Patrick Armstrong | Editor in Chief

Final exams will resume at 8 a.m., Wednesday, May 5. Click the headline above for more information. Contact your professor immediately if you are unable to attend. We appreciate your patience and flexibility in dealing with these unprecedented circumstances.

All APSU campuses will be open and running on a normal schedule Wednesday, May 5. This includes the main campus, Austin Peay at Fort Campbell and classes at the Renaissance Center in Dickson.
Flooding and Exam Information
Finals for Monday and Tuesday have been rescheduled. Click the headline above for more information. If you are unable to attend your final exam, please contact your professor prior to the exam so that appropriate arrangements can be made.

Due to flooding conditions and continued wide scale road closures, all Austin Peay State University campuses will be closed Tuesday, May 4. All day and evening classes and events have been canceled. Today’s exams will be rescheduled for later this week.

Emergency update: Flooding
Emergency update: All Students, Faculty and Staff: Emergency housing arrangements have been made for commuting students, faculty and staff who may be stranded on campus as a result of widespread flooding. If you are a commuter in this situation and you are unable to leave campus, please contact APSU Public Safety at (931) 221-7786 for more information. Any commuter students, faculty or staff who are able to leave campus should do so immediately. To the best of our knowledge, at this time, all roads crossing the Cumberland and Red Rivers are closed. For the latest information on road closures, please contact APSU Public Safety or visit the following web link and click on ROAD CLOSURES: http://www.montgomerycountytn.org/county/default.aspx If you are a resident of campus, we ask that you do not travel outside of campus due to traffic conditions and road closures. Important exam rescheduling information: Exams scheduled for Monday, May 3 will be rescheduled for Thursday, May 6. Monday’s 10:30 a.m. exams will held on Thursday at 1:00 p.m. Monday’s 1:30p.m. exams will held on Thursday at 3:30 p.m. Exams planned for Tuesday, May 4 are scheduled as follows: 8 a.m. exams will be moved to 4 p.m. All other exams are presently planned to remain on their normal schedule. Expect significant delays when traveling to campus for exams. Please plan accordingly to allow for ample travel time. Later updates: We are constantly assessing changing water and road conditions. Please check back for further updates.

Emergency update: All Students, Faculty and Staff: Emergency housing arrangements have been made for commuting students, faculty and staff who may be stranded on campus as a result of widespread flooding. If you are a commuter in this situation and you are unable to leave campus, please contact APSU Public Safety at (931) 221-7786 for more information. Any commuter students, faculty or staff who are able to leave campus should do so immediately. To the best of our knowledge, at this time, all roads crossing the Cumberland and Red Rivers are closed. For the latest information on road closures, please contact APSU Public Safety or visit the following web link and click on ROAD CLOSURES: http://www.montgomerycountytn.org/county/default.aspx If you are a resident of campus, we ask that you do not travel outside of campus due to traffic conditions and road closures. Important exam rescheduling information: Exams scheduled for Monday, May 3 will be rescheduled for Thursday, May 6. Monday’s 10:30 a.m. exams will held on Thursday at 1:00 p.m. Monday’s 1:30p.m. exams will held on Thursday at 3:30 p.m. Exams planned for Tuesday, May 4 are scheduled as follows: 8 a.m. exams will be moved to 4 p.m. All other exams are presently planned to remain on their normal schedule. Expect significant delays when traveling to campus for exams. Please plan accordingly to allow for ample travel time. Later updates: We are constantly assessing changing water and road conditions. Please check back for further updates.

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Photos by Lisa Finocchio | Managing Editor

We realize that some students may be unable to return to campus safely, because of the extreme weather conditions that we are experiencing. If you find yourself unable to attend your final exam, please contact your professor prior to the exam so that appropriate arrangements can be made.

Tristan Denley – Provost APSU

Patrick Armstrong | Editor in Chief

We realize that some students may be unable to return to campus safely, because of the extreme weather conditions that we are experiencing. If you find yourself unable to attend your final exam, please contact your professor prior to the exam so that appropriate arrangements can be made. — Tristan Denley, Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs

Patrick Armstrong | Editor in Chief

UPDATE (Wednesday, Feb. 3, 8:37 p.m.): Judy Shepard finished speaking and Westboro Baptist Church did not show up to picket.

UPDATE (Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2:30 p.m.): On Wednesday, Feb. 3, the UC Plaza has been registered by the Gay-Straight Alliance for music against hate from 6-7 p.m. and Eric Patton for free hugs from 7-8 p.m. WBC has not registered with University Facilities to protest.

According to the Westboro Baptist Church, WBC, Web site, www.godhatesfags.com/schedule.html, they will be picketing the APSU Unity Celebration Dinner speaker Judy Shepard on Wednesday, Feb. 3, from 6:15 to 7 p.m.

WBC was founded in 1955 by Pastor Fred Phelps in Topeka, Kan. and “engages in daily peaceful sidewalk demonstrations opposing the homosexual lifestyle of soul-damning, nation-destroying filth.”

Judy is the mother of Matthew Shepard who was attacked in Laramie, Wyo. on Oct. 8, 1998, for being gay. He passed away the next day. Judy speaks across the county about equal right and acceptance.

For more information, continue to visit www.theallstate.org.

UPDATE (Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2:30 p.m.): On Wednesday, Feb. 3, the UC Plaza has been registered by the Gay-Straight Alliance for music against hate from 6-7 p.m. and Eric Patton for free hugs from 7-8 p.m. WBC has not registered with University Facilities to protest.