Originally Posted by
MSPeconomist
So Colgate is encouraging them to waste a week of their lives playing on the internet and (I assume) drinking, and then classes re-start but everything is online even though the kids are concentrated on campus in close quarters, staying in dorms and eating in college dining halls (which presumably will be kept open but will there be additional meal plan charges for the period?). That sounds like a great plan, although I guess anyone who violates the request to stay on campus during spring break could get a mandatory fourteen day quarantine.
I mean, for at least some of those kids it is a wash (others swapping off internships/service trips could be anywhere from a net loss to a net gain if they can force a refund).
It sounds like they've sort-of flubbed up, but this reeks of someone at Legal being just a bit too clever by half: If they're going to run everything online, the only reasons for not sending everyone home are either group projects (which might be out of the mix due to "everything being online") or to avoid getting slammed with refund demands for room and board. If they're going to keep everyone packed in the same place, they might as well just go all-in and engage in a full isolation effort but otherwise continue with BAU.