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The Pendulum
Snow business Russia
Friday, February 20, i
Continued from page 1
Elon *8 weather policy needs work
Snow and ice once afain plagued the state thu week, bringing traf
fic to a standjtili and causing the closing of many schools and
businesses. Driving and walking were made extremely hazardous due
to the slippery conditions caused by die approximately three inches
of ice packed on sidewalks, steps and roads. However, in accordance
with the college’s snow policy, Elon operated on iu r^ular schedule.
Why is it that other schools, such as UNC-G and North Carolina A&T
University viewed the situation as serious enough to close their cam
puses down for the day instead of having students and faculty risk
their lives to come to class?
First of all, it can be extremely difRcult for a student to contact
a professor to see if class will be held in die event of inclement
weadier. If studenu cannot reach the professor, some will drive to
the campus anyway, assuming diat their class will be held as schedul
ed. However, many times die student arrives only to find a note on
the board announcing the cancellatioo of die class. Ifdie college wants
to stay open, then all faculty members should be required to come
to campus, even if this means that the college makes arrangements
for four-wheel drive vehicles to go pick them up and carry them home.
The policy states duu "studenu who elect not to come to campus
on diat particular day will not be penalized for failure to do so.” If
this is die case, tfien professors should do nothing in H««« that day
that diey will hold studenu responsible for or else diey should be
prepared to give die same lecture again during the next class »T«^ing
so diat studenu who could not come would not have missed anything.
If die school is not going to dose in most cases of inclement weadier,
dien much more should be done to clear walkways, stq» and park
ing lou. Even when studenu and faculty do get to campus during a
snow storm, die parking lou are covered in snow and ice. This is
uncalled for. Arrangemenu should be made to have the pailung lote
cleared immediately so diat cars can get in and out widi a reasonable
amount of ease.
The college's snow policy needs to be carefully revised to accom
modate die needs of faculty, staff and studenu. The risks involved
in trying to get to campus during die inclement weadier such as we
have had during die past mondi far outweigh die advantages of com
ing to class during dut particular occasion.
Frankly Speaking
By Michele Lashley
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