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Party’s Over: Colleges Beg, Threaten Students to Behave…
Leaders of colleges and universities are issuing desperate demands to students to help curtail the spread of the coronavirus on campus: Wear masks and rein in your back-to-school partying—or go home. The messaging accompanies new outbreaks at schools around the country as students return to campus, leading several this week to halt on-campus instruction and…
Leaders of colleges and universities are issuing desperate demands to students to help curtail the spread of the coronavirus on campus: Wear masks and rein in your back-to-school partying—or go home.
The messaging accompanies new outbreaks at schools around the country as students return to campus, leading several this week to halt on-campus instruction and punish some rule breakers.
The directives are being broadcast to all students, but specifically aimed at hot spots which include a lot of fraternities, sororities and upperclassmen throwing off-campus parties.
In two of the harshest rebukes so far, Purdue University on Thursday suspended 36 students who attended an off-campus party, and Syracuse University suspended 23 in connection with a large gathering on the quad.
Pennsylvania State University suspended a fraternity this week after videos surfaced on social media showing an indoor gathering on Wednesday of more than 15 people who weren’t wearing masks or staying 6 feet apart. Then, on Thursday, first-year students gathered on campus without masks or physical distancing. Video posted on Twitter showed something resembling a mosh pit.
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