Tagged - COVID-19
COVID-19
Rochesterians come out in numbers for early voting
Countywide, over 84,000 people have cast their ballot in the first week of early voting in Monroe County, setting a new record.
COVID-19
UR community explores COVID-19 misinformation in talk
“We’re also biased ourselves, we have our own values and worldview [...] — and of course it’s good to have these, you don’t want to give them up,” he said. “But we don’t [necessarily want] our feelings to interfere with our ability to accept credible information, especially about health.”
COVID-19
UR students petition for new fall break
On Tuesday, an SA Impact petition asking the administration for a new fall break on Nov. 3 and 4 garnered nearly 600 signatures within an hour of its release.
COVID-19
COVID-19 is making one of the most dangerous sports even riskier
Social distancing in any setting is only as effective as its practitioners.
COVID-19
Make a mask a part of your Halloween costume
We’re doing so well keeping our campus open and free from outbreaks, but we’re one unmasked party away from shutting everything down.
Activities Fair
Student organizations struggle to adapt to health guidelines
Throughout the summer, it was unclear what the fall semester would look like. The extent of in-person learning and on-campus living was unclear and dependent upon changing government health policies. As a result, policies for events and other club activities remained up in the air until closer to the start of the semester.
2020 Election
Everyone needs a break right now
We 100% support the decision to cancel fall break, but there has to be something to replace it.
budget cuts
UR’s COVID-19 budget cuts lead to faculty frustrations
Though the cuts were necessary given the financial strains caused by the pandemic, they caused some indirect consequences for faculty in both the short and the long run.
COVID-19
Online courses don’t have to be a pain
In a hybrid world, technological aptitude is an important aspect of teaching, and we need Zoom courses to work in order to get our money’s worth.
COVID-19
COVID-19 steals the spotlight from performance ensembles
We’re jigsaw pieces of the same ensemble that don’t quite fit as well as they used to. Cues and chord changes are lost in translation, and sometimes I just feel lost in general.
