On a serious note, I chose "weird" as one of the keyword because the coronavirus reaction is just getting too bizarre.
I am hoping the FR staff comes up with all-encompassing keyword for it.
How many university students have died so far?
Coviphobia.
I wonder how nearby Mount Saint Mary’s University and Hood College are doing just 30 minutes south.
The solution here is once a Freshman is accepted, just send him/her a Bachelor’s Degree in the field of study of their choice. That solves the residency issue and nobody gets the virus. College Degree Curbside Pickup !
Cal State closed all of its dorms on campus 7 Sept.
Every class went online.
Students living in non campus housing could stay until the fire hazards sent them home. They still only had online classes.
Are they sending the students’ tuition money home with them?
Or are they keeping that in their endowment funds where it’s safe?
International students given priority over US citizens. No way. Pack those international students up and send them home. Oh, wait, it’s more about the $$$$ they bring to the school, uh huh.
Gettysburg is stupid. The ONLY numbers they should have concerned themselves with is/was NOT “cases” but only deaths and hospitalizations. Why? Think about it. If it were seasonal flu, would they seriously be concerning themselves with “cases” (test positive) or would they MOSTLY and PRIMARILY be concerned about deaths and hospitalizations?
And out of all the “positive” cases among the college’s students and employees, just how many, what %, were hospitalized or died????
Shame on my alma mater. Back in my day there was enough alcohol flowing on campus to kill most any germs.
on this matter, the colleges are caught between a rock and a hard place
if they open campus, SOME people will get ill (if only from flu season or regular colds). The students are mostly of ages that CoV does no known serious harm (mostly asymptomatic, some get cold or flu like symptoms and it then goes away just fine). Faculty are older and thus more susceptible.
But, if you assemble several thousand people anywhere for anything, some will get sick a few days later.
And there are attorneys lined up to file large (or even class action) lawsuits against the colleges. With the smell of free $$$$ in the air, there will be lawsuits on behalf of students, on behalf of faculty, and on behalf of staff. Litigation (and attorney fees) everywhere. And thus far, Congress has refused to grant the colleges any legal immunity (yes, the lawyers’ lobbyists are damned good, effective!)
On the other hand, if the colleges stay shut down, some of them complain about the LACK of in-person instruction. They complain that internet (distance education) instruction is not as good. They demand refunds of their tuition (and yes, lawsuits are on the horizon).
SO now more and more colleges are announcing that they will stay closed at least until Fall 2021 (about a year from now). Why? Because the demands for fee refunds are more manageable, tolerable than having to defend against class action lawsuits alleging “you made me deathly sick by having to attend the real classes I voluntarily signed up for in the first place”
Also, faculty have some (limited) influence and some faculty unions have been advising their colleges that they will not cooperate (and may sue) if “forced to return to campus” — (their members include a number of over-60-agers that statistically are more vulnerable to the illness).
So, go figure!
Prison planet dystopia imposed by anarchism-terrorist leftists.
“Students who have research or teaching responsibilities”
So who’s left to teach?
Screw the virus
screw the stupid politicians
and screw these lockdowns
Want to know how I really feel?