SHSU campus is never ready for rain

Although I am grateful for the much needed rain, several bad things seemed to come along with it.

The Sam Houston campus is not equipped for rain of any kind, even if it is just sprinkling. The ground and sidewalks are made out of pea gravel, which is the worst in the rain. It makes the ground slippery and dangerous.

I have heard several stories from friends about them slipping and falling on the side walk, or down stairs made of the same kind of gravel. People can get hurt, and they have, ending up with scratches on their arms or bruises on their bodies. The majority of students do not wear shoes with good grips on them such as Sperry's or even flip flops so that does not help the ground situation.

Another problem is the drainage system, which seemed to not be working at all Wednesday morning.

My friend and I were walking to class when it began pouring down rain. In a matter of minutes we were walking in at least two inches of standing water on the sidewalks. At that point there was not one inch of our body that was not soaked so we took that as our cue to turn around and go back home.

On the way back to the car we ran into about 15 students standing, outside of Lee Drain under cover, because their classes got let out early due to the lights flickering.

When walking by South Paw water was lapping up onto the sidewalk and waves of water were flowing down the street. The driveway into South Paw was gushing at least three inches of water. My friend made a joke that we could surf down the driveway because it was moving so fast.

While walking by LDB another student was running through the rain, which leads to the problem of covered walkways.

There does not need to be a walkway connected to every building, but before hitting the LDB we were soaked and we still had to make it to the Evans Complex which the only covered path we walked was the two feet by LDB. There is definitely a need for more covered walkways.  

Driving home we hit another problem, this one was not necessarily one the school could fix but maybe the student could figure out how to check themselves.

The stoplights were out and apparently SHSU students do not know how to work a four way stop. There is this concept of taking turns that doesn't seem to process in their heads. About three people who should not have gone went even though I was halfway in the intersection.

I understand the need to get to class, but you should have looked up the weather before you left your house and accounted for that time lost.

There are plenty of things the University needs to jump on to make it easier for us paying college students to get to class without leaving a trail of water behind.