MTU IS COLD

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“DUE TO SEVERE WEATHER, MICHIGAN TECH IS CLOSED TODAY: ALL CLASSES ARE CANCELED AND OFFICES ARE CLOSED. ONLY ESSENTIAL PERSONNEL ARE EXPECTED TO REPORT. THE PAYROLL OFFICE IS OPEN TO DISTRIBUTE PAYCHECKS.”

I really can’t explain to weather from the night before. It was so bad trying to drive from campus to my house at 11:30PM that I had to stop several times since I was unable to see anything past the hood of my car! The thunder and lightening didnt help anything either. Crazy U.P. snow. The Daily Mining Gazette has a nice article about the storm weather from the previous night.

Several rumors have been floating around about why the school was actually closed today since the roads and campus path ways were cleared before 8AM this morning. One of the rumors is that due to the weather from the previous night, the State of Michigan forced them to close due to safety concerns. Another rumor decided it was difficult for most students, faculty, and staff to safely leave their residences due to massive snow piles in their driveways. Nothing official has been released from the school, at least from what I have heard. Either way, it was nice to have a snow day!

Believe it or not MTU has its own messaging system or IM service. MTU IM. Its actually kind of a neat idea but with everyone already using AIM, MSN, Yahoo, or Google Talk who really needs another damn service! I mean I’m already on the stupid MySpace IM thingy!

While this is a great idea during my 4 years at school, I’m mostly likely never going to use this for two main reasons. 1. I can’t keep it forever like AIM etc. 2. Nobody uses it!

What a waste of a post…