Snow skating

By Emily Wilkins

Created:
02/21/10 7:43pm

Last updated:
02/21/10 7:45pm

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As early as October I began to question why I had not seized the opportunity to attend school in a state such as Florida or Arizona.

The fact is, during high school, the time I spent outside during the winter was summed up to the minute walk from my car to the front doors of school.

Although I’ve lived in Michigan my whole life, 30-minute treks in below-freezing temperatures are new.

But all the numb noses and frozen fingers paid off after the first real snowfall. Real being the kind where the ground still is white two days after it snows.

I was pretty ecstatic to see how clear MSU kept its sidewalks. But I was even more ecstatic the day I woke up and discovered the sidewalks, instead of being cleared, had a layer of solidly packed snow on them.

Once upon a time, I was a figure skater. And although that is in my past, the joy of sailing across slippery surfaces has never left.

I quickly discovered the soles of my 20-dollar Ugg look-alikes were so worn down I could run and then slide on the snow.

I’d be surprised if I was the first to do this, but I haven’t seen anyone else attempt it.

And so, with buses being crowded, bikes being hazardous, walking being far too slow and adulthood being at least another two years away, I truly believe sidewalk sliding is the transportation of the future.

I’m also hoping someone will try this and wipe out.

Schadenfreude is the caffeine of emotions and the walk to my 8 a.m. class could use a kick.

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SNOW, WAY TO GO:)

(02/22/10 9:24am)
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Just be careful who or what, you might slide in to. You will have plenty of fun getting to your classes today, haha! After all LOOK AT ALL OF THAT SNOW!!

Slip Sliding Away

(02/22/10 9:09pm)
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Slip Sliding Away…Very Cute article!! :D

Ye Olde Almnus

(02/23/10 1:13pm)
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I was a junior during the huge snowfall of 1967. My parents called me after reading that some MSU students had broken their legs jumping off the auditorium roof into a snowbank – knowing it would have been my mentality to do that. But, it wasn’t me. Had I been living on campus at the time, I probably would have been in that group.
Vive le snow!

Hahaha^!

(02/23/10 1:30pm)
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Cute comment above. Oh with age comes wisdom, thank goddness.

*goodness

(02/23/10 1:31pm)
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*goodness

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From Catholic school to MSU, freshman staffer Emily Wilkins shares her first-year experiences in a co-ed, college environment. See her life outside the bubble as her freshman year unfolds.

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