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“Snowmageddon” 2014 rages on

Around one p.m. today, District 203 announced that Tuesday, Jan. 7 will be the second consecutive day where schools are closed due to extremely cold conditions.

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Upon receiving the call from Superintendent Dan Bridges, Central students’ twitter accounts exploded with excitement.

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Although not the expected response, several students were looking forward to attending the first few days of second semester, and expressed their views similar to those of junior Kate Yockey.

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Junior Alex Pomeroy disagrees with those who want to go back to school.

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After-school activities and practices were also cancelled due to the weather, which was a favorable decision to many.

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Several seniors expressed their joy for the consecutive cold days, especially since the senior class does not need to make up the days.

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Junior Beth Ryan and senior Ethan Pearson cleverly nicknamed the city of Chicago with more weather-appropriate names:

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The extremely negative wind chills forced many students to stay inside, although students like senior Julianna Doll wanted to do nothing more.

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Like seniors Stephanie Teeling and Sam Estvander, many students once again turned to Netflix and other television programs to find entertainment.

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On the contrary, students like senior Courtney Giebel wished they were as lucky.

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So how did people spend this extremely frigid day? Sledding, eating food, listening to music and experimenting with science were some of the most popular pastimes.

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Senior David Gizzi counted up the number of days the senior class has had off of school while at Central:

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The district and its students are left wondering if this “snowpocalypse” will last any longer than Tuesday.

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Online Managing Editor Meaghan Bedigian contributed to this story.

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