The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/tag/travel/)
Labor Day, a holiday meant to celebrate the United States workforce, also meant an extra long weekend Cornellians. Many took advantage of the day off to relax and enjoy the company of their friends, while others took the time to get work done.
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.
For many international students, going home this semester means planning out a web of flights, navigating ambiguous travel and vaccination requirements and having to quarantine all over again.
While many students enjoyed their wellness day weekend, others were frustrated with travel restrictions and ongoing burnout.
Fourteen days after their final vaccine dose, students, faculty and staff will have quarantine waived for domestic travel and surveillance testing brought down to once per week.
Ithaca Tompkins International Airport provides a vital travel option to Cornell students from far afield, continuing operations through the pandemic.
TCAT adapts with limited routes and mask mandates, hoping to increase ridership as the pandemic continues.
While Cornell entered its spring semester with the experience of a fall semester that saw fewer COVID-19 cases than expected, 2021 may be off to a more tumultuous start.
Although COVID-19 has affected our lives in a lot of ways, one of the most restrictive effects has been the access to movement. Cornellians won’t travel as much as they did last break, and they won’t be signing up for study-abroad as readily. But despite the restrictions, there is still a way to learn from and about different countries for those who are interested. While nothing can substitute for the real thing, traveling vicariously is an easy way to learn more about cultures and the histories of other countries in an entertaining way. Because traveling has, historically, been inaccessible to those who can’t afford to travel extensively, are limited due to language barriers or suffer from physical disabilities, interacting with online or print sources in an effort to capture the value of real travel has led to incredible innovation and creativity in terms of documenting visits to places around the world, which has only grown during the pandemic.
There are a number of people who make it their lives’ work to travel and educate, through writing or videography, providing some real gems in terms of supplying intimate ways to learn about countries around the world that are worth seeing for those who have the time.
From the Syracuse Hancock International Airport to the Vancouver International Airport, two international freshmen embarked on a dizzying journey between cities to get home before Thanksgiving.