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You completely missed the mark with your editorial on Wednesday’s snowstorm (“Just another day,” Feb. 7). It was smug, dismissive and completely out of touch.
Describing the situation on campus as an “inconvenience” for students with disabilities and commuters was the understatement of the year. No one who uses a wheelchair or other mobility device could have gotten around campus. Bus riders were stranded for hours as Metro service deteriorated into chaos.
Indeed, in your lead story (“Students grumble, UW eventually cancels classes,” Feb. 7) you mention that the University of Wisconsin most recently closed Dec. 3, 1990 — the last time it snowed this much in one day. Under identical circumstances, then-Chancellor Donna Shalala felt it appropriate to cancel classes. What changed between then and now?
Edgewood, MATC and UW-Whitewater closed Wednesday. There was no shortage of reports on how the storm had slowed down and would park itself over the area. It was by any measure an extraordinary weather event.
The administration should not have opened campus. They deserve to be criticized for that decision, and you deserve to be criticized for supporting it.
Daniel Bush
Master of Public Affairs CandidateLa Follette School of Public Affairs
University of Wisconsin-Madison
dpbush@wisc.edu
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