When bright eyed freshman come to Northwestern, they all know that winter is not going to be pretty. Unfortunately, the class of 2014 walked into arguably the worst winter EVER. Here are some reasons for winter:
The Good
1. Snowpocalypse
The day that freed us all from the nasty endeavors of everyday Northwestern lives will, literally, go down in the record books. Besides the massive amounts of snow that turned stuffy NU students into small children frolicking about and the waves that touched the sky then froze on the lakefill, our fine institution cancelled school for the first time in decades. The day drinking, snuggle partying and, for some of us, excessive studying that occurred that day will not be forgotten as the most positive thing to come out of Winter 2011.
2. It’s over
As I sat here trying to think of a second reason why Winter Quarter rocked our socks, my feet got cold and I remembered that it didn’t. Winter quarter was not good by any means, to anybody as far as I can tell. So here’s to its finale- I wish I could say I knew anybody who was sad to see it go.
The Bad
3. The weather was bad… and then good… and then bad
Talk about annoying. Winter started out with the freezing glory of Kristen Stewart’s personality, with none of the snow. Rude, rude, rude winter. If you’re going to be cold, at least let us play in the snow. Then we had our miraculously springy weather, and that was simply delightful. I hardly think anybody saw that coming in the dead of an Evanston weather, but we welcomed it happily and crossed our fingers that it wouldn’t leave us. Sure enough, it did. And here we are, in another bout of warmth. I’m not holding my breath for it to stay.
4. Classes were, well, classes at Northwestern… in the cold
Nothing in the cold is good. Nothing. Going to class sucks. Always. Thus, put the two together and the walking around campus and we can all just be happy about that. NOT.
The Ugly
5. Ice=Falling on our A$$es
We have to walk to our horrific classes, in the cold, with the snow melting and refreezing into ice. Northwestern students spent the majority of winter slip-sliding around and trying not to stick a landing, on our bums. Though we tried our best, many of us failed and ended up on the wrong end of the ice.
And so, NU students, kiss Winter 2011 goodbye. Go on a warm weather spring break trip and forget all your worries before you come back and get the joys of beach openings, Dillo Day and the end of school.