(Updated 6:58 p.m. with more photos) The University delayed the start of Wednesday’s finals and the opening of campus until 10:00 a.m following a severe springtime snow storm that slammed the Eugene-Springfield area in the early morning. At 9:40 a.m. the University pushed that delay further back until 1:00 p.m. The heavy wet snow has caused numerous trees all-around campus to collapse and blanketed heavily-walked sidewalks with a thick layer of compact slippery snow. It is unclear whether or not the snow will clear up by this afternoon.
Students stand outside Tingle Hall, a section of campus dorms a part of the Hamilton building, where a tree has fallen away from the building. Another tree with a huge part of its trunk split open sits just a few yards away. (Nate Barrett/Oregon Daily Emerald)
Students walk the pathway heading towards the EMU that spans the East and West parts of campus. (Nate Barrett/Oregon Daily Emerald)
Students walk the branch- and snow-lined sidewalk heading towards Deady Hall. (Nate Barrett/Oregon Daily Emerald)
University students walk down the sidewalk of 13th Avenue past the Lillis Business Complex. The campus postponed its opening until 1 p.m. (Nate Barrett/Oregon Daily Emerald)
A University of Oregon map, with several inches of snow on it, stands near the EMU. Two University students play in the snow on the EMU’s front lawn. (Nate Barrett/Oregon Daily Emerald)
A 30 foot tall tree lays on its side and is sectioned off by police tape after it just narrowly misses falling on a covered bike rack. (Nate Barrett/Oregon Daily Emerald)
A University student heads into the Lillis Business Complex after a path leading from 13th street had been shoveled clean. (Nate Barrett/Oregon Daily Emerald)
A snowy and slushy University Street sits with numerous snow-covered cars spanning its length. (Nate Barrett/Oregon Daily Emerald)
A snowman stands built on the snow-covered lawn across from the Lillis Business Complex. The campus is spectacled with snowmen varying in all shapes and sizes. (Nate Barrett/Oregon Daily Emerald)
Another view of the fallen tree outside Tingle Hall of the Hamilton building. (Nate Barrett/Oregon Daily Emerald)
An man surveys the damage of fallen trees for the University near a walkway outside of the Lowkey Science Complex. (Nate Barrett/Oregon Daily Emerald)
A student walks down a shoveled sidewalk. The sidewalk to the right is covered in compacted (by student’s feet) slush. (Nate Barrett/Oregon Daily Emerald)
The walkway heading towards Deady Hall is partially flooded with a mixture of water and partially melted snow. (Nate Barrett/Oregon Daily Emerald)
Packs of melted snow have been falling off trees all throughout the day, sometimes striking those passing below. (Nate Barrett/Oregon Daily Emerald)
