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If you think state and federal government COVID-19 policies are too restrictive, you haven’t been to a college campus lately. Schools across the country have imposed extreme, micromanaging rules on 19-22 year olds—a demographic more likely to die from the seasonal flu and pneumonia than COVID.Paying top dollar at already overpriced institutions for vastly inferior remote learning, university students remain unnecessarily isolated and barred from using the services and facilities they and their families are paying for. ...At the University of Wisconsin – Madison, students are forced to take COVID tests every four days. If they don’t, they lose access to university buildings. Their testing catalogue is counted on the Safer Badgers App, which students are required to download and many believe is an invasion of privacy. “They are tracking our movements,†said Connor Hess, a junior at UW-Madison studying chemical engineering. ...Like many other colleges, my school, the University of Chicago, has created a “snitch list,†where students can anonymously turn in classmates for having a small gathering or not wearing a mask properly. ...
Over 350 UMass Amherst Students Face Punishment for COVID Rule ViolationsThe students could be suspended, removed from on-campus housing, put on probation or formally reprimandedBy Staff and wire reports • Published 3 hours ago • Updated 10 mins ago Over 350 University of Massachusetts at Amherst students are facing disciplinary measures for violating COVID-19 protocols, resulting in an outbreak that has effectively locked down the campus.More than 430 coronavirus cases have been reported at the western Massachusetts school in the past week alone, including students and faculty. School officials canceled all in-person learning on Sunday as a result of the outbreak.According to a document provided to the Amherst Town Council, the school has referred 354 students to the conduct office for violations including breaking quarantine rules, exceeding room capacity, failure to wear masks and social distance, failure to comply with contact tracing and more. ...
