Snow closes UMBC campus and library
By: Alethea Paul -
Albin O. Kuhn Library in the snow storm that closed UMBC over the weekend. Alethea Paul - TRW

Albin O. Kuhn Library in the snow storm that closed UMBC over the weekend. Alethea Paul - TRW

Much of the East Coast, including UMBC campus, was shut down this weekend due to the winter storm that left record amounts of snowfall in some areas.

UMBC sent out a mass text just before 6am on December 19 to alert those signed up for e2campus that the university, including the campus library, was closed due to the inclement weather.

Although students were allowed to enter the Albin O Kuhn Library’s twenty-four hour Atrium on Saturday, they were unable to access computers, books and other media sources useful for studying during this semester’s finals week. Those who rely on the library for a quiet study space had to make do elsewhere.

Campus was open today, but the library remained closed until 4pm.

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Why is no one outside cleaning up(Sunday)? Will finals be canceled?

anon - December 20, 2009, 11:10 pm

Wheres the salt?

anon - December 20, 2009, 11:34 pm

Where da **** all the trucks at? My car is still covered with snow!

Tyrone - December 21, 2009, 3:32 pm

So pretty much every other school and university in the Baltimore area is closed today (Monday). UMBC? Open all day. Does this make sense to anybody? Because it makes absolutely no sense to me. I recall having to come in last year when there was a solid inch of ice over the entire campus. I’m hoping they took better precautions and did a better job cleaning up this time. I’m not going to kill myself trying to walk down all the steps on ice for a final. UMBC has the worst weather policy ever.

Benjamin - December 21, 2009, 3:46 pm

I was very disapointed with the handling of this situation. I had a final on Monday morning and had no where to study but at home where everyone else was stuck in the house bothering me. The closing of the library should be put into consideration for rescheduling finals on Monday. Also the scheduling of the finals this year was bad, they should have been finshed on Friday.
Peace

d - December 22, 2009, 12:59 am

Yeah, thanks for clearing all of the sidewalks by Hillside and Terrace. Wait – none of those were cleared whatsoever.

Anonymous Hater - December 22, 2009, 6:17 am

Oh, and ‘d’ – that is the worst excuse ever. You couldn’t find one quiet place to study? Really, that is why you think UMBC should have canceled exams, because you can’t go in your room and close the door, or go to the local library, etc? Wow.

Anonymous Hater - December 22, 2009, 6:19 am

@ above me, the local libraries were closed genius.

will - December 22, 2009, 10:06 am

They didn’t clean many of the sidewalks by the time I got there on Monday for my final in the afternoon.. they don’t get people to clean on Sunday because they don’t want to pay overtime to their regular physical plant staff who they had cleaning on Monday. They didn’t do any of the main sidewalks from parking lots to the campus.. not even the sidewalk from the Commons Garage. Pretty sad.

That said, I’m glad I was able to just finish my last final and be done with the semester instead of having to deal with it any more. Glad I’m able to hike it through the snow to get there.. it must have sucked for anyone who wasn’t able to but still had a scheduled final..

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