2008 Woodie Awards
Ponds, rivers, and skating rinks, oh my!
SHANNON OBEY '08
Issue date: 2/22/07 Section: Commentary
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In recent news, Providence College suddenly
decided to add three very unpleasant
aspects to campus in addition to the renovations
to the bookstore and the new stateof-
the-art gym. The changes took place on
Wed. Feb. 14, and were very noticeable to
those making their way to lower campus
that day. I am referring to what I like to call
Huxley River, the Suites Pond and-after
the sun went down-the new, campuswide,
PC skating rink.
Tuesday night, almost every person on
campus was sitting in his or her room praying
that the next day's storm would bring a
school cancellation and a carefree
Valentine's Day. But come 8:30 a.m.,
classes had started, and it appeared PC had
made the correct decision to keep school in
session.
At 11:30 a.m., however, things were
slightly different. Upon leaving their dorm
or classroom, students were immediately
drenched and pelted with freezing rain creating
an instant brain freeze like the kind
you get after eating Raymond Cafeteria ice
cream or a slurpy too fast. PC might be
able to argue: So wear a rain jacket!
Freezing rain should not mean a day off.
But even a rain jacket wasn't quite enough
that day because pretty soon after the rain
started, the flooding started, too.
The River Huxley took students by
storm as it ran over both crosswalks and
prevented students from forging the river
without getting their feet soaked in ice
water. Normally this would not bother me
so much. It can be very dangerous, however,
for students who would not be back to
their room anytime soon to change socks
and shoes, making them more prone to
something serious like pneumonia.
Likewise, students living in Suites Hall
had no choice but to either swim through
the giant puddle, known as Suites Pond
decided to add three very unpleasant
aspects to campus in addition to the renovations
to the bookstore and the new stateof-
the-art gym. The changes took place on
Wed. Feb. 14, and were very noticeable to
those making their way to lower campus
that day. I am referring to what I like to call
Huxley River, the Suites Pond and-after
the sun went down-the new, campuswide,
PC skating rink.
Tuesday night, almost every person on
campus was sitting in his or her room praying
that the next day's storm would bring a
school cancellation and a carefree
Valentine's Day. But come 8:30 a.m.,
classes had started, and it appeared PC had
made the correct decision to keep school in
session.
At 11:30 a.m., however, things were
slightly different. Upon leaving their dorm
or classroom, students were immediately
drenched and pelted with freezing rain creating
an instant brain freeze like the kind
you get after eating Raymond Cafeteria ice
cream or a slurpy too fast. PC might be
able to argue: So wear a rain jacket!
Freezing rain should not mean a day off.
But even a rain jacket wasn't quite enough
that day because pretty soon after the rain
started, the flooding started, too.
The River Huxley took students by
storm as it ran over both crosswalks and
prevented students from forging the river
without getting their feet soaked in ice
water. Normally this would not bother me
so much. It can be very dangerous, however,
for students who would not be back to
their room anytime soon to change socks
and shoes, making them more prone to
something serious like pneumonia.
Likewise, students living in Suites Hall
had no choice but to either swim through
the giant puddle, known as Suites Pond