard on the radio that a year ago from today, Columbus set a record high of 67°F. Talk about variance!
The most difficult part of this whole situation is that the university is trying to use Friday's to make up for the missed/cancelled days. This poses an issue for MBA's because many first years are out of town on the weekends interviewing for internships and therefore, aren't able to be in class during the makeup sessions. For second years, many are accustomed to not having class on Fridays and have thus scheduled recruiting trips, house hunting tours, and site visits with prospective employers. So, what do we do?
As one would think, the show must go on. If you can make it to class you obviously put all of your effort into doing so, but if not, most professors and faculty are understanding of the situation.
As for me, I have enjoyed tracking facebook and seeing what all of my classmates are doing during the days of school that are canceled. Some are ice skating, others are setting up forts with their kids, while others stay in bed and watch Netflix. Does it really get any better than that? So, another reason to be a Buckeye - we still get snow days!