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Aunts and uncles will be replaced with roommates. Friends will take the place of cousins at the dinner table. The only traveling this holiday season that will be done by many college students like Boston University student Maggie Leone, will be to the grocery store and back due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Boston University is encouraging its students to either not go home for the holidays, or to stay at home for the remainder of the semester and take classes online if they decided to travel.
Facetime and Zoom sessions have become the alternative to seeing family and friends from hometowns. And even on campus, Boston University has reinforced protocols to limit social interaction and increase social distancing.