MTSU students got creative with outdoor entertainment while the university was closed for icy weather conditions.
Check out our gallery of students’ innovative snow fun below:
Senior Tressa Spingler helped prepare freshman Chris Hodnicak for a slide across the roof of the Champion Way Garage on Feb. 17. This was during the second of three consecutive school closings at MTSU due to winter weather. (Rhiannon Gilbert/MTSU Sidelines)
Junior Connor Shepard reached the end of his slide across the Champion Way Garage Feb. 17. This was during the second of three consecutive school closings at MTSU due to winter weather. (Rhiannon Gilbert/MTSU Sidelines)
Students prepared to sled down the slope of the Champion Way Garage on Feb. 17. This was during the second of three consecutive school closings at MTSU due to winter weather. (Rhiannon Gilbert/MTSU Sidelines)
Freshmen Emily Becker, Peyton Dean and Mallory Hardy laughed as they recovered from their slide across the Champion Way Garage on Feb. 17. This was during the second of three consecutive school closings at MTSU due to winter weather. (Rhiannon Gilbert/MTSU Sidelines)
Freshmen Chris Hodnicak and Steven Alonso experimented with sledding in a traffic barrel and on a skateboard at the Champion Way Garage on Feb. 17. This was during the second of three consecutive school closings at MTSU due to winter weather. (Rhiannon Gilbert/MTSU Sidelines)
Senior Tressa Spingler made “frost angels” in the dusting on the roof of the Champion Way Garage on Feb. 17. This was during the second of three consecutive school closings at MTSU due to winter weather. (Rhiannon Gilbert/MTSU Sidelines)
Freshman Chris Hodnicak slid across the Champion Way Garage in a box on Feb. 17. This was during the second of three consecutive school closings at MTSU due to winter weather. (Rhiannon Gilbert/MTSU Sidelines)
Senior Tressa Spingler happily returned to the top of the slope at the Champion Way Garage on Feb. 17. This was during the second of three consecutive school closings at MTSU due to winter weather. (Rhiannon Gilbert/MTSU Sidelines)
Students drove all-terrain vehicles across the frozen campus on Feb. 17. This was during the second of three consecutive school closings at MTSU due to winter weather. (Rhiannon Gilbert/MTSU Sidelines)
Senior Tressa Spingler posed with a frozen MT logo on the roof of the Champion Way Garage on Feb. 17. This was during the second of three consecutive school closings at MTSU due to winter weather. (Rhiannon Gilbert/MTSU Sidelines)
Middle Tennessee State University and its offices were closed Feb. 16-17 due to inclement weather. (Rhiannon Gilbert / MTSU Sidelines)
Feature Photo by Caitlyn Hajek
Story by Ephraim Rodenbach
MTSU club hockey made history this past week by earning its highest ranking in team history.
After a series sweep of in-state rival Vanderbilt that included an 8-0 shutout, the Blue Raiders climbed to the No. 5 spot in Division II club hockey rankings.
