Students face stigma for positive COVID-19 tests
(03/23/21 1:00pm)
Some University of Richmond students who have contracted the COVID-19 virus have faced stigma and shame surrounding their positive results, they said.
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Some University of Richmond students who have contracted the COVID-19 virus have faced stigma and shame surrounding their positive results, they said.
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Editor's Note: Shira Greer is a Collegian editor.
Editor's Note: The managing editor of The Collegian is a Jepson Corps member.
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As seniors prepare to graduate in less than three months, community members respond to the University of Richmond's tentative commencement plans provided by the UR administration at the beginning of February.
On Monday, commuting students returned to campus for in-person classes for the first time since November. Off-campus students who intended to take classes in person were generally not allowed to come on campus from Jan. 25 to Feb. 8, and instead had to take classes remotely. This policy, announced by University of Richmond administrators in a Jan. 24 email, cited a rise in off-campus student COVID-19 cases as the reasoning behind the ban.
Editor's Note: This article was updated to remove a euphemism from the lede.
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