The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/tag/travel/page/4/)
As the Cornell community waits on the University to announce on-campus plans for the fall, students planning on studying abroad during the coming school year face uncertainty.
During my six-month sojourn in Ethiopia, I had the joy of working with an nongovernmental organization (NGO) by the name of the Ethiopian Education Foundation and living in the capital city of Addis Ababa. Every morning at 7 a.m., the managers and I maneuvered around the hostel making sure our students were prepared for class; breakfast, consisting of bread and bananas, was eaten and the usual suspects attempting to play hooky were dealt with. After a chaotic morning of fifty students eating, clamoring and readying themselves for class, I was free. The students left by 7:40 a.m. and I was out the door by 7:41. I twisted and twirled down the unpaved streets of the residential neighborhood surrounding our hostel.
Cornellians’ semesters completely changed as University policies were rolled out to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
As Cornell’s Coronavirus policies statement is released, international students are faced with the challenge of getting home.
With the number of COVID-19 cases rising, tensions are rising on Cornell’s Ithaca campus. Students’ spring break plans are coming to a halt while the University urges the community against international travel.
With the spread of the novel coronavirus, the University takes stringent measures to mitigate the effects.
Every year, Cornellians travel around the country and world to get away from the cold of Ithaca for a couple days during February break. Unfortunately, by emitting greenhouse gases, traveling by car, plane or bus can contribute to climate change — with America’s transportation alone responsible for almost 30 percent of all global warming emissions in the US.
As students flock back to campus from various destinations, Prof. Danielle Eiseman, communication, weighed in on the most sustainable methods for traveling.
The University cancelled classes and closed the campus on Monday due to the latest seasonal storm, and although past shutdowns have been rare, snow storms have affected campus in various ways over the decades.
Zhang was one of many students who took to social media to recount their troubles with traveling back to Ithaca on Sunday. The snowstorm, which started Sunday and continued into Monday, dropped nearly a foot of snow in Ithaca.
For many international students, their trips to Cornell routinely take up to dozens of hours and are often accompanied by sleep deprivation, difficult accommodations and surprising episodes.