Survive the winter:

• Especially on icy, freezing days, allow more time for your commute and be ready for busses to be running a bit behind schedule.

• Additionally, try to take an earlier bus than normal because there’s a chance the one you want will be full.

• For days with windchill diving into the negatives, try to limit your time outside. If you have to spend long periods of time out in the cold, make sure to wear gloves and cover exposed skin.

• Check Canvas and your email before you leave for class, so you don’t walk all the way across campus to find out you could have slept in instead.

• Don’t only check Canvas, put also your weather app for any chance of snow and how low that windchill is going to get.

• Dress the part: wearing thin, canvas type shoes will leave you walking around with wet feet all day. Make sure to slip on boots before you set out for campus, in addition to some thick, warm socks. Not only will your feet be warm, but you will have extra traction on the slippery campus sidewalks.

• For those really cold days, wear leggings under your jeans for an extra layer of protection against the Iowa wind.

• Go get some gloves! Even if you have to get ones that aren’t cute (and they probably won’t be), it’s better than freezing your fingers off. And safer.

• Leave a scraper in your car. It’s dangerous to drive with an ice covered windshield, even if it seems easier.

• Need something to watch when you’re covered under the covers? Here are some of our recommendations:

• Hulu Recs: Letterkenny, The Good Place, Fyre Fraud

• Netflix Recs: “You,” Fyre Festival, Sex Education