With COVID-19, college students have had to make important choices regarding housing. Columnist Macy Berendsen discusses the positives and negatives of living on or off campus, particularly during a pandemic.
St. Thomas residential students are now allowed to visit other residents’ dorm halls between 10 a.m. and 2 a.m., Residence Life wrote in an email to on-campus residents.
President Donald Trump tests positive for COVID-19, America’s employers added 661,000 jobs in September and residents in a St. Thomas first-year dorm will be tested for COVID-19 after multiple students were confirmed positive. Chief Video Editor Taylor Shupe has today’s News in :90.
Campus livened up Saturday as St. Thomas students began moving in their belongings to campus housing, in a different fashion than usual amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Production Editor Justin Amaker and Chief Photo Editor Song Johansen have the story.
St. Thomas Residence Hall Association announced in an email this November that it will reserve 150 more beds in on-campus housing for current first-year students returning for fall 2019. St. Thomas plans to move towards a two year on-campus residency requirement as they renovate and restructure campus housing in the next ten years.
The university announced plans for two new dorms, which will be built where John Paul II and Faculty Residence currently sit. The projects are expected to be complete in 2020 and will not use tuition money.
For students who choose to live off campus, a new housing option could be coming soon to a neighborhood near St. Thomas.
From tapestries to flags, photojournalist Miranda Lockner explores what makes St. Thomas dorm rooms special.
