On multiple occasions for the past week, students in the N.U.in Program have been formally notified that they must practice physical distancing, avoid crowds, and wear masks in the presence of other people. The students were required to acknowledge that they had reviewed the program handbook, which included details of the COVID-19 requirements that are meant to keep everyone safe.
“As outlined in the Guide to Residence Hall Living, during COVID-19, per Northeastern University and Massachusetts regulations and guidelines, there will be no guests, visitors, or additional occupants allowed in residential assigned bed spaces during this time; this includes neighbors within your residential building,” reads a passage from page 14 of the N.U.in handbook. All students who reside in university housing receive the Guide to Residence Hall Living at the start of the semester.
The policies have been laid out for N.U.in students at mandatory floor meetings as students have been moving into the Westin over the past week. The students were told that an N.U.in Boston Student Union Room was being made available at the Westin starting on Friday, with enough room to accommodate 16 socially-distanced people wearing masks.
Oh wait--they WERE verbally told: "The policies have been laid out for N.U.in students at mandatory floor meetings as students have been moving into the Westin over the past week." Maybe they didn't attend the, uh, mandatory meetings. Supposedly got the handbooks. NU could have a solid case.