A severe snowstorm crashed many Notre Dame students’ spring break last week, eliminating a would-have-been snow day if students had not already been off.

Seventeen inches came down in the early spring snowstorm, which frustrated NDA students who decided to stay in Green Bay for their break.

“I was disappointed that it (the storm) didn’t happen during school,” said senior Calvin Berceau who, like most students, was disappointed by the number of storms that happened outside of regularly scheduled school days, the other coming on a Saturday evening into Sunday.

Other students were also angered by the late storm.

“I was pretty upset because it was supposed to be spring and it was spring break. Plus, I couldn’t go anywhere because the plow didn’t come through until 5-5:30 p.m.,” said senior Emily Hogan.  She did add, however, “The lightning was pretty sweet.”

Even students who traveled had trouble when they got home, discovering 17 inches of snow in their yard and then coming to school Monday morning in freezing temperatures.

Junior David Shuck came back to find everything covered in white. He said, “The snow made me feel like I had SAD-Seasonal Affective Disorder.”

SAD, actually a real disease, can affect people's positive attitude. Winter, obviously darker than summer, produces melatonin, which can cause depressive moods.

Although seeing snow during spring break isn't exactly a disease, it doesn't cause good feelings whether you were here to see it fall or not.

So, for now, students will continue to deal with the cold temperatures, snowy sidewalks and freezing rain, all while dreaming and waiting for summer to finally take over for awhile.