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Observer Staff Report | Tuesday, November 17, 2020
This report was updated at 2:58 p.m. Students who are in quarantine or isolation after testing positive or being exposed to COVID-19 will have to follow special move-out procedures, according to an email from the Notre Dame Care and Concern Team to students currently in quarantine or isolation. The email was sent to these students
Observer Staff Report | Monday, October 12, 2020
University President Fr. John Jenkins has completed his medically recommended isolation period after contracting the coronavirus, Paul Browne, the office of public affairs and communications vice president, said in a press release Monday evening. Jenkins began his isolation period two weeks ago on Sept. 28. He initially entered quarantine of his own volition after receiving
Letter to the Editor | Tuesday, October 6, 2020
I have Chronic Ear Disease, which basically just means I get a lot of ear infections. The repeated ear infections have damaged the delicate structure of my ears, resulting in me wearing purple hearing aids. Typically, the ear infections are annoying, but not super intrusive on my life. I might have to miss one class
Observer Staff Report | Monday, October 5, 2020
Dunne Hall residents received news Monday night that all of the hall’s staff have entered either isolation or quarantine outside of the hall based on University contact tracing, according to an email from Breyan Tornifolio, director of Residential Life rector recruitment, hiring and retention and supervisor of Dunne Hall rector Fr. Eric Schimmel. “Unless otherwise communicated
Observer Staff Report | Friday, October 2, 2020
This report was updated Oct. 3 at 11:19 a.m. University President Fr. John Jenkins tested positive for the coronavirus, Paul J. Browne, vice president for public affairs and communications, said in an email Friday. Jenkins has been self-quarantining since his trip to the White House on Saturday for the Supreme Court nomination of Notre Dame
Maria Leontaras | Wednesday, September 9, 2020
Editor’s Note: This was featured in Katie Couric’s newsletter, Wake-Up Call. Subscribe here. Missed meals. Lack of check-ins. Unclear departure dates. This is what early quarantine and isolation looked like for some students at Notre Dame. The University held nine overarching quarantine and isolation spaces with 1,000 beds, but as of Wednesday, there are
Nate Moller | Wednesday, September 9, 2020
In a Sports Authority I wrote a couple of weeks ago, I predicted that college football would not happen in 2020. At the time it seemed reasonable, considering the Big Ten and Pac-12 had recently cancelled their season. COVID-19 was spreading rampantly around Notre Dame and other college campuses, and even professional sports were struggling
Isabella Volmert | Monday, September 7, 2020
I checked two things almost every day during the anxious period Notre Dame spent in the national spotlight: the COVID-19 dashboard around 12 p.m. and my Target cart around 12 a.m. The former of these sites changed quite a bit and the latter not at all, where a singular pair of biker shorts sat for
Observer Staff Report | Wednesday, August 26, 2020
In order to prevent students under quarantine or isolation from violating safety protocols, Notre Dame hired additional security personnel to patrol the properties, the South Bend Tribune reported Wednesday. Students who fail to remain in their assigned rooms will face disciplinary action, “including possible dismissal,” University spokesman Dennis Brown said in the article. Notre Dame
Adriana Perez | Monday, August 24, 2020
After the number of positive COVID-19 cases began to rise among Notre Dame students since classes began Aug. 10, the University adapted its testing protocols. The Notre Dame community was notified of plans to expand testing and changes to the daily health check system in an email Aug. 16. Despite these changes, undergraduate students have