SUBR prepares for Isaac

 
Southern University of Baton Rouge Chancellor Dr. James L. Llorens announced Monday that all classes being conducted on the Baton Rouge Campus will be cancelled on Tuesday, August 28 and Wednesday, August 29, due to Tropical Storm Isaac.
The SUBR administration will be monitoring the status of Tropical Storm Isaac and will inform the University’s faculty, staff, and students about any changes.  
University officials will decide Wednesday if classes will be held Thursday, August 30 and will send out information via email, social media, and the local news media.
During the closure of campus, students, faculty, staff and parents will be able to come on and go off campus, but are encouraged not to travel unless needed. 
“Campus will not be locked down.  Harding Blvd. will be the entry and exit point on campus,” SUBR Chief of Police Ronald Stevens said.
Some students are worried because they have never experienced a natural disaster or hurricane. 
Sylvia Smith, a junior Mass Communications major from Shreveport is one of those students. 
“I’m going home because this is my first time experiencing anything like this and it’s making my nerves bad,” Smith said.
Other students, however, think that the storm will not be as bad as people are making it seem.  Jonathon Ambers, a sophomore Early Childhood Education major from Ruston, Louisiana thinks that it’ll all pass over in due time. 
“I don’t think it’ll be that bad.  I think people are getting scared because of all of the safety measures the school is taking, but it’s not a big deal.  It’ll just be a little wind and rain.  The worst that will happen is the lights will go out,” Ambers said.
The Office of Residential Life is taking precautions for anything that may happen during this storm.  Shandon Neal, the Director of Residential Life said that they are prepared. 
“Residential Life and Housing has an emergency preparedness manual.  It is located on our website.  We are not ordering a mandatory evacuation and are working at the discretion of the senior administrators’ call on that matter. If students and stakeholders have questions, they may phone the University’s Weather Alert line at 225-771-4500,” Neal said.
Treneicia Nettles, a junior Mass Communications major from New Orleans feels safe on Southern University’s campus.
“I stay in Boley Hall and to my knowledge, Boley has withstood the test of time and has seen worse than the expected Tropical Storm Isaac.  I don’t think it will be as bad as everyone thinks, so my friends and I will be chilling and having our own get-together,” Nettles said.