tl20030220-000 "Th TOilipri liphb Baltimore's #1 College Paper - Published Twice-Weekly - www.thetowerlight.com Thursday, 2/20/03 BSU celebrates history, future 5 Columbia's gear found in Texas Frat antics help out 'Old School' 11 Russell does it 'his way' in 'Blue' 11 Departments Opinion 2 News 5 Police Blotter 7 Campus Briefs 7 Arts 11 In A Theater Near You 12 Sports 16 Bankshots 15 In This Corner 16 Classifieds 13 Snow sends students shoveling An estimated $150K to be spent on snow removal, officials say; TU remains closed Sarah Breitenbach Jenny Lehman The Towerlight This week Towson, like most of the Mid-Atlantic region, fell victim to the largest snowstorm Maryland has experienced in 132 years. With total accumulation reaching more than two feet, the University has remained closed since Sunday, and it is currently unknown how much longer it will take for facilities crews to finish removing snow from walkways and parking lots. Harry Hughes, associate director for facilities management, said clean up after the storm, which blanketed campus all day Sunday and into Monday morning, is a long process. ""Our guys have been working between 12 and 16 hours per day. [It's going] slow, it's real heavy, there's a lot of snow around,"" Hughes said. ""So far they have transported several hundred tons of snow to Lot 14 and dumped it down over the hill, and we figure this is going to continue probably through-out the rest of the week and into the weekend."" Hughes said a conservative esti-mate of the costs of clean up at this point is in excess of $150,000. Officials announced Wednesday afternoon that TU would be open today with a liberal leave policy in effect; however all day and evening classes are canceled. ""The intent is to try to open,"" Hughes said Wednesday morning. ""I'm not sure that that's going to happen. I just don't know how safe that is going to be."" Hughes explained that the biggest problem in clean up is the sheer volume of snow that crews need to move. ""The type of equipment that we use really depends on the heaviness of the snow and the depth of the snow and the wetness,"" he said. ""When we have students living on Lzsa Johnson The Towerhght Junior accounting major Rich Huffman digs out a friend's Mercury Cougar in Towson Run's parking lot. Residents were encouraged to move their cars to parking garages Tuesday so that plows could remove snow. campus our primary concern is making -sure there is at least one pathway from all the dorms to a din-ing hall."" After resident students had access to dining services, facilities crews began to tackle parking areas with larger equipment. ""[Parking lots], that's what the big equipment is concentrating on right now, to clean out the parking lots, as [best] as we possibly can,"" Hughes said. ""That's where we run into problems. We sent out an e-mail, and it was posted in the dorms as well, to try to get folks to park in the garages, and as you can see there's 50 to 60 cars in [the lots], and it makes clearing that impossi-ble."" Hughes also said the snow situa-tion is becoming dangerous for stu-dents. Cars parked on Cross Campus Drive are forcing students to walk in the middle of the street. ""When there's snow and then See SNOW, page 6 All Towson University day and evening classes are canceled Thursday, Feb. 20, due to snow. Liberal leave will be in effect for TU employees. Today High 41 Low 24 Friday High 43 Low 36 Saturday High 51 Low 31 Sunday High 34 Low 20 PoC01,01 0 0 Monday High 32 Low 17 "
