Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow.

When the salt is thrown onto the ground to avoid the eventual slipping (and potential falling) of students, one knows that an impending snow day is approaching. Although this snow eventually turns into grey slush, a sad reality of the romanticized version of snow days we remember from our childhood, the students of Barnumbia have their fun before this happens. Countless snowball fights, pictures of the wintery wonderland and building snowmen are just some of the joyful activities the students run to do once the first snowfall of the year arrives. In honor of the numerous (and honestly impressive) snowmen I’ve seen on campus I have complied a list of some of my favorites.

Here are some of my favorite snowmen I’ve seen on campus lately:

Of course, we have to start with the small duck molds I encountered on Garvey Walk of Barnard’s campus. It’s basically Barnard’s equivalent to having a real pond with small ducks walking across campus. The fake mini snow-animals brought me great joy as I walked to another early morning discussion section. I’ve also seen these molds in other spots around Columbia and Barnard’s campuses so it’s a fun game of “Where’s Waldo,” but with cute miniature ducks.

Alongside the mini snow ducks, we also had a giant duck on the lawns in front of Butler library… possibly the mother of the mini ducks? I don’t even want to know how many hours this one took, but looks very accurate to the ducks I’ve seen in real life.

Here we have your classic snowman, but, although maybe not as clear from my picture, it was enormous, likely the same height as me or taller.

After another nightly JJ’s run, I walked past this very cute snowman creature. I think he was observing the other students walking to get their daily assortment of JJ’s fries, chicken tenders and milkshakes… hopefully not secretly judging us.

This creation was personally one of my favorites, some sort of cat I’m assuming, or as my iPhone labelled the picture, some sort of “mammal.” Its sad expression makes it a very realistic depiction of what I look like in my lectures when I don’t understand what is going on.

Although I’m unsure if this falls into the category of “snowmen,” I had to include it for its engineering prowess. I was thoroughly impressed by its structural integrity and saw multiple people climbing inside to snap a picture for their Instagram.

Sadly, the snow already has begun to melt, but served as a well-deserved study break for many students. It’s evident that people took their time to make these creations, and their effort is definitely reflected! Sometimes we really do just need to reconnect with nature. The building of so many snow creations just goes to show we’re all children at heart, waiting for our inner child to come out and play —in the snow.

PS: someone bring back the bunny made of snow with the scarf from last semester, I miss her :(

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