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TCU should cancel day of classes before holiday

One thing that wasn’t be on my “What I am thankful for” list this Thanksgiving is sitting at home without my family.

While I said good-bye to friends as they left for a journey home to their loved ones and a turkey dinner with all the trimmings, I couldn’t help but think that TCU’s administrators have given their students the shaft.

Although most colleges have turned away from forcing their students to make a very unsafe mad dash home after Wednesday classes, TCU has decided not to. Instead, class must go on. In some cases, professors are even giving tests! I think the Grinch has started early this season.

TCU needs to weigh the pros and cons of an extra day of class versus the danger of sending college students out on the road frantically trying to make their destination. Safety should be more of a concern than requiring Wednesday classes.

So this Thanksgiving, as I sit lonely in my living room craving turkey, bread, potatoes and more, I will hope that TCU comes to its senses.