So apparently Rutgers is the kind of sissy school that will cancel classes just because of a little snow. I guess this means I shouldn't do my homework after all. Now I just have to figure out whether I am "essential personnel," and must remain at my post, or "snow-plow fodder," and am free to wander the streets.
Message 1, 11:32 am:
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Classes at the New Brunswick/Piscataway campuses are cancelled as of 4:30
p.m.
today (6th period).
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Message 2, 1:29 pm:
Status upgraded to "Code Yellow":
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Due to worsening weather conditions, all classes at the New
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are cancelled as of 1:10 p.m. Offices will close at 2 p.m. Essential
personnel must remain at their
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your use of the term “snow-plow fodder” reminds me of the term used in quebec to describe the snowbank-destroying machines that had had some “incidents” with kids playing in said snowbanks. “child-crushers”.
and does “code yellow” refer to the situation or the state of the snow itself?