The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/tag/class-cancellation/)
Although they understand the dire circumstances, freshmen are disappointed about the abrupt end to their first year on campus.
Professors must figure out how to conduct their classes online starting after spring break until the end of the semester. However, for laboratory, discussion-based and physical education classes, a virtual classroom is difficult to facilitate, pushing professors to find innovative ways to bring their classes online — or forcing them to cancel.
Years down the line we may still remember this day. I hope the kinder gestures are what stay with us.
The University canceled all Monday classes on its Ithaca campus amid a snowstorm predicted to hit Ithaca with approximately six to 12 inches of snow. This is only the fourth time in the past 26 years the University has canceled all classes because of inclement weather.
As students trek back to campus after Thanksgiving Break, Cornell’s Ithaca campus is under a Winter Storm Watch from Sunday until Monday night. Approximately eight to 12 inches of snow are expected to hit Ithaca starting Sunday morning. Multiple transportation services have made inclement weather changes for weekend travelers. The company OurBus canceled all its Sunday trips to Ithaca and added additional Saturday trips, according to 14850.com. Coach USA’s Shortline Ithaca Platinum service rescheduled all Sunday departures to leave between 9 a.m. and 10 a.m. Other Shortline buses leaving from New York City on Sunday will only operate between 8 a.m. to 10:15 a.m, according to the service’s website.
The Faculty Senate posed questions to the Cornell community regarding the University’s inclement weather policy following a week of severe weather punctuated by a student-led petition to cancel classes, burst pipes across campus and temperatures dropping below zero.