Howard University - Bison Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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 Ps Snowing, IPs Snowing The City Is Snoring The first snow of the winter had thoso who prayed for snow wishing they were on a cruise to the Bahamas Granted. the white of winter was beautiful to see and make angels in. but the problems that it caused Washingtonians, made hibernation until spring appear to be the best solution At least once a year. Washington had a severe storm, and this year was no exception These storms were known to create traffic emergencies. transportation delays and government school and business closings. Of course no one minded the closings, but the traffic and transportation were significant problems which paralyzed the city as the major roads leaving the city wore covered with snow. David Robinson, a junior in the School of Architecture said. The snow trucks are useless, all they do is leave a layer of snow that turns to ice. They should work around the clock until the streets are cleared Tho sido stroots aro impassable because there's too much snow and the city still allows parking on both sides of the street. After a heavy anow. the temperature usually dropped causing the once pretty white snow to turn to treacherous, slippory ice The snow that was not shovelled or salted froze, making the simplest walk from one building on campus to another an exercise in balance and skiing. Book smarts were replaced by common sense and ingenuity. College life could only be suspended for so long, so students had to devise a way to attend class without breaking bones. Since the steps leading to the valley became nonnegotia-ble when snow transformed to ice. students got trays from the cafeteria and blindly bobsledded down the steps! All problems aside, with tons of snow came tons of fun. Snowball fighting and snowmen, although commonplace. were ways to acceptably revert back to childhood. For those from the South who rarely, if ever saw snow, tho shock registered on their faces was a source of amusement for thoso Northerners who lived with snow on a regular basis. Well for Washingtonians, lanuary and February equalled winter Life for those two months would consist of slower driving, heavior clothing and cautious walking Occasionally, schools closed as did the gov-ernment. On those days when the snow fell and the temperature dropped, the entire city could curl up with a good book and an Irish coffee. Eventually, when the city was covered in a blanket. one sound could be heard, snoring. By Mignon McLemore Layout by Tracy Mathews With the snow falling fast, student anxiously await the shuttle’s arrival so they could get home and warm up With classes cancelled because of the weather, wmr student came on ‘the yard for a game of snow football 28 Snow Days

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Delving ell rumor that female student ere just loo advanced to rook. Alisie Martin shows off her culinery skill to Kevin Lewis in Slow Hell's Kitchen. Inspite of whet is general)- said about the university’s women, some retain the reputation of friendliness. Wettdi Thompson pauses for a moment to i hat with Bilal Freeman. 27

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 ---entrapment In tpite of the cold weather and clast cancellation . Kelly Valentine found a way to go shopping The steady falling snow paralyzed the campus and made streets almost impassible. Snow Days 29 For Eric Mansfield, trudging through the falling precipitation and tlu«h wa wor e than practicing drill formations.