For college students in the Midwest, trudging through snow to get to class is a part of life, though some have a way around it.
Minnesota campuses like Augsburg College and the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities have skywalks available for students to use, which connect buildings above ground, usually from the second or third story. People can use the skywalks, sometimes called skyways, to cross streets and switch between buildings without ever stepping outside.
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The rest of UI’s underground tunnels are actually just steam tunnels, and some old tunnels that are mainly tornado shelters. In other words: those are not designed to be a shortcut between buildings.
So just be careful before you start sneaking into tunnels under your campus, it could be considered off-limits and illegal, like those at Penn State University.
