Fifteen pizzas and an assortment of chips, cookies and beverages may have been a bit excessive for the first Student-Teacher Interaction Program event, but no one can predict the weather.

Even though there were no students or teachers who came together to attend the basketball game against Southeast Missouri, Dave Keyes, student vice president for academic affairs invited the band, event staff and athletic staff to enjoy the food.

“You can never plan this,” Keyes said about the weather. The weather caused problems for Student Senate member Alison Kostelich, who helped set up the event.

Kostelich’s car got stuck in front of the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union, and she drove with the door open so she could see. She wasn’t the only person to get stuck in the bad weather.

University President Lou Hencken needed help getting his car out of his parking space. Hencken, who arrived about halfway through the event, said he arrived on-campus at 4:30 a.m., while it was still raining.

When he got back to his car, the rain that had fallen during the day had turned into a sheet of ice. He was unable to move his car, but luckily someone stopped to help him.

While students were having trouble getting their cars out of the parking lot, the president was also stuck, he said. The weather played a factor in the event’s low attendance.

The Student-Teacher Interaction Program is a great idea, but unfortunately the snow changed the outcome for this event, Hencken said.

The program is designed for students to develop a better relationship with their teachers. While social events was the purpose of Tuesday’s program, professional and educational events are another aspect of the program.

While the outcome was not as expected, Keyes is planning another Student-Teacher Interaction Program event.

He plans on the program attending the “Inside Iraq” documentary and discussion, which will take place at the end of March.