Though the pummeling snow forecasted for the Princeton area yesterday failed to materialize, most University offices were closed and many students did not attend classes that were in regular session.
"It was an administrative error — that message," University Vice President and Secretary Thomas Wright '62 said about the campus-wide voice mail sent yesterday. "It was supposed to clearly say that classes would be held as long as professors could get to the classrooms."
A handful of precepts and seminars were cancelled, but faculty members reported that many students did not attend scheduled classes.
"Some faculty members commented that many students did not attend class and speculated [the voice mail] had something to do with that," said Dean of the College Nancy Malkiel.
There is no general rule regarding cancelling classes, as discretion is given to the individual preceptors and professors, Wright said. Faculty members are expected to make a determination if they can safely get to their classrooms.
"I think it was an accident of where people live," he said. "Some people just live farther away and have concerns with driving."
The president's cabinet meeting of senior administrators was held as scheduled yesterday, though it boasted only a 75-percent attendance rate, Wright said. He added, "We had to have a brown bag lunch. Prospect House was closed — which is where we normally meet — so we ate sandwiches at noon."
The regularly scheduled faculty meeting also attracted fewer than the usual number of participants — about half of the normal 50 or 60 faculty members attended the meeting, according to Wright.
Malkiel noted that though most University offices were closed, many senior administrators did come to work yesterday.
The decision to close University offices is not made lightly, Wright said. "In retrospect, the president feels today that the right decision was made — even though we didn't get that much snow."
The Frist Campus Center and dining services were open today as service remained uninterrupted.
"The food service workers are extremely loyal and really care about serving students," Wright said.
More snowfall — forecasters are predicting anything between 3 inches and more than 12 inches — is expected early this morning, but classes will most likely remain scheduled. "I don't ever remember classes being cancelled — and I've been here for 29 years," Wright said. "We may even be ahead of the postal service."
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