Boston-area campus news round-up, week of Oct. 31: Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow
Boston is one big college town. What students are talking about and what’s happening on the city’s campuses matters. Every Friday, TNGG Boston will round up a few of the most interesting and well-written stories from student journalists across the area.
Boston’s students -- and, for that matter, pretty much everyone in the city -- have a love/hate relationship with winter weather: Snowball fights are the perfect way to procrastinate, after all, but once everyone’s fingers defrost, the cries for a snow day and the whining about the sub-zero temperatures begin. (On the one hand, we’re right there with you -- trudging through snow to the T is brutal! On the other hand, you chose a school in Massachusetts; you can’t have expected constant sunshine and 70 degrees.)
In that spirit -- probably more “hate” than “love” given the storm’s effects -- here is our favorite college newspaper coverage of the area’s first snowfall.
“Slideshow: The aftermath of ‘Snow-tober’ Nor’easter” (Lindsey Davis, Herb Scribner, Maria Uminski, and Alex Mojcher, Oct. 31) and “Campus Perspectives: October Snow Storm Hits UMass” (Emily Felder, Nov. 2) -- The Massachusetts Daily Collegian
Located squarely in the hard-hit western part of the state, UMass Amherst students found themselves without power and their campus buried in snow on Sunday morning. Rather than simply writing about the storm (or, perhaps more accurately, unable to do so due to a dead laptop battery and no working outlets?), The Collegian’s staff turned to photos and video interviews to tell the full story.
“Salem tourists scared away by stormy weather” (Allison DeAngelis, Oct. 30) and “Winter woes: Occupy Boston prepares for cooler temperatures” (Dana Finley, Nov. 2) -- The Daily Free Press
While counterparts in some suburban colleges were digging out from under the snow drifts, the biggest concern for students in Boston proper was whether they’d freeze while dressed as a “slutty [insert something here]” for Halloween...unless they’ve been spending time down at Occupy Boston. The weekend’s snowfall prompted the camp to begin “winterization,” as Finley reports. Meanwhile, those planning a commuter rail trip to “Disneyland for the Dead” may have had second thoughts, writes DeAngelis, and not because they got spooked.
“The Big Chill: A Lesson In Winter For Those From Warmer Climates” (Sharon Weissburg, Nov. 1) -- The Quad
Attention freshman and any new Boston transplants from the world’s warmer regions: That thin fleece ain’t gonna cut it in this weather. And you can kiss those brand-new UGGs good-bye if they double as your snow boots all winter. Weissburg, a fashion blogger for BU’s independent online magazine, doles out advice for dressing properly in the coming months “...even though technically it should still be fall,” as she says.
Photo by qwincowper (Flickr)
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