A group of JSU students enjoying the snow Tuesday on campus.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nFor example, meals were delivered to students in Tiger Plaza since they could not make it to campus, according to the Dean of Students\u2019 office.<\/p>\n
Students used the snow day to catch up with course work, while others relaxed inside the residence halls. Some students even ventured outside to play in the sparse showing of snow outside.<\/p>\n
Keleigh Williams, a freshman communicative disorders major from Sierra Vista, Ariz., is not use to seeing snow and felt her first JSU snow day was needed.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think people here aren\u2019t use to driving with ice on the road and it is unsafe for people to be driving around. I stayed inside because I am from Arizona and I wasn\u2019t made for the cold,\u201d said Williams.<\/p>\n
Williams added: \u201cI read some chapters that I was suppose to read for history, so I actually ended up not just being a bum. I got some things done for class.\u201d<\/p>\n
On social media sites like Instagram, some JSU students participated in the infamous Snow Challenge, which is a challenge that requires a person to snow dive with minimal clothing on.<\/p>\n
Damien Cooper, a senior biology pre-med major from Jackson, Miss., participated in challenge at home with his friends and posted the videos via his Instagram page.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Snow Challenge was fun. It was cool seeing other people doing it. I did participate with a few friends in the Snow Challenge. It\u2019s not the safest thing to do for a long period of time or constantly but it is well worth it to experience the feeling once or twice,\u201d said Cooper.<\/p>\n
Students hailing from northern states such as Illinois, Ohio, and Michigan felt the snow day was unwarranted.\u00a0 Some called the snow Jackson received Tuesday \u201cdust\u201d compared to the massive amounts of snow they have experienced in their hometowns.<\/p>\n
Anthony Watkins, a senior finance major from Detroit, Mich., posted pictures on his Instagram page comparing the light snow in Jackson to the knee height snow in Detroit.<\/p>\n
However, the snow and ice received in Jackson was no joke for the motorists stranded on Mississippi Highways or the many who were involved in accidents on the icy roads. The Mississippi Highway Patrol has reported as many as 350 accidents since Winter Storm Leon hit the state.<\/p>\n
Classes at JSU resumed at noon on Wednesday, Jan. 29. If you would like to receive weather advisory alerts on your phone, download the JSU Go app in your market or app store.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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