Yes, that is an actual image of the bridge on campus not salted, not cleared off, and a dinky yellow sign that says caution wet floor. This was an image passed around on the #bigorangescrew hashftage on the 18th of this month during the terrible conditions that had forced many students, faculty, and other staff to stay home.
If you don’t remember, last year in January and February, there was a great deal of snow and the administration did a poor job of handling the situation. It is not uncommon for the University of Tennessee in Knoxville to not close the school despite the harsh weather conditions. Granted how the state and local government responds to the issue is another matter. This post will be focusing on how the University has handled it.
Now the Knox News Sentienal, a local newspaper, brings out this article as the University’s official reason as to why it doesn’t close. I started choking as I started to read it.
Here is the reason why I think that. When I was looking at @UTKnoxville’s twitter account I noticed they shared this.
@jenineomari The vice chancellor for finance & administration oversees many areas including the campus’ operations during inclement weather.
— UT Knoxville (@UTKnoxville) February 18, 2015
@CMVanek Hi Christine. The Office of Finance & Administration oversees many campus functions including facilities, UTPD, and operations.
— UT Knoxville (@UTKnoxville) February 18, 2015
@rachelhardyharr Hi Rachel. You can send an email to vcfinance@utk.edu. — UT Knoxville (@UTKnoxville) February 18, 2015
You can see why I can bull on the whole story that they don’t close because of an incident that is over 50 years old.
My Renaissance 