76 CommentsUPDATE: Barnard will also be closed from 3
To the Columbia Community:
As of 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday, February 10, 2010, Columbia University will cancel all remaining classes and activities for the balance of this afternoon and evening unless otherwise communicated. On the Morningside campus, the Earl, Chapel, and 120th Street gates remain closed.
Weather permitting, the shuttles will remain in operation until 5:00pm but are experiencing significant delays.
Essential personnel should still report to or remain at work. If you are unsure if you are an essential service provider, please consult your supervisor.
At present, the University intends to resume normal operations on Thursday, February 11. If the situation changes, we will update the Columbia homepage at www.columbia.edu and the CUMC homepage at www.cumc.columbia.edu. Alternatively, you may call 212-854-1754 for the Morningside campus or 212-305-7300 for the Medical Center for updates.
James F. McShane
Vice President for Public Safety
Columbia University
Low Library, Rm. 101
Mail Code 4301
535 W. 116th Street
New York, New York 10027
212-854-6792
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76 Comments
@AAAngry What a huge mess created by the vice president for public unsafety. Isn’t it safety first for the university community?
He should be questioned and make a public apology. He should reveal the total number of complaints he has received because of his insisting of not closing down today.
@Snowman There is a HUGE snowman on the lawn next to Lerner, get on that bwog
@My roommate and I built an igloo in front of Furnald.
@Anonymous nice, I will make sure to go destroy it
@foods are the dining halls still open though??
@Anonymous Dining Services is operating with limited service for the rest of the day, with the following locations remaining open: Butler Library Coffee Bar (until 12 a.m.), Dodge Hall Coffee Bar (until 7 p.m.), John Jay Dining Hall (5-8 p.m.) and JJ’s Place (6 p.m. -2 a.m.).
@Anonymous I beaned some guy right in the head with a snowball. I feel bad about it. Then again, why was he walking in front of my snowball?
@heh I didn’t get the e-mail that classes after 3 were canceled until 3:23
@Snow ball fight IS THERE A SNOWBALL FIGHT?!! WHERE WHEN?
@Anonymous YEYEYEYEYEYEEYEYEYEYEEEEE
@BLESSED MY EXAM TOMORROW MORNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED!!! Take THAT!
@is there anyone else... who didn’t get an e-mail about class being canceled? I only got the text notification…
@is there anyone else... who didn’t get an e-mail about class being cancelled? I only got the text notification…
@Anonymous my class got rescheduled to saturday. no victory, FAIL!
@Serves you, punk Sound like your instructor is actually trying to deliver the value your parents paid for, punk. Suck it up, whiner.
@Anonymous actually you are right, however i would much rather just do it now. 6 inches of snow is really not enough to impede my 4 block walk…. it’s my saurday morning i would like to keep…
@Anonymous buzzkill, much?? do you not have a soul?
@Anonymous How annoying are you??? Why are you on this site?? Go get a life you pathetic fool
@Anonymous Troll.
@Anonymous Whine
@SNOW BALL FIGHT!!! WHEN? WHERE! SOMEONE/BWOG, get this shit together! I say 9:00 PM. WHAT SAYEST ALL OF YOU!?
@Anonymous text message spreading around – 6:00 snow fight.
@of course it’s at 6. That’s when I have to go to CC…
@Anonymous I support this 6PM snowball fight. Spreading the word. Where?
@Anonymous don’t know the details – assuming low plaza again…
@Anonymous my cc teacher emails us saying we have class from 6-8 regardless….
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@say no.
protest that.
@Anonymous Definitely protest it.
The prof’s being a rebel by holding class against university policy, so you’re actually being a good kid by rebelling against the rebel. :)
@Solution If you’re not sure whether or not to go to your 2 or 2:40 class, why not use the number provided to call and find out?
“you may call 212-854-1754 for the Morningside campus or 212-305-7300 for the Medical Center for updates.”
@... because a recording of someone reading the exact same text does nothing to reduce ambiguity…
@Because Calling that number gives you a recorded version of the same exact ambiguous message.
