Editorial: “We feel like we have a right to know.” LU students concerned about secrecy surrounding COVID-19 cases in residence
January 26, 2021 – Posted in Opinion
by Lexey Burns, Editor-in-Chief
On January 15th and 20th, two positive COVID-19 cases were confirmed in Laurentian’s residences. Despite what information Laurentian University has released to students, some key details have been left out.
Firstly, students have been wondering which residences the people infected reside in. Other universities– like Guelph and Western– are dealing with outbreaks, and both have revealed which residences the cases lived in.
So why not Laurentian?
With East, West, and Mature/Married Student Residence (MSR) as well as the federated universities’ residences operating, there are more than 500 students currently living on campus.
SHARE ON: Laurentian University has received court protection from its creditors, so provincial minister Ross Romano has appointed Dr. Alan Harrison to find ways to help the university sustain its programming.
The university was denied COVID-19 support funding last week. Colleges and Universities Minister Ross Romano s office says at this time, a one-time injection of funding through the COVID-19 Support Fund will not fix the significant long-term and systemic challenges faced by Laurentian.
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Laurentian University will continue to offer its programming virtually during the upcoming Spring 2021 semester.
Shaun Malley, the communication officer says with the impending arrival of the vaccines, in-person learning will commence in a limited number of classes in the fall while still maintaining COVID-19 protocols.
Laurentian U. fends off cyber attack
The university experienced a Distributed Denial of Service Attack, which it was able to stop within minutes
Dec 12, 2020 5:00 PM By: Heidi Ulrichsen
Laurentian University said it was able to fend off a cyber attack Thursday.
“We can confirm that Laurentian experienced a Distributed Denial of Service Attack, which we were able to stop within minutes,” said an email to Sudbury.com from Laurentian spokesperson Shaun Malley.
“None of our systems have been compromised.”
According to the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security, a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) Attack is a form of a Denial of Service (DoS) Attack.