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A winter storm in mid-March says “Hold on, spring” — on the mall at Appalachian State University.

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Only a few brave souls wandered on campus during Wednesday’s snowfall at Appalachian State University in Boone.

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These two took the snow road despite paths cleared by hardworking Physical Plant employees on Appalachian State University’s campus Wednesday, March 14.

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Let the games begin! Students gather for sledding and angel-making on Sanford Mall on Appalachian State University’s campus.

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Daffodils blossomed on Appalachian’s campus in early March, only to be foiled by mid-month snow and ice.

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A beautiful snow blanketed Appalachian State University’s campus in mid-March, setting off the cupola of Belk Library and Information Commons.

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Blooming cherry trees front Belk Library and Information Commons just days before a major snow storm covered the campus at Appalachian State University.

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A budding artist? A student crafts her own snow statue in the shadow of “Aspire” on Sanford Mall at Appalachian State University.

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Two runners on Rivers Street are cheered on by the iconic Mountaineer statute at the bottom of Stadium Drive at Appalachian State University.

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Kraut Creek in Durham Park on Appalachian State University’s campus. In a week or two the willows should be blooming.

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A lone student heads toward the snow-dusted spires of “Orion” by Justice Residence Hall on Appalachian State University’s campus.

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Snow day! Wonder if they are carrying hot chocolate and cookies? Or are those books from the library on Appalachian State University’s campus?

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The wind was wicked Wednesday, March 14, during the snowstorm at Appalachian State University.

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Timeless traditions: students have been building snow statues for more than a century on Appalachian State University’s campus. A winter storm in mid-March set the scene.

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Count on March

From sandals to snow boots

By Elisabeth Wall
Photos by Marie Freeman
Posted March 14, 2018 at 3:30 p.m.

BOONE, N.C. — In like a lamb! Windy, yes, but daytime temps here were in the 50s for the first week of March 2018. Daffodils, crocuses and forsythia took the hint and popped out all over Appalachian State University’s campus. The cherry trees on Sanford Mall put on their prom-pink dresses. Then, on big cat feet, in came the lion. While we slept Monday morning, March 12, a wet snow with some icing put the kibosh on the first day of classes following a week’s spring break.

A windy but sunny respite on Tuesday, March 13, gave way to a major snow dump starting early Wednesday morning and continued past noon. Cakes of snow on backyard grill tops measured upwards of seven inches.

Intrepid campus photographer Marie Freeman has captured Mother Nature’s fickle ways — from her sunny start in early March to her midmonth blowout.

Do you recognize any of the faces among the Appalachian snowfall?

Light dusting or full-blown blizzard, snow spurs a chain of actions at Appalachian State University
Light dusting or full-blown blizzard, snow spurs a chain of actions at Appalachian State University
Feb. 14, 2017

This has been an atypically mild winter, but it’s not over yet… Learn how the white stuff impacts our campus, engages researchers and inspires art.

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