The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/tag/pandemic/page/2/)
Beginning Friday, March 4, Ithaca College will no longer require individuals to wear protective face coverings in most indoor locations. The decision follows the Tompkins County Health Department’s decision to lift the local indoor mask advisory.
The red cup scenario reminds me of the necessity of a break. Weekends are like pouring out a few drops from my red cup, but by Tuesday, the cup is full again, and on Wednesday, the contents of the cup are dribbling down the sides. Thursday comes, and the cup is wishing it was a bottomless bowl. Again, the cup is me, and my bottomless bowl would be longer weekends, more time in the day or being more capable than I am.
Picture this. You’re a teenager in Santa Cruz in the 90s, hanging out with your friends after a long day of school. You’re all pretty hungry, so you turn on your computer and order a pizza. Pretty normal, right? Wrong.
Students packed into Cornell’s largest auditorium to learn about the basics of psychology and oceanography this semester have found themselves at the center of their own study—to track the spread of SARS-CoV-2 in classrooms.
I was inducted into the National Junior Honor Society in seventh grade. Our mentors were eighth-graders seasoned by nothing more than hours of community service that most either forged or substituted for familial favors. Following their footsteps, we were to stand in the middle school gymnasium and be introduced to the families of spectators in the bleachers, ending with our career aspirations. I was freshly thirteen and my future plans were far from concrete.
As Cornellians prepare for a fully in-person semester, some international students say they are struggling to meet the University’s requirement for students to receive an FDA-approved vaccine before arriving on campus this August.
RPCC Sunday brunches, Lynah Rink hockey games and Slope Day are just a few of the events that Cornell’s Class of 2024 has yet to experience, after spending their freshman year under the shadow of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Guitar strums sounded over crowds of dancing festival-goers on Saturday, soaking up live music at a GrassRoots festival weekend that nearly went dark for the second year in a row.
As the Class of 2021 exits their final Zoom classes and bids farewell to their favorite spots on campus, seniors reflect on an unusual last year while looking ahead to their next chapter –– one marked by increased competition as COVID restrictions ease.
With half of Cornell’s on-campus students getting vaccinated, the University has relaxed certain distancing restrictions — allowing vaccinated students to gather in small groups without masks.