“Do as I say, not as i do” blah blah glass houses…
@Solution - FAIL oops. i did not know that. that really sucks.
@... nyu seems to be able to write a clear and unambiguous announcement:
http://www.nyu.edu/about/alert.html
why can’t columbia?
@asdfasdfasdf Yeah – WTF is “unless otherwise communicated” supposed to mean?!
@Anonymous Columbia, you’ve let me down yet again.
@2PM CLASS?! 2PM CLASS, WHAT DO?
@You're a fucking idiot.
@That is in response to “So puerile. Listen to yourselves, kids, whining about *not* having been fully cheated out of a day’s instruction you – or more likely, your parents – _paid for_. Sheesh”
@No fucking way am i going to class at 2:40. No fucking way. 20 minutes before the snow-evening officially “begins”.
@JJ 5 HALLELUJAH!
@fml From: jules@astro.columbia.edu
Subject: HIGH_ENERGY_ASTROPHYSICS
Despite the announcement of Columbia closing at 3:00pm,
class will meet today at 2:40.
Jules Halpern
FFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU……
@protest !
@Anonymous columbia students still have to attend their barnard classes (at least i do) at 2:40, i guess thats what i get for signing up for a barnard class…
@1997 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7tbddRS8lQ
@Anonymous hahahahahaha classic
@But of course Leave it to Columbia to choose 3 pm as the cut-off period, knowing very well that classes begin at 2:40
@Anonymous i paid for the degree, not the education.
WOOO SNOW DAY!
@Anonymous second!!!
@Union card, huh? What candor… your parents are paying for a union card then, huh? You must be a gender studies or urban studies major or somesuch.
@Anonymous does this include work study jobs?
@Well well... So puerile. Listen to yourselves, kids, whining about *not* having been fully cheated out of a day’s instruction you – or more likely, your parents – _paid for_. Sheesh.
@That is in response to “So puerile. Listen to yourselves, kids, whining about *not* having been fully cheated out of a day’s instruction you – or more likely, your parents – _paid for_. Sheesh.”
@Anonymous Does this include Barnard?
@Anonymous We share classes, so yes.
@2:40 classes are obviously cancelled though right?
@woah “year smedberg” is my reCaptcha spam blocker code. That will be the name of my first born son.
@YAHHHHHH HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! YAY YAY YAY!
@off-topic What’s with all the debt consolidation spam on the left-hand sidebar?
@are 2:40 classes cancelled also!?!?!??!?!?!?!?!??!!?
@Might I ask how the fuck this qualifies as a “victory”? My third class of the day starts at 2:10 and runs until 4:00; it’s not like the professor is going to end the class halfway through. 5.5 hours of class today = ZOMG TOTAL VICTORY!!! WHOOOO SNOW DAY! THANKS COLUMBIA!!!!!
@i have cc from 2-4??? no way in hell am i going all the way to knox
@anonymous I would hate to see this University manage a real emergency. It delays deciding the inevitable, runs contrary to other schools in the system, and sends out notice at 1pm, that as of 3 pm classes are canceled. That can mean many things, has anyone ever had class at 3:00? Yer doin a heckuva job, Columbia!
@Anonymous agreed.
@NYU NYU made the announcement half an hour before the first class was canceled. It’s not that bad.
@so cal wow it only has to get this bad for stuff to be canceled? I love snow!
@Question By activities, does that mean all student group reservations have also been cancelled?
@YES WOO text alert! i have a class at 2:40…but fuck that
@Claire This is a real e-mail. Students signed up for text alerts have also received messages.
@LAME I am out of both classes by this time!!!!
@will this be enough YEAH I HAVE CLASS AT 2….
@... OK… so… what about all the classes that start exactly 20 minutes before 3pm?
@name (optional) what about 2PM class???
@important question does this mean classes that continue after 3 are canceled? i have a class that starts at 240
@Is this for reals? I didn’t get an email and there aren’t any new updates on the Columbia website
@WIN! ABOUT TIME! Just to clarify, does “unless otherwise communicated” mean a professor can decide that class is not canceled?
@nuh uh really?