This is my third year here at Eastern and it still amazes me that despite the warnings that there is a chance of snow and particularly this year a lot of it that the streets and sidewalks are not plowed better. I know that Charleston may not be one of the bigger towns in the state of Illinois, but considering it is home to many college students who basically make up half of the population here that they aren't better prepared for the winter storms that come through. Here is what I've noticed and experienced so far just this year with the snow storms and Charleston's response to it.
1. The Sunday before finals it snowed a good couple of inches and I had to drive in the morning. I went about 10 mph down 4th Street and almost ended up in a ditch because I was turning left but my car was going right.
2. A few days later the streets had been cleared finally but an ice storm came through and my stupid self decided to drive to my boyfriend's place and basically never came to a complete stop at any intersection. And let me just say the 9th Street intersection by Greek Court is an accident waiting to happen when it's icy. Where was the salt?
3. Last week the sidewalks and streets got real icy again and I was walking to my class at 9 o'clock and thankfully I didn't slip, but I watched about 5 people almost wipe out. I probably looked like an idiot walking super slow and avoiding every possible ice patch, but I was determined not to fall on by butt.
The safety of the students I know is a concern for Eastern and I'm not trying to say that they don't care about us because this university does, however I just think with the recent conditions they would have put a lot more effort into trying to avoid people getting hurt or get into almost accidents. Even if they have to put down sand (which seems real Hillbilly) would even help a little. I guess I should expect these sort of things by going to a school in the middle of nowhere.
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