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Unpredictable?

W inter = Snow + parties + fun!

rr! Officially the winter season
B doesn’t start until December
21, but an early snow in October and
60 degrees in December exempli­
fied mother nature’s unpredictable
ways. Such contrasts aren’t unusual
for Nebraska, and most people are
used to the climate changes from
day to day.
Normally, by December the temp­
erature ranges from below zero
degrees to the thirties, and there’s
usually snow or at least frost or ice
on the ground. But this year there
was no "white Christmas" and the
December days were unseasonably
warm.
Christmas time was thought of
many months ahead, and some peo­
ple shopped long before the
"Christmas Rush” began. The holi­
day season seemed to be a special
time for everyone, with many par­
ties, gifts, and decorations.
This year students and faculty had
a full two week vacation for the holi­
days instead of the usual 10 days.
Some took their family vacations,
worked for extra money, played in or
attended the Holiday Basketball
Tournament, and some just "bum­
med around” at home or with over, it was time to go back to
friends. school to hit the books and start
Quite a few parties went on before studying again. Then the normal
the new year began — but the New cold season started with snow
Year's Eve parties seemed to be the resuming again in January, and the
biggest and most exciting celebra­ cold, bitter winds of winter were a
tions. The beginning of a new year is reality. February brought a free
always reason to really celebrate, snow day and on March 4 classes
but bringing in a new decade were dismissed at 1:30 after high
seemed even more important. winds and five inches of snow
Oh, no. A week after the new year brought a blizzard warning to the
began, after all the football bowl Metropolitan area. But have no fear:
games and everything else was spring was just around the bend.

A-hal Caught him red-handed! Teepeeing a "friend's" house
seems to be popular in the winter, when the toilet paper
is really difficult to take down because it gets frozen.
Junior Dave Miller is the culprit in this act