Brothers explored campus in the snow with their friends. Even finding Buzz while going to look at Tech Tower in the snow.
This semester is off to a cold start, Georgia Tech has already had three days of classes moved to modified operations due to snowfall. Brothers have taken this opportunity to explore snow in Atlanta for the first time in years. When asked what they thought about the snowfall one brother said, “It’s the greatest thing ever.” While this snowfall was expected to grind the campus and the city to a halt it instead brought people out of their dorms and their apartments to play in the frigid conditions. On Friday January 10, students could be seen skiing, snowboarding, and sledding down Ferst Dr. Looking out the windows of the house, snow blanketed the streets as passersby created snowballs and hurled them at our porch. In response to the weather, some brothers took to the sidelot and created a fire to keep them warm. Others took to the campus and explored the stadium or played football on Tech Green. While students enjoyed the snow, there were some concerned about how multiple days of online school might affect student engagement and understanding. However, Scholarship Chair Sasha Callaway is not worried, remarking, “While in person operations are certainly preferred by the majority of the brotherhood, the three days of modified operation have had little impact on brotherhood scholarship.” Sasha insisted that the professor's virtual alternatives to in person lectures mitigate the consequences of cancelled classes and that he “appreciated the institute’s safety first approach”. We are certainly excited to get back into in-person classes, but these days off from school were greatly appreciated across campus.
