Clemson University closed offices Thursday at noon in preparation for the Clemson-Georgia Tech football game, and not everyone was happy about it.Some employees didn't seem to mind, but others were not happy at all about being forced to use vacation time, starting at 12 p.m.
Angela Nixon, Clemson staff senate president, said the decision was mostly because employee parking spaces are used for tailgating.
Nixon said the college had no choice but to have employees utilize vacation time.
"That was basically because we have to account for that time," she said. "We can't just be given a free afternoon off. We can't be given an extra holiday because of state labor laws and policies. So that was the best way -- the most fair way -- that the administration thought we could account for that time is that ask everybody to take vacation time."
The faculty was asked to reschedule all classes after 12:15 p.m. Some planned to hold classes online while others we hold class on Saturday.