Written by The Bison
To the roar of student cheers, President David Burks canceled classes during chapel Wednesday due to extreme weather conditions that students labeled “Snowpocalypse.”At about 8 a.m. Wednesday, according to Weather Underground, “snow freezing fog” began to fall rapidly in Searcy, covering the roads, sidewalks and Harding’s campus. Thursday’s classes were also canceled. The snowstorm hit multiple Southern states, including Arkansas, Mississippi, Tennessee and Kentucky.View a slide show of Harding’s snow campus.Much to the delight of the Harding student body, the snow day gave a break from the stress of classes, work and tests.”I’m glad we’re having [the snow day] because I don’t have to go to class, and I get more days to study and catch up on everything I don’t get to do during the week,” sophomore Jordan Bissonnette said.Bissonnette said she used the day to sleep, send notecards, study and, of course, participate in the campuswide snowball fight Wednesday afternoon. Other snow day activities included a “Post-Snowpocalypse Movie Day” at the Honors House, sledding and video games in several parts of the Hammon Student Center.Faculty also welcomed the chance to step away from lesson plans and spend time with their families.”I have always loved snow days,” Dr. Jim Miller, assistant professor of communication, said Wednesday after chapel. “[My kids and I] are going to put on our snow gear, and there’s a hill right by our house that we’re going to sled on, and then we’ll come in and have hot chocolate and sit by the fire and warm up.”
