While most class presidents prepare a speech for their class graduation, Pequea Valley High School senior Nicholas Ammon marked the moment in his own way: through song.
University of Idaho students Owen Hartmann, of Boise, serves to Billy Hobbs, not pictured, while playing tennis on a sunny Wednesday afternoon in Moscow. “After being stuck inside all winter,
Opinion: CU and its students must check their privilege
wen Hartmann
What feels like eons ago as a first-year student at the University of Colorado Boulder, Saturday nights were synonymous with party-hopping at college houses filled with blaring music and sticky floors. Outdoor parties in the Boulder sun always brought more people, drinking games and louder music. Now in the COVID-19 pandemic, weekend benders look more like hanging out with pets to avoid large crowds and the potential spread of COVID-19.
However, a few weeks ago around 800 students had other plans. They partied in a destructive manner and risked the community’s health bringing light to large amounts of racial and socioeconomic privilege held by the university.
Graphic by Owen Hartmann
The snow has finally melted, the sun is finally shining. You’re ready to enjoy the spring and the warmth and new life it brings, until you have to hop on Zoom (or maybe if you’re ‘lucky,’ go to campus) for the majority of the day.
“I understand, because of COVID, they [University of Colorado Admin] don’t want people traveling but, you guys also have frat parties being thrown off campus,” said first-year student Sarah Ensign.
With the Provost’s announcement on Oct. 22 regarding spring break, many students’ hope for a brighter second semester has vanished. Instead of having our traditional five-day break, CU Boulder students will start the Spring semester on Jan. 14, three days later than the original start date, and will be granted two ‘wellness days’ throughout the semester as a break from studies. Although this decision was made as part of COVID-19 preventative actions, it poses complications for the mental health of CU’s stude