The police got involved when we filled it my sophomore year (2006). Pretty wild night, so glad you guys picked up the tradition and the college supports it!
Congrats on getting it all the way filled for the first time in 7 or 8 years. The college administration used to oppose this because it really is a pain for staff the next day (maybe a new tradition could emerge of emptying the arch and making a snow sculpture?) but in recent years the college administration has seemed to accept this, even support it, probably because of the great experience it provides for students.
(1) yeah, a "pain for the staff": assume that you'd like to go out at 5 A.M. to clear the snow; wherein lies the "great experience?" the fact that the administration accepts this kind of vandalism does not validate it. (2) you're proud of your offspring treating the crew that has to clear this like dirt? (3) they learned "teamwork": filling up a passageway in order to have classes cancelled and then foisting off the responsibility of cleaning up the mess on working people -- a project worthy of completion, to be sure. (4) "the college supports it": not all constituencies do.
1. It's not vandalism if the administration accepts it. 2. We didn't treat them like dirt. If the Pres. says to get out there and help I'm sure I can name a good number of students that will. 3. We all knew that classes we're not going to get cancelled because there are more than two entrances to the building. It was the fact that it's a TRADITION that only happens only so many years. If anything this symbolizes what the college is always posting: "Independent minds, working together." 4. If YOU don't support it then go say something instead of using RUclips or don't work here. It's a college campus, we're allowed to have one fun night together.
Crazy college kids. And this is who we're entrusting our future to? In my day, we had to make real things with snow, like bridges. And we didn't need beer to do it like they do today. Only cigarettes. And grain alcohol.
So proud to be a parent of a Current Wooster Student who was part of this amazing tradition!! Go Scots!!
The police got involved when we filled it my sophomore year (2006). Pretty wild night, so glad you guys picked up the tradition and the college supports it!
Congrats on getting it all the way filled for the first time in 7 or 8 years.
The college administration used to oppose this because it really is a pain for staff the next day (maybe a new tradition could emerge of emptying the arch and making a snow sculpture?) but in recent years the college administration has seemed to accept this, even support it, probably because of the great experience it provides for students.
Congratulations from the class of '90!
And you can not say they have not learned anything.. they learned Teamwork, and they learned to complete a project.
I'm so mad I somehow managed to miss this!!!
Oh, such fond memories of trying to fill the Arch in the early '80s... FYI, they didn't cancel classes then either. :D
Maybe we are crazy college students, Buz, but really, what college do you know doesn't have a tradition a little something like this?
So fab.
Actually it was filled just before midnight.
HaHa，classes continue this morning...
(1) yeah, a "pain for the staff": assume that you'd like to go out at 5 A.M. to clear the snow; wherein lies the "great experience?" the fact that the administration accepts this kind of vandalism does not validate it.
(2) you're proud of your offspring treating the crew that has to clear this like dirt?
(3) they learned "teamwork": filling up a passageway in order to have classes cancelled and then foisting off the responsibility of cleaning up the mess on working people -- a project worthy of completion, to be sure.
(4) "the college supports it": not all constituencies do.
1. It's not vandalism if the administration accepts it.
2. We didn't treat them like dirt. If the Pres. says to get out there and help I'm sure I can name a good number of students that will.
3. We all knew that classes we're not going to get cancelled because there are more than two entrances to the building. It was the fact that it's a TRADITION that only happens only so many years. If anything this symbolizes what the college is always posting: "Independent minds, working together."
4. If YOU don't support it then go say something instead of using RUclips or don't work here. It's a college campus, we're allowed to have one fun night together.
Crazy college kids. And this is who we're entrusting our future to? In my day, we had to make real things with snow, like bridges. And we didn't need beer to do it like they do today. Only cigarettes. And grain alcohol.