Snow falls at Guthrie Bell Tower on Sunday, Jan. 14. Due to the accumulation of snow, WKU canceled classes for three days of the first week of the spring semester. (Photo by Emilee Arnold)
As students returned to the Hill, a cold front followed, covering the campus in a blanket of snow and closing campus for three days during the first week back. While students took to the ‘slopes,’ other community members sought shelter from the winter blast. As we embark on week two of classes, enjoy this flashback to last week’s snow out!
British exchange student Yathavan Srimuraletharan flips over Jack Wissing as he sleds outside Van Meter Hall on Jan. 15. The two met earlier that day through an introduction from Srimuraletharan’s new roommate. (Photo by Emilee Arnold)WKU junior Laurie Gibbs (right) and sophomore Mollie Creech (left) sled down a short hill at McLean Hall on Monday, Jan. 15, during a snow day. “It brings out the kid in me,” Gibbs says. “I’m having a good time.” (Photo by Arthur H. Trickett-Wile)
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Frankfort sophomore Paul Murphy, a nursing major, prepares to throw a snowball at Marshall County sophomore nursing major Natalie Norwood in the falling snow at Centennial Mall on Sunday, Jan. 14. (Photo by Adin Parks)Marshall County sophomore nursing major Natalie Norwood (left) and McLean County sophomore exercise science major Amanda Ecton (right), spread their arms and legs to make snow angels in the falling snow beside Centennial Mall on Sunday, Jan. 14. (Photo by Adin Parks)Paintsville sophomore journalism major Olivia Estep, slides down a hill beside Cherry Hall on a garbage bag in the falling snow on Sunday, Jan. 14. Olivia was the first to go down the hill, testing the slipperiness of the snow-covered road. (Photo by Adin Parks)Participants with Room in the Inn board a bus to Hillvue Heights Church on the evening of Jan. 15. Room in the Inn provides homeless people in Bowling Green with overnight shelter and warm meals at local churches. The bus was full as temperatures throughout the week dipped as low as 12 degrees Fahrenheit. (Photo by Emilee Arnold)Room in the Inn participant Audrey Cooper sleeps on a cot at Hillvue Heights Church after snowfall on Jan. 15. Cooper says she’s aiming to be off the streets within a matter of weeks and is sleeping in warming shelters provided by local churches during the cold. (Photo by Emilee Arnold)Crystal Penrose (left) and Cindy Bruce (right) share a laugh after settling into their cots on Monday, Jan. 15 during an overnight warming shelter for the homeless at Hillvue Heights Church. Each winter, Room in the Inn partners with various church congregations throughout Warren County to provide many such shelters for the homeless population. (Photo by Arthur H. Trickett-Wile)
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Wilfredo Torres, a high school student, grabs carts from the parking lot as snow begins to fall on the evening of Sunday, Jan. 14 at the Walmart he works at. Torres has plans to join the military and says he’s “more focused on work” than school. (Photo by Sean McInnis)Elsa Humphrey takes Onyx, a 2-year-old stallion, out to feed on the University Farm fields Wednesday night. Humphrey is a business major at WKU but has worked with the horses at the farm since last summer. (Photo by Rhiannon Johnston)
