University officials canceled classes for the entire day Tuesday morning due to the snow, leaving students to find ways to enjoy the day off.

Provost Larry Nielsen said there are a couple of factors that led to the cancellation of classes Tuesday and that a decision on Wednesday’s classes would be made in the evening.

“We try to take into account the conditions and the phsyical plant people tell us how quickly they can get the campus in shape,” he said.

Nielsen also said local schools’ decisions’ impacted N.C. State’s.

“We also pay attention to what the public school systems do beacuse if our faculty and staff can’t get here because their children’s day is messed up, then it messes us up as well,” he said.

The snow day passed without much in the way of crime, Capt. Jon Barnwell of Campus Police, said.

“We had one issue that resutled in disorderly conduct, another with students on unauthorized property on Centennial and one traffic accident,” Barnwell said.

Jay Dawkins, a junior in political science, said the snowfall was a once in a college experience event.

Dawkins helped spread the word about a massive snowball fight on the Court of North Carolina with more than 300 student participants.

“Not everybody has a sled, but everybody has a fist and most people can make a snowball,” he said.

However, Barnwell warned students to be careful.

“We understand that students like to have fun, and ask for caution and that they keep in mind that injuries do happen,” he said.

The weather conditions prevented some workers from getting to their jobs.

Crayton Garrell, the director of food service at Fountain Dining Hall, said every employee showed up for breakfast, but some people weren’t able to make it in for lunch and dinner.

“In those cases, RAs from Bragaw, Lee and Sullivan volunteered to fill the needed positions,” he said.

David Earley, a junior in world literature, was one of the resident advisers who helped at Fountain Tuesday.

“I worked behind the taco bar filling toppings,” he said.

Earley said the the RAs were buddied up with Fountain employees.

Garrell said the food service was up about 250 people per meal period.

He said Fountain served about 900 students for breakfast, 1,400 for lunch and expected over 2,000 for dinner.

“Everyone is missing the trays, so they can go sledding on them,” Garrell said.

Students found various ways to occupy their time in the snow.

Jason Cooper, an undecided freshman, did more things in the morning than afternoon, he said.

In the morning, Cooper said he took pictures in the snow, walked to Pullen Park, ate breakfast at Clark, then had a snowball fight before he watched the presidential inauguration.

“I slept after the inauguration,” he said.

Kendal Hudson, a freshman in engineering, participated in the snowball fight in the Court of North Carolina before doing homework.

As of 9 p.m. Tuesday night, the University’s Adverse Weather Advisory team announced that classes before 10 a.m. Wednesday were cancelled.