Bradley University is preparing for CVOID-19, like many universities across America.
By Nick King and David Fleita
Bradley University has not made transitions to online class yet, but they are taking precautions for CVOID-19.
Over the past month, the infamous coronavirus has been making loud waves and headlines in many newsrooms across the entire globe. In the effort to make extreme precautionary measures for the safety of their students, several universities around the United States have closed their campuses for an extended period of time. Since Wednesday, over 100 colleges have canceled all in-person class meeting sessions which moved all lectures and school-related work to be done via online (Quintana, 2020). Many colleges have already committed to this isolation process for the rest of the semester while some will reevaluate the situation in a few weeks.
Despite the severe scrutiny that this virus is causing across the nation, Bradley University announced that they have no plans of changing any sort of routine for classes. Students and faculty all throughout campus have not taken kindly to Bradley’s protocol.
“The fact that Bradley still has us going to classes is like seeing a burning building and telling us to run in there,” said sophomore finance major, Riley Sundstrom.
However, there are some individuals on campus that think differently about Bradley’s laid-back precautions. Despite the world-wide fear that has been instilled in most, these individuals believe that this coronavirus is a hoax and that it is not worth sacrificing their education for.
“I am glad that Bradley is not shutting down classes. I am not willing to lose the proper in-person education that I paid for as a result of a virus that is being blown way out of proportion,” said sophomore nursing major, Danielle Kay.
Some students at Bradley could be losing more than just a half of semester worth of classes. The NCAA is currently discussing what they will do regarding the remainder of their winter sports seasons and the freshly started seasons of their spring sports. Student-athletes across the nation are on the edge of their seats waiting for the NCAA to reach a final decision.
Many spring and winter sport-athletes all over the nation are experiencing emotions regarding the potential changes that may have come with this virus. While the Ivy League Conference has already canceled both winter and spring athletics, there have been rumors about the NCAA canceling this year’s March Madness basketball tournament and terminating the remainder of the all spring sports.
“I understand that this is an issue that is bigger than the game of baseball itself, but the world feels upside down for me right now. The past six months, our team has put so much hard work and effort preparing for this time of the year. I never thought for a second that my senior year could potentially be getting taken away from me,” said senior baseball captain, Luke Shadid.
This is a global phenomenon that is affecting more people in more ways than people realize. Specific to Bradley, there will always be some members that don’t think our university is taking enough provisions for the situation and there will always be some that think we’re taking too many provisions. Time will tell if we, as a university, took the correct safety measures.
We sat down with Riley Sundstrom in the interview below
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