2 - Friday, November 9, 2007 When Ann Arbor freezes over Some students may have been class. cold this week when the tempera- That day, The Michigan Daily ture dipped into the 30s, but on printed a weather forecast predict- Jan. 19, 1994, University students ing alow of -2 degrees, 20 degrees had to deal with temperatures warmer than the eventual out- more than 50 degrees lower. come. On that fateful, bitter day, the The day came in the midst of a temperature reached a low of -22 brutal cold and snow streak, with degrees Fahrenheit, according to predicted lows dipping well below the National Weather Service. It zero in the days preceding and fol- was the coldest day in the history lowing the record-breaking cold. of the University. "It's snowing constantly," then- The wind chill factor that day LSA sophomore Reggie Kim told reached epic proportions, driving the Daily at the time. "I think I got the temperature down to a 2 a.m. frostbite on my forehead." low of -61 degrees. Forehead frostbite should have The University of Michigan been the least of students' wor- didn't cancel classes that day, even ries. Not only were off-campus though Michigan State University apartments plagued with frozen did. pipes, but the American Auto Walter Harrison, then the Uni- Association of Michigan said that versity's vice president of univer- it was expecting 35,000 calls for sity relations, told instructors to help from stranded drivers on the be lenient on students who decided snow-covered road. not to brave the cold and skipped There was a glut of ice-related injuries during the cold spell, mostly due to Ann Arborites slip- ping and falling all over the frozen sidewalks. "I slip and slide around a lot," then-LSA sophomore Ugene Chung said. "Earlier, I slipped and fell. My whole calf is all scabbed over." Luckily for current students, a low of 22 degrees was an extreme anomaly. The average temperature in January is 17 degrees, according to the National Weather Service. 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CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES Man arrested after tucking gun in pants WHERE: Mott Children's and Women's Hospital WHEN: Wednesday at about 11:55 p.m. WHAT: A man in a hospital waiting room was arrested on a weapons violation after he was seen carrying a gun, DPS reported. The man was caught after a hospital staffer staff member saw a gun fall to the floor and the man return it to the waistband of his pants. Office supplies disappear WHERE: University Hospital WHEN: Wednesday at about 4:30 p.m. WHAT: A sticky note holder and a pair of scissors are sus- pected stolen from the Univer- sity Hospital, DPS reported. 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