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Missouri S&T Endangers Students During Inclement Weather!

620 views · Published 5 February 2014 · 18:31 · Indexed 22 September 2026

Channel: PowerSports · 2014 · Education

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The Missouri S&T campus has an inclement weather policy that consistently fails to protect students during dangerous weather conditions.  The chancellor pushes off the responsibility to each individual professor, who must use a sick day or vacation day to cancel class in dangerous weather.  MS&T's inclement weather policy is a joke, and forces professors to decide between getting paid, or protecting students from harm.  Missouri S&T needs to change its policy to place responsibility solely on a qualified individual who understands the dangers of snow and ice!

Upon arriving on campus at 9:15am, and knowing that it was forecasted to snow at noon today, I noticed during my walk across campus, that not a single pellet of salt nor sand lay on the sidewalks or stairs.  On my way back at 10:45am, I noticed there still were no precautionary measures taken to prevent snow and ice buildup.

During my lunch break at home, it started snowing around noon.  Within 30min, the ground was whited-out.  I waited all the way until 1:30pm to see if my class was cancelled.  But, unfortunately, I had to drive to school, or I'd lose grade points (my professor does semi-random quizzes and in-class activities).

So, on my way to school, I noticed that my neighborhood hadn't been plowed.  I noticed that Forum hadn't been plowed.  10th Street had not been plowed.  63 was not plowed.  The driveway to S-Lot was not plowed.  S-Lot itself was not plowed.  The stairs were not salted or cleared-off, and neither were the sidewalks.  So, as I slipped and slid to class, I took pictures along the way.

After class, I took pictures on my way back, showing that the snow had been compacted into hard ice by students' footsteps.  Then, I turned on my phone's video camera, and filmed the entire dangerous and life-threatening ordeal I had to go through in order to drive home.  Although it has been several hours since I got home, I am still shaking, my blood pressure is up, and I feel like I have been traumatized by the near-loss of my vehicle.

Even worse, I have to be in class at 11am tomorrow to turn in an assignment, no exceptions, no excuses.  I sincerely hope that the campus will be properly cleared of ice and snow, as it should have been today.

Even worse than that, this is not the first time students' life and property has been endangered by being forced to go to class just to keep my grades from dropping.  Last winter, my housemate had been forced to go in for an exam.  And the winter before that, during the massive ice storm, campus still was not closed.

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