WHO’s to Blame: COVID-19 Changes FSU Culture
posted by Law | March 30, 2020 | In Arts and CultureMarch 17 sparked the end of the world as we know it—well, at least, as residential students know it.
With a swift press of the send button, Interim Chancellor Peggy Valentine declared based on new UNC system rules, “FSU will reduce campus housing. Students must either remain at home or not remain in campus housing, unless an exception is granted.”
Then on March 27, Gov. Roy Cooper’s announced a statewide stay-at-home order: “We do not have the luxury of a wait-and-see approach. These are hard decisions, but they are necessary so we can learn more about the virus.”
Executive Order No. 121, which includes the closing of public schools (K–12) and the banning of gatherings of more than 100 people, goes into effect Monday, March 30 until April 29. More information can be found here.
With the start of the university’s transition from face-to-face to online learning came another startling announcement:“FSU students in campus housing must check out before 8:00 PM on Sunday, March 22nd, 2020,” said Dir. of Residence Life Adrina Russell in a letter to campus residents, giving them less than one week’s notice.
Readied with the words, “you will be taking all personal belongings with you, especially valuables, electronics and items needed for online classes.” Broncos began to head ‘em up and move ‘em out!
News first broke of the novel coronavirus, now called COVID 19, on December 31, 2019. China reported a cluster of pneumonia cases in Wuhan, the capital of Central China’s Hubei province, to the World Health Organization (WHO). Subsequently, on March 2, CNN reported a 50-year-old male in Manhattan, NY was recorded as the first community spread case. Now, as WHO announces upwards of 500 thousand global cases of the novel coronavirus COVID-19, the need to stop community spread becomes a reality for us all.
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