Campus Corners II also sold out on their entire inventory of beer! Even the bar Dooley’s created a “Blizzard Special” where beer and mixed drinks were sold for half off. The 1978 Red Cedar Log Yearbook quotes one student stating, after a trip to Goodrich’s ShopRite, “The store was mobbed…Their supply of beer was gone in a day”. Others chose to go stock up on beer and alcohol to celebrate their time off. Students took advantage of their time off and many went out to frolic in the snow. MSU crews were also trying to clear the 131 miles of campus pavement. Michigan was declared to be in a state of emergency and it took work crews and emergency vehicles nearly 80 hours to clear the roads. The high winds along with the 18-inch blanket of snow that fell on the University prompted President Harden to close down MSU. This snow storm is perhaps the most remembered out of the three, not only because of its (kind of) recent occurrence, but because of the activities that resulted from it. This was considered the 2nd University shutdown ever due to weather* Students were stated saying that they had too much work to catch up on so they instead decided to go to the bars to relax and enjoy their day off. Dorm food trays were used as “mini toboggans” for sliding down the sloped roof of Munn Arena and snowball fights were breaking out everywhere on campus.
MSU shut itself down for the second time and students took it to their advantage. Nearly 13 inches of snow fell on the campus within 15 hours.
One wouldn’t necessarily expect a huge snow fall in April, but in 1975 it happened. No one was allowed to drive on campus except faculty and necessary services personnel* This was the first time the university was closed due to weather. Classes were canceled and non-academic staff were told not to report. The sheet of white fluffy stuff truly left the campus in a state of freedom…for the students at least. Olin had to address 18 injured students as a result of the snow and the police were working anywhere from 24-36 hour shifts.
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Tackle football games were played around campus and Grand River restaurants were full of hungry students. The forecast only stated that snow accumulation would be between 6-8 inches…boy were they wrong! This snow storm created lines of 75-100 people, carrying suitcases, sleds, toboggans, and crates all for lugging home their Friday night drinks. All classes and university operations were suspended for two full days. Within 24 hours, 20.4 inches of snow fell throughout the University. We’ve loved them since pre-school and we love them even more now.ĭid you know that MSU has only been shut down 3 times due to snow storms in its 156 year history? It is every student’s never ending dream to have a snow day. I don’t think many students care exactly what kind of weather or how much snow we will get, I think that we are all concerned about whether or not we’ll have classes tomorrow. Will tonight be a repeat?įorecasters are stating that East Lansing will be hit with anywhere from 10-14 inches of snow and receive gusts of wind measuring up to 40 miles an hour. Those were the titles on the front pages of the January 30, 1967, and April 4, 1975, State News (Note: another snow storm occurred in 1978). “They Said Six to Eight Inches: 24-inch snowfall brings freedom, wild weekend” “’U’ students rally: ‘Hell, no, it’s 40 below’.” State News 19 Jan. “Class cancellation only 4th ever at ‘U’.” State News 20 Jan. MSU Metropolis 1994 Red Cedar Annual, Pgs.50-51 It was announced the next morning that classes were canceled due to the cold and McPherson stated that student safety was the greatest factor in the decision. After coming out in his pajamas and telling students that he will take their thoughts into consideration, they dispersed. Students rallied in front of the Cowles house (his residence at the time) to call for classes to be canceled while chanting “Hell no, it’s 40 below!!” and “Frostbite is not right!!”. Temperatures reached almost 20 degrees below late Tuesday night and wind chill factors were as low as 60 degrees below zero. President McPherson decided to cancel classes at 5:30am on that Wednesday morning. On Januit wasn’t the snow that caused classes to be canceled, but rather the intense cold weather.
All classes were canceled and the university closed in its entirety except for critical functions (dining halls, maintenance etc.) Yesterday was only the 4th time in MSU history that the college was shut down completely because of the snow. If the University did close down completely, then those on salary still got paid for the day, but the hourly wage workers would not. The University was not closed down completely. Classes were in fact canceled, HOWEVER, faculty and staff members were told to report to work. There was much talk about when the last time the university was actually closed for a snow day, and numerous alumni remembered that cold Wednesday on January 19, 1994.
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