I know winter is not everyone’s favorite time of the year with freezing temperatures and hazardous weather. There is one special thing to experience in the winter, in my opinion, and that is a college campus on a snow day.

My freshman year of college heavy snow fall caused a mess during finals week. Finals had to be rescheduled or canceled due to the weather, thankfully I managed to escape from the chaos. What that did mean was that there were several days of nothing for college kids.

One would think that with the weather all of us college students would have been inside bundled up, but it was the exact opposite. I had never seen campus as active as it was during those days. Everyone was out enjoying the snow, people were making snow angels or having snowball fights. I saw the largest snowball fight I have ever seen break out with hundreds of students in the MU quad on those days.

There was a lot of creativity and resourcefulness by people to enjoy the snow. I saw people use cardboard boxes and trays taken from the dining halls to sled down hills and streets. There were people being towed behind pick-up trucks skiing and inner tubing down the roads.

The snow also brought out the dare devils. Somehow a kid had managed to get onto the roof of the MU building strapped into his snowboard preparing to snowboard off the roof. It took him a little while to muster up his courage but he finally slid down the length of the roof and landed in the middle of the street below. A crowd of eager students surrounded him in his victory. I was lucky enough to be one of the people to see it in person but I am sure there is still video evidence circling somewhere around on Facebook for any who want to witness it.

After experiencing a college campus in the winter, it has become one thing I look forward to during the season. The college snow days remain the best. Winter seems to drag on for some and bring them down, when I catch this happening to me I remember those snow days on campus and those feelings of pure joy and fun. An important note I have made is if you ever want to bring out the inner child of a college student just give them a campus and a snow day.