The Struggles of Winter Commuting at UConn

Anna Genes

U Conn Contributor

This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at U Conn chapter.

Winter is the bane of every commuter’s existence, especially here at UConn.

1. When your apartment hasn’t been dug out yet and you have to wade into the snow to get to your car.

2. The parking lots are total ice sheets here at UConn.

3. Shoveling your car out from under the snow in the morning or after class is probably the only time you’ll be warm today.

4. UConn just doesn’t know how to plow. This would be a better option.

5. It always seems that your car finally gets warm right as you are pulling into the parking lot.

6. Having to drive into campus on a dangerous road? No thanks, I’ll pass on this one.

7. Forgetting to defrost your car in the morning when you are running late and then driving with only a small hole to see out of.

8. Parking services somehow ticketing you for being outside the lines of a parking spot even though the snow and ice have covered them…

9. Sitting in your apartment feeling like leaving is a life or death decision. Best to just stay inside with some hot chocolate.

Cover Image Courtesy of Leen Walsh

Anna Genes

U Conn

I am from a small New Hampshire town you have probably never heard of before. I am always active and on the go, soccer, lacrosse, hiking, skiing, running and even horse back riding. I am shamelessly in love with every member of the Boston Red Sox as well as my border collie/aussie mix of a pup, Sophie. I am a physiology and neurobiology major here at Uconn and if I could be any one in the world other than myself I would be Christina Yang from Greys Anatomy

U Conn Contributor

U Conn

The Struggles of Winter Commuting at UConn

1. When your apartment hasn’t been dug out yet and you have to wade into the snow to get to your car.

2. The parking lots are total ice sheets here at UConn.

3. Shoveling your car out from under the snow in the morning or after class is probably the only time you’ll be warm today.

4. UConn just doesn’t know how to plow. This would be a better option.

5. It always seems that your car finally gets warm right as you are pulling into the parking lot.

6. Having to drive into campus on a dangerous road? No thanks, I’ll pass on this one.

7. Forgetting to defrost your car in the morning when you are running late and then driving with only a small hole to see out of.

8. Parking services somehow ticketing you for being outside the lines of a parking spot even though the snow and ice have covered them…

9. Sitting in your apartment feeling like leaving is a life or death decision. Best to just stay inside with some hot chocolate.

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