Georgetown University will be closed on Wednesday, February 10
Posted by: Molly Redden in Vox Populi, tags: Snow, University ClosureVox is passing on the word: George Washington University student Kyle Boyer has challenged Georgetown to an interschool snowball fight tomorrow in Rose Park, at 26th and O Streets, at 2:00 p.m.:
Let’s do it! We won’t deign to play them in basketball, so we might as well beat them on the snow battlefield. The location was selected by Georgetown alum and Washington City Paper reporter Mike DeBonis, so you know it’s neutral territory.
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From preparedness.georgetown.edu:
CURRENT STATUS: CLOSED (effective for February 9, 2010) Georgetown University is closed on Tuesday, February 9, 2010, and will remain closed on Wednesday, February 10, 2010.
Enjoy your third snow day!
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So apparently this already exists:
http://www.1vsm.com/snow/
[...] awful out right now, Kyle Boyer, the George Washington University student who’s organized the Georgetown vs. George Washington University snowball fight, has wisely postponed the inter-school snowball fight we’re having today to 6:00 [...]
[...] SNOWBALL FIGHTS—Dupont Circle at 2 p.m. And Georgetown vs GWU showdown at 6 p.m. at Rose Park. LL apparently chose the location. [...]
A friend forwarded me O’Donnell’s email about the school closing, and I’ve got to say, it has some great moments:
“Some main streets and
roads are in nearly decent shape, but there are surprising pockets of
failure even on “snow emergency routes”
&
“With a little more time on our hands, can we be inventive
and imaginative and find ways to keep the semester moving forward,
even on a thick layer of ice and snow? I look forward to hearing
about the experiments and victories that ensue.”
& also:
“Many others, including staff in dining and residence
life, the students of the Corp and GERMS, the shovelers and plowers
and many others in facilities services, and the officers and staff of
DPS — and I wish I could be sure I’m not forgetting anybody! — are
still keeping the campus safe and comfortable during this time, and we
owe them all our warmest thanks.”
Good to know that the administration is at least having some fun with this shit. Jimmy O isn’t Shakespeare but you’ve got to admit, his prose soars at points.
Have fun and kick some Colonial keester.