The prolonged shutdown has frustrated residents, many of whom pointed to the city government’s continued inability to clear snow effectively. A look through The Hatchet’s archives makes one thing clear as ice: Neither the District nor GW has yet learned how to handle a major snowstorm. Officials canceled Winter Commencement, originally scheduled for Monday in the Smith Center, forcing all December graduates to wait until May to walk. The University canceled classes Monday and had a late start on Tuesday during one of D.C’s worst snowstorms on record. D.C. residents and GW students alike embraced the snow, sledding on cardboard at Meridian Hill Park and the Mount Vernon Campus, engaging in snowball fights in DuPont Circle and even skiing along the National Mall.