Photo Essay: A winter wonderland blankets campus walk
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Students had to watch their backs last week while snow battles were rampant around campus grounds. No one is safe from a snowball to the face while navigating campus walk during a nice, winter day off. Even friends turn to foes when recruited for an icy fight. | Anna Goodman, The Weekly Ringer
by CHLOE MCCANN & ANNA GOODMAN
Life Editor & Photo Editor
The accumulation of fresh, powdery snow and icy, cold temperatures posed no threat to Mary Washington students’ fun. Bundled in coats, mittens and scarves, students still gathered outdoors, transforming the campus grounds into their own winter wonderland.
Scenes of warmth carried through campus even at its coldest, with students assembling their friends for playful snowball fights, exhilarating sled rides and the lighthearted laughter that followed the occasional wipeouts.
Students crowded around the hills of campus walk with sleds, snowboards and skis in hand, eager to catch a ride.
Through these thrilling rides, students innovated their own means of transportation through the treacherous snow.
Before the ice had hardened over the snow, campus was booming with students eager to stop for a quick photoshoot in their winter gear.
Even as ice formed, the community at UMW did not dissolve. Instead, the ice and snow helped create lasting memories with friends on campus as students navigated both the triumphs and pitfalls of the cold.
