Snow day leads to art gallery on the Quad
By Ford Rasmussen
Throughout Monday roughly 50 students decorated the Quad at Utah State University with a variety of snow sculptures and structures. Before Monday, Utah State hadn’t had a snow day in more than 10 years. Although classes were canceled many students still found their way to the Quad in order to play in the wide open spaces.
Josh and his two friends, who began constructing a camel out of snow early in the morning, found that the snow was great for building.
“This stuff you can just pick up and it’s already clumped,” Josh said. The snow, so easily packable, allowed Josh and his friends to balance a head on top of the camel’s neck.
By nightfall 18 snowmen, three forts, two igloos and a variety of other structures were built on the Quad. Alex and Philip, who worked with several friends on an igloo for more than eight hours, had seen most of the day’s activities. One group of students had built a snowman so tall that they had to build a ramp in order to stack the snowman.
Alex’s group hadn’t planned on playing in the snow for as long as they did. “I think we had too many engineers working on the project,” Alex said. By 7 p.m. she estimated that they would still be another hour or two before they finally capped off their giant igloo.
In addition to the various snowmen, visitors to the quad could find a plethora of snow artwork including penguins, a caterpillar, sea creature, snake, a structure resembling Stonehenge and two snow people kissing atop the Block “A.”
Josh and his two friends, who began constructing a camel out of snow early in the morning, found that the snow was great for building.
“This stuff you can just pick up and it’s already clumped,” Josh said. The snow, so easily packable, allowed Josh and his friends to balance a head on top of the camel’s neck.
By nightfall 18 snowmen, three forts, two igloos and a variety of other structures were built on the Quad. Alex and Philip, who worked with several friends on an igloo for more than eight hours, had seen most of the day’s activities. One group of students had built a snowman so tall that they had to build a ramp in order to stack the snowman.
Alex’s group hadn’t planned on playing in the snow for as long as they did. “I think we had too many engineers working on the project,” Alex said. By 7 p.m. she estimated that they would still be another hour or two before they finally capped off their giant igloo.
In addition to the various snowmen, visitors to the quad could find a plethora of snow artwork including penguins, a caterpillar, sea creature, snake, a structure resembling Stonehenge and two snow people kissing atop the Block “A.”
