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-8 posts tagged "face masks"
Meghan Lange | Friday, March 25, 2022
The last time I sat in a classroom without a mask it was the year 2020. It was March, and I was a senior in high school. My AP Psych class had just ended, and it was officially spring break. I walked to my car among the other overly excited seniors who were headed home
Blake Ziegler | Thursday, January 20, 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic has magnified the problems facing our society. Whether it is our poor healthcare system, the scars and new markings of racism in America or widening economic inequality, the U.S. response to the pandemic is a reiteration of our failures as a nation. One aspect of this episode in our national history that I’d
Maggie Eastland | Tuesday, August 31, 2021
Last year, University professors lectured to rooms of half-faced students or two-dimensional squares lighting up the projector screen. This fall, they have an opportunity to dictate their own classroom mask policy. According to the Notre Dame health and safety protocols released this August, there is no mask requirement in the classroom setting. Students always have
Observer Staff Report | Friday, April 30, 2021
In an email to students Friday afternoon, Saint Mary’s COVID response team co-chairs Mona Bowe and Shari Rodriguez shared updates on the College’s masking guidelines. According to the email, effective immediately, students are no longer required to wear masks outdoors in groups of less than 25 people. Masks will continue to be required for all
Emily DeFazio | Thursday, April 22, 2021
The eve of Thursday, April 15 proved to be an exciting one for the Notre Dame student body. In an email, University President Fr. John Jenkins announced to the campus community that they had succeeded in achieving the “ambitious goal” of vaccinating at least 90% of undergraduate and professional students. Those included in the statistic
Peyton Stearns | Monday, November 2, 2020
Disclaimer: This article is not sponsored and all products listed are recommendations. Always check the ingredients listed before use. Let’s face it, this year has been wild and completely stressful. It has also taken a toll on my skin! In an effort to fight the pandemic, and stay on campus, everyone is wearing a mask.
Observer Staff Report | Tuesday, June 9, 2020
Notre Dame announced their guidelines and health and safety procedures for reopening campus for the 2020 fall semester in a statement Tuesday. The guidelines are based on “medical advice from local and national experts, including a team from the Cleveland Clinic,” and include measures such as rearranging classrooms, daily health checks, on-campus testing and a
Colleen Fischer | Wednesday, March 27, 2019
The Saint Mary’s Residence Life staff will be shaking things up in Holy Cross Hall on Wednesday by hosting a face masks and milkshakes event to provide a small break for students. The event began with the help of Holy Cross director Allyson Strasen and Saint Mary’s alumna and former resident assistant Madeline Zuniga. “Earlier