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Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :

One of the professors at UNH died in a car accident on the way to the school

[Frown]

She wasn't one of my profs. But that just...bites.

Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :

Oh dear...

I'm glad you stayed home. Did you get a response from your professor to your e-mail?

[ March 10, 2005, 04:30 PM: Message edited by: ElJay ]

Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :

That's so awful. [Frown]

Posted by mothertree (Member # 4999) on :

[Eek!]

I wonder if this will cause them to reevaluate their closure policy.

Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :

You notice how in the article, the college reps quoted never said, "yeah, we're sorry we decided to have school yesterday while none of the other area schools did. If we had cancelled classes, maybe this wouldn't have happened" [Mad]

FG

edit: (mothertree ALWAYS beats me to it)

[ March 10, 2005, 04:37 PM: Message edited by: Farmgirl ]

Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :

The college mentions basically nothing about the non-cancellation on their own news writeup.

I'm just in disbelief.

And no, the prof never emailed me back.

Posted by Belle (Member # 2314) on :

Wow, mack.

That's terrible. I can't believe they didn't close the school. [Frown]

Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :

[Frown]

I am *so* glad that you stayed home.

Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :

I really do think a large part of the decision in not closing the school was because spring break is next week. [Frown]

Posted by Xavier (Member # 405) on :

Damn.

My school (Oswego State University) basically has no closure policy. Since it snows just about every single winter day (average of 150 inches a year), its hard to determine which snowy days to cancel for.

Plus they had a policy of not caring about their commuters. So many cars got stuck in the parking lots and side streets one morning that they closed school at like 10AM one time. So we all had to get our cars unstuck and drive home in the snow. If they had just closed it at 6AM when we already had 1.5 feet [Roll Eyes]

.

Shame on them for not taking the blame.

Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :

Wow. Glad you are safe. [Frown]

Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :

That is so sad!

My friend teaches a class at UMass as part of her doctorate program. A few weeks ago, there was a big storm, and she called to see if UMass was cancelled. Her supervisor gave her all kinds of crap, and said, "I'm sorry you choose to live so far away, but those who live nearby will not have a problem."

During the entire class, parents were calling the students on their cell phones, telling them to leave class because the roads were so horrible. Parents who, um, live nearby.

Grrr.

Posted by Space Opera (Member # 6504) on :

She was so young. [Frown]

Mack, I'm glad you trusted your instincts and did not go in yesterday. I think it's very sad that things like being afraid of missing work make us willing to risk our lives sometimes.

space opera

Posted by Myr (Member # 5956) on :

[Mad]

Posted by Zeugma (Member # 6636) on :

Yeah. One of my neighbors just came by collecting for the memorial for my next door neighbor. I'm totally at a loss, I haven't experienced much death before, never very close. [Frown]

Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :

I'm very sad. Her poor daughter.