• Students enjoy the massive snowfall while on campus
• Monday’s temperatures could be dangerous
• Students plan to enjoy the day off outside anyway
Dressing up Frog Baby and building snowmen are typical Ball State student antics when snow hits the campus, but some students got creative with their winter games.
Before the Arctic temperatures hit, students on top of the parking garage by Bracken Library took advantage of the snow by throwing snowballs at unsuspecting pedestrians.
“They try and throw snowballs back at us; it’s all in fun and fair game,” says Brian Bordner, a freshman news broadcast major.
The group of four students did not discriminate except for people who asked not to be hit, and most people laughed when they got hit. They estimated that they hit around 30-40 people walking below.
“It’s a snowy day in Muncie, might as well take advantage of it,” says Samantha Gasinski, a freshman pre-nursing major.
Today, with classes being closed, they plan on drinking hot chocolate, watching Netflix and sledding in McCulloch Park.
One snowman outside Studebaker West ended up taller than the students who were making it.
“It’s going to be seven feet tall, it’s six tall without the head,” says Jordan Carpenter, a sophomore telecommunications major.
With everyone else making snowmen and sculptures, this group wanted to go beyond the normal, small snowman.
The middle of the snowman alone took multiple students to put on top of the massive base.
“That piece has to weigh 150 pounds, at least,” says James Foster, a junior meteorology major.
The students were excited for cancelled classes and were moderately concerned about getting frostbite with the upcoming cold temperatures.
“As long as I don’t die from the cold, we’re going to be doing this tomorrow,” Carpenter says.
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