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 WEATHER NEWS

For immediate use

5 p.m., Feb. 17, 2003 -- No. 97

SUMMARY: UNC-Chapel Hill classes to resume. Offices open. Adverse weather policy in effect for employees. Condition I.

UNC-Chapel Hill to hold classes Tuesday; adverse weather policy in effect for employees

CHAPEL HILL – Classes for students will resume Tuesday (Feb. 18) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Campus offices also will be open. Employees are reminded that the adverse weather policy is in effect. Students and employees are urged to use caution in traveling.

The university will operate under condition I in its list of adverse weather notices. That means the snow and ice on the UNC campus and in its employment area continues to cause some difficulty in travel for students and employees.

More information about the university’s operational status is available at the main university Web page, or by calling the Adverse Weather Hotline at (919) 843-1234 for recorded information. Similar information also is broadcast on the university’s Traveler's Information System, 1610 AM. Details on the condition of campus parking lots and the status of Chapel Hill Transit are available at the Department of Public Safety Web site.

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