“We have one year left of college,” one student said. “We’ll wear our masks and be protected, but we’re not just gonna sit in our houses all semester.”
But that wasn’t enough to kill the party at the Acacia Fraternity house, where the house sported an 87% positivity rate in the latest round of testing and shirtless students played beer pong Thursday afternoon in the sunshine.
On Thursday it was John Winters, the manager, who whipped out the thermometer. The women held out their arms, waiting as the measurement registered. So long as they were below 100.4 degrees, they were good to go. It took longer for him to check their IDs before allowing them to move on to one of the wooden tables along the wall.
. … We’re looking for that dance spot, but we can’t find it,” Dimas said. “They took all the fun out of it.” Molly Joy Lode, a senior who was one of the few students barhopping Thursday night, said she’d been hoping things would just “go back to normal” for her senior year. The president departed from the crowd and headed to the bar’s front patio. He crossed his arms near a neon-shirted bouncer as he took in the scene. Pines said he felt things were “very orderly.”
While it wasn't perfect, they agreed the fountain was safer than other late-night alternatives. “There are, like, not a lot of places because of COVID where you can go,” said Jolie Sherman of Montgomery County, Maryland. “Here is very open.” Near Fairfield University, a private Jesuit school in Connecticut, seven friends enjoyed a pasta dinner Thursday night to celebrate the return to campus and the end of the first week of classes.
The scene inside reflected her attitude. Six months earlier, the bar would have been packed with students from Fairfield or Sacred Heart University drinking, vaping or making out at the bar. Now, the dance floor stood empty while students sat outdoors at tables covered with bright blue umbrellas and string lights. The music played just as loud, but the mood was more solemn, closer to an actual café than a dive bar.
On Saturday night, nine close friends sat together in a townhouse living room, catching up and watching a Boston Celtics game. The door opened and three masked women entered and headed to the bathroom. Kaitlin Applegate, a 22-year-old senior, planned an outing to a local campground with her church for a day or two. While she’s avoiding off-campus parties and large gatherings, she thinks the university is in a tough spot. Learning to use chopsticks: University of Texas
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