Despite being rained on, City College students wait in line outside Hughes Stadium for parking permits on Jan. 19. Photo by Christopher Geanakos

Scattered groups of students dotted the City College campus Jan. 19 for the beginning of the spring semester, after nearly a month off for winter break.

Some students felt that the downpour of rain and dreary weather that marked the first weekday of spring instruction was far from a fitting serenade.

“I feel wet and I hate wet weather but at the same time I love the snow, so I’m dealing with it,” said undecided City College student and snowboarding enthusiast Dillon Sora.

According to data from the Planning, Research and Institutional Effectiveness Office, there are currently over 62,000 class enrollments this semester. Though headcount information won’t be available until the fourth week of instruction, Dr. Marybeth Buechner believes trends are indicating higher enrollment from the fall semester. Higher enrollment coupled with another district wide 2 percent class cut this semester has impacted students on campus.

I’m waiting right now to get into a class,» said journalism major Kyle Duval. Duval said that the class he is waiting for is currently closed for enrollment due to full class size. ”I’m going to stick around and see if I can get into it, see if I can persuade the teacher to let me in.”

According to City College police officer Alex Conroy, the campus was not as crowded as he expected.
“Actually, with the weather it’s not that bad,” Conroy said. “It could have been a lot worse.”

Math professor Angelena Lambert said that though the wet weather may have affected the number of students outside on the campus, her classes were still filled up.

“The first day is always busy,” Lambert said.

Electronics technology major  Joel Ronsheimer said that despite the rain and small crowds outdoors, it was still a hectic day.

“I wanted to go to the bookstore but the line was way to long, so I’ll just do it in a few days when the lines die down a little more,” Ronsheimer said.

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