<p>Today’s snow was fairly decent here in West Indy. All I have to say is if you couldn’t handle this past week’s mildly cool weather, you better transfer out because it’s going to be worse up until March and maybe even April.</p>
<p>OP: Yes your ears turn red. It happens when it’s 35 degrees or less. Wear a hat.</p>
<p>oh well I bought a pair ahah, I’ll have the warmest feet on campus!</p>
<p>A lot of the girls wear Ugg boots. In the winter for warmth. In the summer for fashion.</p>
<p>Skip the black tights under the Ugg boots though.</p>
<p>(Assuming OP is being serious)
Get over it. Should’ve researched things like this early and prepared yourself mentally in the first place.</p>
<p>As for the snow, I can’t comment on this year as I no longer reside in Bloomington but for last two years it snowed enough to close the local schools for 1 week+.</p>
<p>Do you think it is going to get colder/wetter during january to march?</p>
<p>If it really bothers you then think seriously about transferring. I went from Texas to school in Michigan and am still in Michigan 25 years later and I still cringe every time I go outside in the winter. I have had 12 years of living in other places but if you want to end up in a warm climate your chances are better if you go to a warm-climate school!</p>
<p>[Average</a> Weather for Bloomington, IN - Temperature and Precipitation](<a href=“http://www.weather.com/weather/wxclimatology/monthly/graph/USIN0046]Average”>Ashburn, VA Monthly Weather Forecast - weather.com)</p>
<p>There is a button at the top of the chart that converts to metric. On average, January is slightly colder than December, February is similar to December and March finally starts some warming.</p>
<p>It’s not bad if you make the effort to embrace the winter. Get out there ad have some fun.</p>
<p>Wear a long North Face jacket, invest in some Under Armour and put on duck boots. Top it off with a nice pashmina, a warm pair of gloves and you will be just fine.</p>
<p>i hate IU for more reasons than the cold but its probably enough to make me transfer, i will definitely be out of here next year. And i am sorry, some people do not understand what it is like to come from the south to a school way up north, there is honestly no reason to be rude.</p>
<p>IU is not “way up north”. You need to grow up. What if you are offered a great job in New York City or Chicago. Are you going to turn it down because it is too cold? Sorry but you sound like a very immature person who is faced for the first time in his/her life with something different and you want to go running back to your warm and familiar space.</p>
<p>It’s going to be a big change with the yearly weather, but if you’re going to live in IU you’ll have to just buy a coat and bear down.</p>
<p>Welch1016, if you hate IU then leave. No one expects or wants to talk you into to staying someplace that is making you miserable. But making the weather your excuse and expecting the administration “to do something about it” screams immaturity. Winters in Bloomington Indiana have been pretty much the same for the last century or so; that you didn’t do proper research is not the administration’s fault. Minneapolis is “way up north”, Bloomington isn’t even close to being really cold.</p>
<p>Welch1016, I am truly sorry that you are thinking of leaving IU because of the weather. I grew up in Indiana,went to IU, my only choice, valedictorian,high SAT (back then),because it was such a pretty campus with so many opportunities. I endured the winter of 1978 there, was up for my 7:30 am class,eating in the dining hall when it was announced that class was cancelled for the first time ever as the wind chill was -50 and the Mayor of Bloomington had threatened to arrest the IU President if he did not cancel classes,Bloomington was under martial law. This was also the winter that we had a 3-week Spring Break because of the coal shortage, IU shut down.</p>
<p>That said, dress warm, you do not have to look “cute” in UGGS,tights. Layer and ENJOY the cold. The seasons are beautiful in Indiana,especially southern Indiana, and I will always remember the beauty,magic of the “first snow” on campus- the laughter, the fun,nothing like it. I have lived in Texas for 30 years now, it has been in the 70’s,80’s the last few weeks,not “Christmas-like”. Both of my Daughters long for season’s and snow- the oldest is at Princeton, and loving/longing for cold and snow-last year it was January befor she had it(we had it here first), the youngest,still waiting to see where she will be, but also longing for a change of seasons.</p>
<p>THIS is the time to ENJOY winter- you do not have to go to work, you do not have to drive in it (which is why I moved), have fun,bundle up, go to class (or not), go to Nick’s ,warm up,ENJOY. Plus, 50’s is sunbathing weather at IU,gotta love it and the memories that you will have! </p>
<p>Happy Holidays.</p>
<p>Welch1016 wrote:</p>
<p>Does iu take any actions to make it warmer for the students or not? im considering transferring back to the south if not because i am finding this unacceptable</p>
<p>You know Welch1016, perhaps IU-B should do one of the following:</p>
<p>(1) Have the professors go to the students’ dorms, so that the students don’t have to hike through the snow to a classroom</p>
<p>(2) Have special busses just for snow days, so that nobody would ever have to wait for a bus ever</p>
<p>(3) Allow one to go back to their local area (Boca Raton, FL or similar) and then log in to the internet to attend class after they are through sunning themselves on the beach for the day before the class start time</p>
<p>(4) Send limos to pick students up and take them to class</p>
<p>(5) Provide a warm breakfast consisting of a hot cinnamon bun and hot coffee at the bus stops each morning, along with a smartphone that spells out their scheduled daily calendar</p>
<p>All of these are possible, of course, and I’m sure it is exactly what the students will expect to find on their first jobs immediately after graduation. Maybe their bosses will lead the morning yoga sessions and then allow them all to take 1 hour naps prior to the workday start times.</p>
<p>Perhaps you want a nanny to tuck you in each night after reading bedtime stories or after going through your required course readings on accounting or computer studies or business law for you, too.</p>
<p>Lmao…well put ^</p>
<p>Welcome back, Calcruzer! How is your son doing post graduation?</p>
<p>Tulare,</p>
<p>Well, it’s been very tough for him to get jobs out here for three reasons (1) we live in an city where the three largest businesses have either decided to move out (over the hill to the Silicon Valley) or were closed during the recent recession–including the one where he did his internship, (2) the unemployment rate is extremely high in this county (over 16%), and (3) He didn’t try to do any local interviews prior to his graduation </p>
<p>Being at least somewhat creative, he decided to start his own company–with mixed success. He’s made about $4,000 in the past 4 months–obviously, not enough to give up looking for a regular job–but the amount he’s made has gone up each month, and it’s something he enjoys and can do from home. (It’s a retail business that uses his graphic arts and computer abilities.)</p>
<p>He’s still looking for regular work–and has two interviews setup for this week–one somewhat close to home (San Jose) and one with a Colorado ski resort/hotel doing HR placement work–so we’ll see how those go, but I strongly suggest students don’t do what he did and ignore using the IU-B placement office.</p>
<p>I work for the Forest Service in Southeast Alaska. If I get in for grad school, Bloomington winters will be nice and warm by comparison.</p>
<p>It’s all about perspective.</p>
<p>I asked my son what he thought of my list in post #35 above–and he said that none of those would work–but that putting in a monorail really should be considered.</p>
<p>Like polarscribe said, it is all about perspective–although I couldn’t tell if my son was joking or not.</p>