A snow day? What's that?

University of Cincinnati students have been clamoring for a snow day all winter (even when there is less than two inches of snow fall), like they're worried they might forget what it's like to have a weekday off from school.

So much for that.

While many students were in search of their snow pants for a no-school celebration, News Record editors were holed up in Swift Hall, Room 509, producing Wednesday's newspaper. Why? Because the news doesn't stop because campus shuts down and you're too afraid to drive anywhere.

Traditionally, The News Record cancels production when there's a snow day. Not this staff. No sir. Most of us braved the elements, even if it meant digging your car out of driveway, driving from West Chester or walking up an ice-covered hill, just to bring you the news.

If campus is not closed tomorrow, I'll expect someone to blame The News Record for jinxing our chances of snow day part two. Oh well. If you miss part one that much, you can relive the shenanigans all day, every day, on our Web site. We're so good to you.

We're supposed to get blasted with another snow storm tonight. Will Bob Ambach, the interim vice president for administration and finance, give the word to close campus? Only time will tell. If you're smart, you won't start hoping for heavy snow until around 2:30 a.m.

Why?

Because at 3 a.m. UC Police Division Capt. Karen Patterson is turning off her alarm clock (Gene Ferrara usually does this, but he's in Atlanta. Lucky.) to start the multi-step process of determining whether campus will close or stay open.

So, if you're on or around campus tomorrow, closed or not, The News Record will be hot off the presses, ready for you to consume all of the information that's inside. And, heck, even if you're not on or around campus, you would be a fool to forget newsrecord.org.

Seriously. A fool.

--Taylor