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Too cool for school? Not at Rochester

Just chillinÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½™: Ian Von Fange ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½™17 gets some fresh air on the Eastman Quadrangle.

UR students remain unfazed by ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½œcharacter-buildingÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½� polar invasion, spearhead petition to close down useless tunnel system.

While some schoolsÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½”notably in the Boston areaÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½”canceled classes this year on account of a little snowfall, students at the University of Rochester thumbed their noses at Old Man Winter.

ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½œI really donÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½™t see what the big deal was,ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½� said sophomore Ashley Lerner.

three students sitting in a pool on a snow-covered quad.
Pool parties are the new study breaks? Emma Guilfoyle ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½™16, Ian Von Fange ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½™17, and Kathryn Loveless ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½™15 take a break between classes on the Eastman Quadrangle.

The official average temperature in Rochester this February was an invigorating 12.2 degrees. That makes it the most chillinÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½™ month in the National Weather ServiceÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½™s record booksÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½”and those things date back to 1884!

ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½œWith temps in the balmy single digits and roughly six feet of snow at any given time, I had my mom FedEx my summer wardrobe to me,ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½� Lerner explained. ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½œI mean, who knows when weÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½™ll get weather this nice again?ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½�

In answer to such concerns, the University is creating snow on campus year-round. That way, Rochester students can enjoy upstate New YorkÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½™s famous refreshing clime during both of its seasons.


In fact, UR students are so heartened by the current weather that they started a petition to close the tunnel system that runs under the Eastman Quad.

two students wearing snow shows read on the Rush Rhees Library balcony
Another day in paradise: Shane Saxton ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½™15 and Kathryn Loveless ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½™15 relax on the Rush Rhees Library balcony.

ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½œThereÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½™s no point in heating those subterranean passageways,ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½� remarks senior Jerry McCoy. ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½œNot when my philosophy professor has been holding lectures out on the quad since February.ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½�

Strapping on his snowshoes before venturing out, McCoy adds, ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½œAnd anyway, most of us have already mastered walking like a penguin. So why not embrace Rochester in all its al fresco ²µ±ô´Ç°ù²â?ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½�

WeÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½™d be (April) fools not to!