The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/tag/reopening/page/3/)
With less than a month before the semester starts, we all must expect more changes. Please continue to monitor the NYS travel advisory and adjust your plans accordingly should your state go on, or come off, the list.
It is disturbing to every parent and student attending Cornell but especially stressful to the entering freshman class’ students and parents.
Cornell, already, is not holding up their end of the bargain; we have to pick up the slack.
As New York’s 14-day quarantine mandate grows to 34 states — covering over 5,000 Cornellians — the University announced that it would backtrack from its promise to offer quarantine housing to all on-campus students.
Cornell administrators defended the fall reopening plan in national media throughout July. Meanwhile, many peer institutions are planning to welcome only a portion of students back to campus.
Professors and faculty voice concern regrading in-person teaching for the upcoming semester, taking into account the health risks it may pose.
Graduate students should be trusted with the agency to make their own decisions about their health and safety.
Vice President for Student and Campus Life Ryan Lombardi announced a behavioral compact that students must sign and more specifics on the University’s COVID-19 screening policy in an email to the Cornell community Thursday.
The mayor hopes that Cornellians’ return to campus in the fall will help revitalize the Ithaca economy.
President Martha E. Pollack’s long-awaited Tuesday announcement welcomed Cornellians back to campus, but described a Cornell that faintly resembles the one students left in March. Many say they are still thrilled to return to Ithaca in September, while others were skeptical of the reopening message, wary of what social distancing will mean in an environment built for socializing.