Since the start of the semester, Nashville has been ravaged by cold temperatures and unusual amounts of snow. So far, the weather has been received less warmly than a Holocaust joke at a Bar-mitzvah or than a clown anywhere.
After The Weekend Snowstorm of 2010 (you all know what I am referring to), Nashville and the Vanderbubble woke up to nearly six inches of snow on the ground. All life in the city of Nashville froze for almost three days straight (no pun intended). Whether it was the extreme cold or the complete lack of any snow plows whatsoever, everything shut down from Friday to Sunday, including Vanderbilt’s Vandy Van service. “No Vandy Vans! God, why have you forsaken me?!” a freshman was heard screaming outside the Commons Center.
The lack of Vandy Vans combined with the sissyness of Vanderbilt students caused Greek Row to nearly shut down for the weekend. One frat-star recounted, “It was like a ghost-town in the Wild West except it was covered in snow and most of the houses were in worse shape.”
There were a few brave souls who managed to venture outside into the Great White Mess. One student noted that it was “frostier than A.J. Ogilvy’s hair tips” outside. Snowball fights, snowman building, and failed attempts at sledding could all be seen around campus. Several groups decided to play games of tackle football in the snow, to which shivering bystanders yelled encouraging cheers such as “Idiots!”, “I hope you get frostbite!”, and “Why am I still standing out here yelling things?”
For some students, it was one of the few times they had ever seen snow. A Floridian was seen running in circles saying, “Oh my God, snow. Oh my God, snow. Oh my God, snow. Oh my God, snow.” A New Jerseyan looked on in disgust. “I left the North primarily to get away from the snow,” he said. “Well, that and to get away from my parents.”
When the snow started falling in the wee hours of Friday morning, many students had hoped that Vanderbilt would cancel school for the day. Unfortunately, school continued as planned. Chancellor Nick Zeppos stated, “Come on people, suck it up. I went to school in Wisconsin for God’s sake! This is nothing. I used to have to walk to class in two feet of snow. Uphill. Both ways. Madison had some weird hills…”
