USC Students Take Class Off for Beach Day in Solidarity with East Coast Snow Storm
By Gracie Silberman
LOS ANGELES – After seeing New Yorkers enduring a record-breaking snow storm, hundreds of USC students collectively ditched the upcoming week of classes in solidarity with the students of the Ivy Leagues, other smart schools, and NYU.
It took all of two hours of staying inside before these Californians forgot what they were doing and bathed in the 75 degree weather, getting groups together to head to Santa Monica, Manhattan Beach, and Newport for those lucky enough to have cars and rich parents. When asked about how the solidarity-ditching was going one student stated, “I guess it’s sad they are cold. But I don’t see how that’s my problem, I thought class was cancelled because it might rain on Thursday. To be honest, I’m pretty cold here. I’m literally only wearing a bikini so it’s probably the same.”
Other Native California students did stay inside for the entire day; one O.C. resident Marissa Cooper commented, “I tried to make it to the beach day or at least Hammock Hill to read in the sun, but I started shivering because I forgot to bring a hoodie to put over my T-shirt so I think it’s gonna be a hot chocolate and heater-on kind of day.” When asked if it had anything at all to do with the East Coasters having to quarantine, Cooper continued, “No.”
In a press conference, Mayor Karen Bass addressed the day, “These students have never had a snow day. They’ve never experienced the joy of waking up by your parents telling you to go back to sleep because school is off. Instead, they have to attend class while the streets flood because it kind of rained and the architecture wasn’t built for that. And you know what? I think the East Coasters will really appreciate it. Because the victims of the snow storm are totally what we should be standing with right now, there’s definitely nothing else going on in this country we should protest against.” President Beong-Soo Kim was unavailable for comment as he was mid sunbathing.
