From staff reports

Shakthi Kumar had zero visibility while driving his car down Grand River Avenue late Tuesday night, so he parked and slowly trudged through the four inches of snow at his feet.

"It's the first time I've seen it this bad," the psychology junior said. "It's annoying."

The snow came unexpected according to Social work senior Katie McLogan, who headed to her 7 p.m. with clear sidewalks - her walk home left her squinting as windy conditions caused a bizzard-like atmosphere.

"Don't even get me started about the snow," McLogan said. "It's inconvenient to say the least, I'm moving to Florida."

The Mid-Michigan area was expected to get about 2-4 inches of snow Tuesday night and another inch today, said Wayne Hoepner, a meteorologist in the National Weather Service's Grand Rapids office.

Will Swanson only thinks of the snow as "beautiful," as he waited at a bus stop and stared up at the snow in the gleam of the streetlight.

"We choose to live in this climate," the telecommunication senior said. "We should adapt to it."

As city snow trucks sprinkled salt, Holland native Ruth Harris said she doesn't sweat snowflakes.

"This is not as bad as back at home," the advertising senior said. "They don't know snow around here."

In Ottawa County, west of Grand Rapids near her home, 10.5 inches of snow fell in about three hours, Hoepner said.

Regardless, Andrea Neff says there is no way MSU will close.

"We're never gonna get a snow day," the chemical engineering junior said. "But MSU never shuts down."

MSU has only closed three times since 1855, including April 3, 1975 after 15 inches of snow.

Other closures came on Jan. 27, 1967 after a snowfall of 26 inches and on Jan. 26-27, 1978 after a snowfall of 24 inches and came close on Jan. 19, 1994, when the wind chill factor was 51 degrees below zero. MSU canceled classes, but left the university open.

"I didn't expected it to snow this much," advertising sophomore Alyson Bloom said. "It's about time we get a snow day. It's too cold."