While there was grumbling among UD students about going to class after Sunday's storm, Miami University students took matters into their own hands with a protest drawing thousands of students.

They held the protest on President David Hodge's front lawn on High Street in Oxford, Ohio. Word of the protest spread primarily through text messages after the university told students classes would resume Tuesday after being cancelled Monday.

"It was so crazy," Jane Dankenbring, a senior education major at Miami, said.

Dankenbring said she was among the first 100 people to stand on the sidewalk in front of President Hodge's house at around 9 p.m., though their president was not even in Oxford that night. The Oxford Press estimated 3,000 students protested and reported Tuesday that it led to four arrests.

"People were holding signs that read 'No power, no shower, no class'," Dankenbring said, describing the tone of the protest as more funny than serious.

Molly Brockman, a junior communications major, also attended the protest after receiving a forwarded text.

"There were people chanting 'No power, no peace'," Brockman said.

According to Oxford Press, around 70 police arrived at the scene. Instead of breaking up the protest, they roped off the streets to ensure traffic would not come through, Dankenbring said.

Though the protest proved to be popular, Dankenbring said there was some irony to the situation.

"I heard people talking about how silly it was that we were there protesting no class, while people in Texas didn't have houses," she said.

Miami experienced loss of electrical power Sunday like UD, but did not have power in their academic buildings on Monday. Students were notified through a text message around 9 p.m. on Sunday that classes were cancelled.

"People were going crazy," Brockman said about receiving the notification.

According to both Dankenbring and Brockman, a few bars opened Sunday night, lit by candlelight and hosting live music. The Fire Marshall closed the bars down.

Brockman echoed the feelings of many UD students when she summed up the whole experience.

"I was really excited at first to miss classes," she said. "But then I got home that night and my food was rotting and then I was mad, and scared."